Re: [flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?

[Fotis Chatzinikos]

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 , "Paul
> Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> "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 ,
> "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 ,
> "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
> >
>
>  
>



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Re: [flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?

[Sefi Ninio]

Hey Paul,

Would you be willing to share that component?

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Paul Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com ,
> "oneworld95" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
> >
>
> Yes, you can use XSL, but it is external to Flex. I created a custom
> TextArea component for displaying help text. It has a URL parameter
> that loads the text. The URL can be for a file that contains the text
> and html tags. Or it can be to a servlet which transforms the help xml
> using a xsl stylesheet and returns the final help text in a consistent
> format.
>
> /Paul
>
>  
>