You will have to cull out what you want: **Psuedo Code**
var stuff:String = "[a href="event:block1"]dolor sit[/a]"; stuff.substr(stuff.indexOf("[a href="event:block1"]"), stuff.indexOf("[/a]")); Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Andrew Murphy <amur...@delvinia.com> wrote: > Hi. :) > > Does anyone know of a way to get the beginning and ending index of a link > within a TextField? > > I want the indexes of the beginning and ending of the text that makes up > the > link. For example if I pass the following HTML text into the TextField: > > > [p]Lorem ipsum [a href="event:block1"]dolor sit[/a] amet.[/p] > > > What I want is the beginning and ending indexes of the "dolor sit" text > when > the user clicks on it. The TextEvent.LINK event passes out the value of > the > "href" within the link text (ie: "block1"), which isn't terribly useful in > this case. > > > > ( ps: I used square brackets in the example HTML text rather than angle > brackets to try avoiding issues with the list's mailer, which doesn't like > HTML code in emails. ) > > > ------------------------------ > Andrew Murphy > Interactive Media Developer > amur...@delvinia.com > > Delvinia > 370 King Street West, 5th Floor, Box 4 > Toronto Canada M5V 1J9 > P (416) 364-1455 ext. 232 > F (416) 364-9830 > W www.delvinia.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders