text styling in csv

[sudheer sannareddy]

Hi,
I am having a problem in styling the text of a csv. The problem is as given below:
We are generating xml files and converted to csv using XSLT. Now, a part of the data in the csv file has to be highlighted (bolded and displayed in a diff color) while displaying.I am unable to do any styling in the generated csv file. But I am also generating PDF file from XML using XSLT and i am able to do styling(e,g color change in some block).

Kindly suggest me how to go ahead in doing this. Waiting for replies... .
Thanks in advance.

[Ulf Dittmer]

CSV is plain text, and includes no text styling information, so this is not possible.

If you were to create an XLS file (e.g. with a library like POI) you could include style information, but you wouldn't be able to use XSLT to do so.

[sannareddy sudheer]

Ulf Dittmer ,Thanks for the reply. If you come across any sol for the same please reply back.

[Ulf Dittmer]

There is no solution. CSV is plain text, period. If you want styles, use POI to create an XLS file.