Yeah, that was Christophe's blog I believe. The problem with that is the iFrame is loading an HTML page that already exists on a server.
What I need is a way to display HTML stored in client-side memory as a String. (wether it be in javascript or FLex). --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Phil Marston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Suzy, > > I can't remember which blog I saw it on (one of the Adobe guys I think), > but I saw an example using an IFrame to load the HTML in. Then a custom > component in the Flex movie sent messages to Javascript so the IFrame > always appeared in the right place and the right size over the Flex page > - it worked really nicely and sound like just what you need - sorry I > can't be more help, but perhaps this'll jog the memory of someone who as > a memory! > > HTH > > Phil > > Suzy Lawson wrote: > > Hello Group- > > I have an app that receives XML data over the socket. Specifically, > > it is data that is in 2 formats (plain text and HTML). > > > > The HTML that gets sent represents the FULL html code (i.e. the > > top-level 'html', 'meta', 'head', 'style', 'div', 'body' tags etc..). > > > > Sometimes the tags have namespaces and even 'class' attributes > > assigned to them which relate to styles defined w/i the <style> tag. > > > > For this reason, I can't just set the XML value to the 'htmlText' > > attribute of a text field. > > > > I tried using the ExternalInterface API and pass the HTML (see example > > below) to a javscript method which opens a new window and calls > > 'document.write(passedValueFromFlex)', but that does not work b/c of > > the extra rows between tags. If I manually remove the white spaces > > from each row where the HTML is one long String...it works fine. > > > > Using a parser to handle that would be near impossible to create > > though. Does anyone have any ideas for a solution (to display HTML)???? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > <message> > > <plainText>This is the message.</plainText> > > <htmlText><html> > > > > > > > > <head> > > > > </head> > > > > > > > > <body lang=EN-US> > > > > This is the <b>message</b>. > > > > </body> > > > > > > > > </html> > > </htmlText> > > </message> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > Phil Marston > Learning Technologist > Learning Technology Unit > Edward Wright G33, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3QY, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44(0)1224 273329 / +44(0)7798 723660 > http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/ltu/pmarston/ > http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/ltu/ > ______________________________________________________________ > > The University of Aberdeen Open Day 29th August 2006 > Booking is essential > www.abdn.ac.uk/openday > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or call 0800 027 1495 > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/