Thanks, Fotis. It's using the underlying Flash API's flash.text.TextField object, with the allowed tags found here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/text/TextField.html#htmlText
-Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Fotis Chatzinikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > check the docs... It lists the tags it correctly parses/displays > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, oneworld95 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited > > number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. > > > > -Alex > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Paul > > Fischer" <paulfischer60@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain > > > > what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way > > > > to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a > > > > Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch > > > > individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "jim.abbott45" <jim.abbott45@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) > > > > > engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, > > > > > there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach > > > > > leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser > > > > > differences . . . > > > > > > > > > > If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good > > > resource: > > > > > http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got > > > an XML > > > > > > help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex > > without > > > > > > having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents > > > into > > > > > > a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using > > > the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I > > > set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a > > > servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the > > > formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is > > > calling a URL and getting back formatted text. > > > > > > /Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >