Rendering HTML output to Word Documents?

[Matthew]

I currently have a shiny application that renders a word document based on parameters chosen by the user in the application. The R Markdown document contains datatables from the DT package with color formatting based on values inside a specific cell.

I can render the document with the HTML output locally with no problems. However, when I publish the application to RStudio Connect the document will no longer render and errors to the following:

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Warning: Error in : Functions that produce HTML output found in document targeting docx output.

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Please change the output type of this document to HTML. Alternatively, you can allow

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HTML output in non-HTML formats by adding this option to the YAML front-matter of

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your rmarkdown file:

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always_allow_html: yes

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Note however that the HTML output will not be visible in non-HTML formats.

This does not occur locally and when rendered the HTML output is visible. I have performed the recommended action with no luck. Is there a package that Connect needs to have installed in order to render word_documents with HTML output?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Cheers,
Matt

[cderv]

How do you render locally the word document with html content?
How is it the result?

Did you try to set the yaml option as precised in the error message?

Word can't contain html output so you need to force the option in a non interactive compilation. Like the one in rstudio connect.

Hope it helps.