Hey, glad you solved it! I also didn't read enough to understand that you're not loading data from the server, so I wasn't as direct as I could be.
Luckily I'm just doing the same thing on the current, in fact degree symbol was on my list just few hours before your post. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Alen, I clearly need to read all responses before I reply. Daddy > Alex said "post the code" and I tripped over my own feet to comply ;) > > > > The hex / unicode solution is the ticket. > > > > Thanks everyone! > > > > Tracy > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Alex Harui > *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 1:19 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] RE: How to display special characters like ° > in ComboBox list > > > > Be nice now. Tracy, the issue is that in the declarative example we are > parsing the XML, but in the AS example, we are just parsing text and not XML > so the \uXXXX format is needed there. > > > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Alen Balja > *Sent:* Friday, December 05, 2008 10:17 AM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] RE: How to display special characters like ° > in ComboBox list > > > > 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. > > > > I am creating a static dataProvider for the combobox: > > _aHC2SODP = [{data:*"0"*, label:*"0 °F"*},{data:*"20"*, label:*"2 > °F"*}]; //looking for the "degree" symbol > > > > But the above renders literally. > > > > 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"*; > > lbltest.text = sTemp; > > > > The entity code renders literally. > > > > But declaratively, the degree symbol renders as desired: > > <mx:Label text="0 °F" /> > > > > 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?" > > > > Tracy > ------------------------------ > > *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 > > > > Ha! I've always wanted to say this to you: "Post your code". :-) > > > > Isn't that XML syntax that won't work in a CDATA block of ActionScript? > > > > *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 > > > > The special character numeric references work fine in Label and Text and > such, but are interpreted literally in a ComboBox's drop list. > > Any sugestions? > > Tracy > > > > >
