# Cdata and html tags not displaying from XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cdata-and-html-tags-not-displaying-from-xml/162838>\
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**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cdata-and-html-tags-not-displaying-from-xml/162838 "2005-09-16T18:40:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![croopi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@croopi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/croopi)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cdata-and-html-tags-not-displaying-from-xml/162838/1 "2005-09-16T18:40:23Z")

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After searching high and low for solution, found the following:

\<caption2\>\<![CDATA[\<font color=blue\>“Called to Serve”\</font\>]]\>\</caption2\>

and thought all was well till i tried it…dont work.

The actual characters are displayed. Have text being rendered as HTML tried it without it. tried using escape characters instead of \<\> etc.

Any thoughts or snipets that have worked?..confused…lost.