Hey thanks Jim - I'll try this out. Looks like there is a decode(string) function in Actionscript 3.0, so hopefully this issue will go away when the 9 player gains wide acceptance. Thanks for the link.
Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Cheng >>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:39 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Decoding xml text w/no CDATA allowed >> >>Merrill, Jason wrote: >> >>> Is there an Actionscript 2.0 or Xpath equivalent to Javascript and >>> Actionscript 3.0's >>> >>> decode(theStringWith"Special"Characters); >> >>Hey Jason, >> >>I've run into the same issue about a month ago with XML documents that a >>client had generated from their database, character entities included. >> >>I couldn't find a built-in solution for converting the character >>entities back into Unicode characters, so I went online, found the >>specs, wrote a little scraper utility to grab the mappings for me and >>then wrote a small utility class to use the data for encoding and >>decoding. It's a simple static class with inline JavaDoc-style >>documentation. Hope this works for you. >> >>You can grab it here: >> >> http://dev.psalterego.com/CharacterEntity.as >> >> >>Regards, >>Jim >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
