title: WiX custom license file: setup shows links with < >
body: <p>I created a WiX 3.5 setup with a custom license file by putting this into the <code>.wxs</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="License.rtf" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works perfectly and the link is displayed when I run the created <code>.msi</code> file.<br>
  (I'm using the <a href="http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/WixUI_installdir.htm" rel="nofollow"><code>WixUI_InstallDir</code> Dialog Set</a>)</p>
  
  <p>Now I want to put a hyperlink into the license file.<br>
  I just put the link into the file by opening it in WordPad and pasting <code>http://mylink.com</code> (WordPad turns it into a hyperlink automatically).</p>
  
  <p>When I compile that in WiX, the license agreement dialog shows the link like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;http://mylink.com&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I noticed that this seems to relate to WordPad creating a hyperlink automatically (see above).<br>
  When I remove the <code>http://</code> part from the link in the license file, WordPad doesn't recognize it as a link anymore and in the compiled <code>.msi</code> file, the <code>&lt;</code> and <code>&gt;</code> in the license agreement dialog go away.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas how I can get rid of the additional <code>&lt;</code> and <code>&gt;</code>, except putting the link into the license file without the <code>http://</code> part?</p>
  
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  <p><em>EDIT:</em></p>
  
  <p>Okay, maybe I didn't think enough when I used the word "hyperlink".<br>
  What I actually meant was: It does not have to be an actual <em>clickable</em> hyperlink.<br>
  I just want the adress of my web page to be displayed at the top of the license file.</p>
  
  <p>I'm perfectly fine if it's just the URL as text (not clickable), but I want it to be displayed as I entered it, and not with <code>&lt; &gt;</code>.<br>
  The problem is that WordPad automatically turns any URL into a hyperlink as soon as I enter it, so I have no idea how to get the license agreement dialog to treat it as normal text.</p>