Stripping HTML Tags From an Email

When converting an email to case or lead you sometimes want to transfer the email body (description field) as well. The problem is that the field usually contains HTML tags which make the data unreadable. here is a simple method you can use to strip the HTML tags.

function OnCrmPageLoad() 
{ 
  //Create a factitious DOM element 
  var stubDescription = document.createElement( "<SPAN style='width:1px;height:1px'>"); 
  //This field contains the email body (HTML) 
  var description = crmForm.all.description; 
  //Assign the HTML to the factitious DOM element 
  stubDescription.innerHTML = description.DataValue; 
  //Add it to the html document 
  document.body.appendChild( stubDescription ); 
  //Assign the stripped body back to the description field 
  description.DataValue = stubDescription.innerText; 
  //remove the factitious DOM element 
  document.body.removeChild( stubDescription ); 
} 

//Entry Point 
OnCrmPageLoad(); 

The code can run within the email / lead / case or any other entity for that matter.
The entity which implements this code should have a description field which holds the initial html message.