Did you try with unicode chars like I told you?
\u00B0 <- this is for the small circle (deegre)
_aHC2SODP = [{data:*"0"*, label:*"0 *\u00B0*F"*},{data:*"20"*, label:*"2 *
\u00B0*F"*}];
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aargh, the shoemaker's children are barefoot.
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> I am creating a static dataProvider for the combobox:
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> _aHC2SODP = [{data:*"0"*, label:*"0 °F"*},{data:*"20"*, label:*"2
> °F"*}]; //looking for the "degree" symbol
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> But the above renders literally.
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> I have discovered that building a string in actionscript and then assigning
> it to a Label.text also does **not** work:
> *var* sTemp:String = *"0 °F"*;
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> lbltest.text = sTemp;
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> The entity code renders literally.
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> But declaratively, the degree symbol renders as desired:
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> <mx:Label text="0 °F" />
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> So one sure solution is to create my static dataProviders declaratively.
> So I guess my question changes to "Is there some way to do this in AS?"
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> Tracy
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> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *Alex Harui
> *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 12:01 AM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] RE: How to display special characters like ° in
> ComboBox list
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> Ha! I've always wanted to say this to you: "Post your code". :-)
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> Isn't that XML syntax that won't work in a CDATA block of ActionScript?
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> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *Tracy Spratt
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:13 PM
> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] How to display special characters like ° in
> ComboBox list
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> The special character numeric references work fine in Label and Text and
> such, but are interpreted literally in a ComboBox's drop list.
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> Any sugestions?
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> Tracy
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