First and foremost we need more tags supported by htmlText and the rte for many more HTML tags than currently supported. This is first priority. Adobe's or any takers.
Second, I have been working on a HTML Component that will sit on top of your Flex project. It works nicely and is very easy to use. I created it because I need it. It should answer 90% of your needs when it comes to html. Its compatible with the current generation of browsers and provides a fallback mechanism for unsupported browsers. I'll have more news next week and at that time I'd like to get some feedback. If you are interested to know more please send me an email offlist. Or at least features you'd want. On 12/29/06, greg h <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ralf, Thanks. I had not previously looked at Deng. For me, the challenge has been finding a Flash/Flex based WYSIWYG text editor that outputs valid, standards compliant HTML/XHTML for display in browsers. Am I correct that Deng only renders existing XHTML? That is, that it does not provide editing capabilities? Just now, in the course of writing this reply, I went back to the best Flash editor I had found, FlashTextEditor.com <http://flashtexteditor.com>, and I see an announcement from Dec 13, 2006 of a new version that supports CSS. (The announcement is also here: http://play.ground.gr/?p=103 ). But that is targeting FP8/AS2/Flash V2. If the creator of FlashTextEditor.com <http://flashtexteditor.com/> can get that all working for FP8/AS2/Flash V2, then he likely will be able to do it for FP9/AS3/Flex 2. I am cc'ing FlashTextEditor.com<http://flashtexteditor.com/>'s creator on this reply (using [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Maybe he will post back with information on a release date for a Flex 2 version :-) btw ... here is a link from Jesse Warden praising FlashTextEditor.com<http://flashtexteditor.com/>back in March 2005: http://www.jessewarden.com/archives/2005/03/flash_richtexte.html Best regards, g On 12/29/06, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Claus Wahlers & Friends implemented a standards compatible browser > library on earlier flash players, so i guess it's just a matter of time they > or somebody else ports it to AS3. > > See http://www.osflash.org/deng > > Cheers, > Ralf. > > On 12/29/06, greg h < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My 2ยข ... > > > > 1. To provide support for valid, standards compliant HTML/XHTML Flash > > Player needs an updated alternative to the TextArea's htmlText > > property > > <http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/mx/controls/TextArea.html#htmlText>. > > Meaning, right through FP9 we have a problem with the legacy of how earlier > > FP versions provided HTML support. For details see: > > http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14808 > > Flash TechNote > > Using HTML text formatting in Flash 5 > > Last updated: September 4, 2002 > > > > 2. Apollo. If not in Flash Player, hopefully something can be done > > in Apollo since it will integrate FP with a full standards compliant > > browser. > > > > g > > > > On 12/29/06, Daniel Freiman < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I don't see why this should be very hard. I'm not saying it would > > > be quick, but since flash/flex has a known specification and html has a > > > known specification, the transformation between the two should be fairly > > > obvious. Put another way, if you can save and excel file as HTML, there's > > > no reason to believe that flash is special enough that it can't be > > > transformed to generate html. > > > > > > I should be done with an application in about a month that does what > > > you're looking for and more. It wouldn't be that hard to change our > > > proprietary XML output to HTML (it is something we're planing but not a high > > > priority right now). If anyone's interested in it and want to know more you > > > can contact me off list. > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany >
