I think you just need to set the Dynamic text field to render HTML in the properties panel - its the button that looks like "<>". I have xml that has ""Special"" and it works fine.
On 7/26/06, Toon Van de Putte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That does appear to be the case, i tried the following: textfield.htmlText = currentPand.firstChild; which shows '<b>this is bold</b>' instead of bold text On the other hand, this: textfield.htmlText = currentPand.firstChild.nodeValue; Shows the text in bold, as would be expected. So i suppose using nodeValue automatically decodes the entities. On 6/7/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Ryan, that's what I was looking for. So this must be a failing > of XFactorstudio's Xpath classes - and Flash's xml.parseXML() or > nodeValue does the decoding automatically? Or does anyone know a way to > get Xfactorstudios Xpath classes to decode entities? > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > Learning Technology Solutions > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas > >>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:30 AM > >>To: Flashcoders mailing list > >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Decoding xml text w/no CDATA allowed > >> > >>Why not let flash do the work for you? > >> > >>function convertEntities(p_str:String):String { > >> var x:XML = new XML(p_str); > >> x.parseXML(); > >> return x.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue; > >>} > >> > >>var xmlStr:String = '<item>This is the "String I want in > quotes" > >>please help.</item>'; > >>trace(convertEntities(xmlStr)); // This is the "String I want in > quotes" > >>please help. > >> > >> > >>On 6/7/06, Merrill, Jason < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Jim - I tried out your static class and it works great for my > problem - > >>> thanks! > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- Toon Van de Putte Pannenhuisstraat 63 2500 Lier Belgium mobile: +32 (0)497 52 74 51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
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