When you enable html in a textfield, Flash adds a bunch of formatting in HTML. If you trace the htmlText property of the textbox in question, you'll get something like:
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="8" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><B>This is a test</B></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT> If you trace the text property of that same textfield, it won't count the HTML tags, so you'll get a number less than what you'd expect from a string with HTML formatting. Lastly, when you enclose a string in the CDATA tag, it converts things to HTML entities, which can confuse things even more. --- PR Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list! > > I have a text in a value, the text length is 502, I > fill my htmlText > with it, the htmlText.length is 651. > > Now I get the same text content from an xml file, > within a CDATA node. > trace (myNode.nodeValue.length) // outputs 502, ok > > I pass it through a localConnection to another > flash, then I trace it > trace (receivedText.length) // outputs 502, still ok > > I fill my html enabled textfield with my content : > myTF.htmlText = receivedText; > trace (myTF.htmlText.textLength); // Outputs 762 > !!! > > > what are those 111 new caracters??? they don't > appear, but make my > scroller appear :( > > any idea please? > ++ > PiR > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 _______________________________________________ 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
