RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
I did it by getting the index in the textField, as you described, then looping through every character in the html and counting the characters that are not in tags. When (number of characters not in tags) == (the index in the textfield) then you have your index in the html. Mmm, nice! ;) Giles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 09 August 2006 19:15 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >>You have to take out all the html, amend it (using html) and then >>re-assign it all to the textfield. Ok, but even doing that, you would have to use something like Selection.getCaretIndex() to know where in the Textfield you are so you can insert the tag in the right place, but that wouldn't seem to work because in the tests I did it Selection.getCaretIndex() gives you the position in the string shown as it is in the textfield, not the HTML code. So the index # is way off because of the hidden HTML tags are counted. How would you know where in the HTML code (not in the rendered HTML) the user placed their caret so you can insert the IMG tag? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:25 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>Yes, but you should be writing to the .htmlText property not the .text >>property as that will then keep all the styling in place via html code. >>You have to take out all the html, amend it (using html) and then >>re-assign it all to the textfield. >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 09 August 2006 16:36 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you >>first >> >>Yes, I understand that, :) but in doing that: >> >>"since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any >>custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style >>profiles), [you] have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 >>in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX)." >> >>So with your TextFormat destroyed, you've sacrificed the user's ability >>to continue to format the text in order to add an image. At least, >>that's how I understand it. TextFormat does not have as an >>available style. >> >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:02 AM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >>>> >>>>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you >>first >>>>need to get the html text (textfield.htmlText), insert the image using >> >>>>string functions and then re-insert the text into the textfield. >>>> >>>>Because you know where the cursor is in the textfield "text" but not >>in >>>>the "html" text, you need to insert some kind of marker at the cursor >>>>position, and then replace that marker inside the html text with the >>img >>>>tag. That will do the trick. >>>> >>>>On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:09:37 -0300, Merrill, Jason >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: >>>>> >>>>> I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat >> >>>>> class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the >>>>> Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat >>class >>>>> does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an >>>>> image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since >>writing >>>>> to
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
>>You have to take out all the html, amend it (using html) and then >>re-assign it all to the textfield. Ok, but even doing that, you would have to use something like Selection.getCaretIndex() to know where in the Textfield you are so you can insert the tag in the right place, but that wouldn't seem to work because in the tests I did it Selection.getCaretIndex() gives you the position in the string shown as it is in the textfield, not the HTML code. So the index # is way off because of the hidden HTML tags are counted. How would you know where in the HTML code (not in the rendered HTML) the user placed their caret so you can insert the IMG tag? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:25 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>Yes, but you should be writing to the .htmlText property not the .text >>property as that will then keep all the styling in place via html code. >>You have to take out all the html, amend it (using html) and then >>re-assign it all to the textfield. >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 09 August 2006 16:36 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you >>first >> >>Yes, I understand that, :) but in doing that: >> >>"since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any >>custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style >>profiles), [you] have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 >>in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX)." >> >>So with your TextFormat destroyed, you've sacrificed the user's ability >>to continue to format the text in order to add an image. At least, >>that's how I understand it. TextFormat does not have as an >>available style. >> >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:02 AM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >>>> >>>>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you >>first >>>>need to get the html text (textfield.htmlText), insert the image using >> >>>>string functions and then re-insert the text into the textfield. >>>> >>>>Because you know where the cursor is in the textfield "text" but not >>in >>>>the "html" text, you need to insert some kind of marker at the cursor >>>>position, and then replace that marker inside the html text with the >>img >>>>tag. That will do the trick. >>>> >>>>On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:09:37 -0300, Merrill, Jason >>>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: >>>>> >>>>> I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat >> >>>>> class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the >>>>> Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat >>class >>>>> does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an >>>>> image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since >>writing >>>>> to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom >>>>> formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style >>profiles), >>>>> I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's >> >>>>> ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the >>>>> markup, you can't have it render the image! >>>>> >>>>> So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and >>
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
Yes, but you should be writing to the .htmlText property not the .text property as that will then keep all the styling in place via html code. You have to take out all the html, amend it (using html) and then re-assign it all to the textfield. Giles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 09 August 2006 16:36 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you first Yes, I understand that, :) but in doing that: "since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), [you] have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX)." So with your TextFormat destroyed, you've sacrificed the user's ability to continue to format the text in order to add an image. At least, that's how I understand it. TextFormat does not have as an available style. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:02 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you first >>need to get the html text (textfield.htmlText), insert the image using >>string functions and then re-insert the text into the textfield. >> >>Because you know where the cursor is in the textfield "text" but not in >>the "html" text, you need to insert some kind of marker at the cursor >>position, and then replace that marker inside the html text with the img >>tag. That will do the trick. >> >>On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:09:37 -0300, Merrill, Jason >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: >>> >>> I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat >>> class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the >>> Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat class >>> does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an >>> image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since writing >>> to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom >>> formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), >>> I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's >>> ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the >>> markup, you can't have it render the image! >>> >>> So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and trying >>> to let the user also add an inline image. Unless someone knows >>> otherwise, I am going to have to use a movieClip container instead of an >>> IMG tag. That will not be ideal, but it might fly for this project. >>> >>> I really wish they would make the HTML editing capabilities of Flash >>> better, but it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM >>>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>>>> >>>>> Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use >>> SWF's >>>>> instead of bitmaps? >>>>> >>>>> the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* >>>>> (meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the >>>>> removal of said SWF? >>>>> >>>>> On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image >>> is >>>>>> in >>>>>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it a
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
>>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you first Yes, I understand that, :) but in doing that: "since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), [you] have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX)." So with your TextFormat destroyed, you've sacrificed the user's ability to continue to format the text in order to add an image. At least, that's how I understand it. TextFormat does not have as an available style. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:02 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you first >>need to get the html text (textfield.htmlText), insert the image using >>string functions and then re-insert the text into the textfield. >> >>Because you know where the cursor is in the textfield "text" but not in >>the "html" text, you need to insert some kind of marker at the cursor >>position, and then replace that marker inside the html text with the img >>tag. That will do the trick. >> >>On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:09:37 -0300, Merrill, Jason >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: >>> >>> I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat >>> class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the >>> Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat class >>> does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an >>> image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since writing >>> to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom >>> formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), >>> I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's >>> ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the >>> markup, you can't have it render the image! >>> >>> So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and trying >>> to let the user also add an inline image. Unless someone knows >>> otherwise, I am going to have to use a movieClip container instead of an >>> IMG tag. That will not be ideal, but it might fly for this project. >>> >>> I really wish they would make the HTML editing capabilities of Flash >>> better, but it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM >>>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>>>> >>>>> Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use >>> SWF's >>>>> instead of bitmaps? >>>>> >>>>> the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* >>>>> (meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the >>>>> removal of said SWF? >>>>> >>>>> On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image >>> is >>>>>> in >>>>>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it >>>>>> where >>>>>> >>just another piece of text??? >>>>>> >>>>>> Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select >>> the >>>>>> picture itself, but if you select the space character where the >>> image >>>>>> tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted >>> as >>>>>> w
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
To insert an image you need to process the text as "text". So you first need to get the html text (textfield.htmlText), insert the image using string functions and then re-insert the text into the textfield. Because you know where the cursor is in the textfield "text" but not in the "html" text, you need to insert some kind of marker at the cursor position, and then replace that marker inside the html text with the img tag. That will do the trick. On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:09:37 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat class does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the markup, you can't have it render the image! So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and trying to let the user also add an inline image. Unless someone knows otherwise, I am going to have to use a movieClip container instead of an IMG tag. That will not be ideal, but it might fly for this project. I really wish they would make the HTML editing capabilities of Flash better, but it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use SWF's instead of bitmaps? the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* (meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the removal of said SWF? On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >> >>Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
I know you are trying to avoid it, but I think the only way to go is to get those counters counting and insert the raw code into the textfields htmlText property. And, yes it really does suck!! (don't get me started on superscript and subscript ;) Giles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 09 August 2006 15:10 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat class does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the markup, you can't have it render the image! So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and trying to let the user also add an inline image. Unless someone knows otherwise, I am going to have to use a movieClip container instead of an IMG tag. That will not be ideal, but it might fly for this project. I really wish they would make the HTML editing capabilities of Flash better, but it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
OK - follow me here for a fun mental exercise: I think the major issue I'm running into with this is the TextFormat class relies on the text field's visual formatting described by the Flash Players internal style profiles. And since the TextFormat class does not support an tag, I cannot use TextFormat to insert an image, I have to insert the tag as a string. AND SO since writing to the text property of a TextField object destroys any custom formatting associated with the field (i.e. the interal style profiles), I have to use the TextField.replaceSel() function (p. 889 in Moock's ASDG for FlashMX). AND since the replaceSel() function encodes the markup, you can't have it render the image! So it seems to be a catch-22 and I'm screwed using TextFormat and trying to let the user also add an inline image. Unless someone knows otherwise, I am going to have to use a movieClip container instead of an IMG tag. That will not be ideal, but it might fly for this project. I really wish they would make the HTML editing capabilities of Flash better, but it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use SWF's >>instead of bitmaps? >> >>the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* >>(meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the >>removal of said SWF? >> >>On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is >>> in >>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it >>> where >>> >>just another piece of text??? >>> >>> Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the >>> picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image >>> tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as >>> well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not >>> intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially >>> if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it >>> were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone >>> knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-Original Message- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>> >> >>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is >>> in >>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it >>> where >>> >>just another piece of text??? >>> >> >>> >>Giles >>> >> >>> >>-Original Message- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> Merrill, >>> >>Jason >>> >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> >>onquestion >>> >> >>> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>> >>and >>> >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual >>> index >>> >>in >>> >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>> >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>> >>two >>> >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>> >>>>counts
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
You can use any image type that can be loaded by flash. If you use src="test.swf"> the player will load the swf file as an image. Also as i mentioned previously, you can use and the player will show that library item (that of course must be a movieclip with a linkage id). If that movieclip is a "component", the player will attach that component into the textarea. On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:27:36 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, the end user will not have capabilities to create .swfs. They are going to be inserting images. Even still, how would you insert a .swf with an IMG tag? I haven't heard of that before. Good to know if you can. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use SWF's instead of bitmaps? the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* (meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the removal of said SWF? On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? >> >>Giles >> >>-----Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >> >>Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick >>and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out of >>the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into and >>position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh >>well. >> >>Thanks for the many responses! >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >>>> >>>>I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
hi, maybe i'm OT here but, if you had an mc in the library that had the 'export for actionscript' setting enabled it can be used in an HTML file like an image see http://nwebb.co.uk/nw_htmlsite/index.php?page=browse_tutorial&tutorial=imagesxml1&part=1 maybe you could use that approach? cheers On 8/9/06, Marcelo Volmaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the editor i made, i place the image as a movieclip container that loads the actual image. Then, i simply attached rollover-rollout events to make the image "editable"... On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:53:42 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is > in >>> the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it > where >>> just another piece of text??? > > Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the > picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image > tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as > well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not > intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially > if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it > were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone > knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America > Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions > >>> -Original Message- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow > onquestion >>> >>> I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is > in >>> the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it > where >>> just another piece of text??? >>> >>> Giles >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Merrill, >>> Jason >>> Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>> >>>>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>> and >>>>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual > index >>> in >>>>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>> two >>>>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are > part >>> of >>>>> a tag. >>>>> >>> >>> Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>> need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>> the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick >>> and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out > of >>> the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into > and >>> position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh >>> well. >>> >>> Thanks for the many responses! >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM >>>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>>>> >>>>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than > the >>>>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that > you >>> >>>>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!) >>>>> >>>>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>> and >>>>> relate the se
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
In the editor i made, i place the image as a movieclip container that
loads the actual image. Then, i simply attached rollover-rollout events to
make the image "editable"...
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:53:42 -0300, Merrill, Jason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is
in
the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it
where
just another piece of text???
Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the
picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image
tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as
well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not
intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially
if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it
were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone
knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is
in
the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it
where
just another piece of text???
Giles
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
index
in
the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
part
of
a tag.
Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I
need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove
the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick
and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out
of
the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into
and
position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh
well.
Thanks for the many responses!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than
the
code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that
you
entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
index
in
the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
part
of
a tag.
Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
Giles
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
Jason
Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to
the
htmltext field value, it works:
//works:
test_txt.htmlText += "";
//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
test_txt.replaceSel("");
Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
with HTML tags?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
on
question
Getting back to this question
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
No, the end user will not have capabilities to create .swfs. They are going to be inserting images. Even still, how would you insert a .swf with an IMG tag? I haven't heard of that before. Good to know if you can. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:04 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use SWF's >>instead of bitmaps? >> >>the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* >>(meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the >>removal of said SWF? >> >>On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is >>> in >>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it >>> where >>> >>just another piece of text??? >>> >>> Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the >>> picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image >>> tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as >>> well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not >>> intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially >>> if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it >>> were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone >>> knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-Original Message- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>> >> >>> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is >>> in >>> >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it >>> where >>> >>just another piece of text??? >>> >> >>> >>Giles >>> >> >>> >>-Original Message- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> Merrill, >>> >>Jason >>> >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> >>onquestion >>> >> >>> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>> >>and >>> >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual >>> index >>> >>in >>> >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>> >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>> >>two >>> >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>> >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are >>> part >>> >>of >>> >>>>a tag. >>> >>>> >>> >> >>> >>Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>> >>need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>> >>the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick >>> >>and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out >>> of >>> >>the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into >>> and >>> >>position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh >>> >>well. >>> >> >>> >>Thanks for the many responses! >>> >> >>> >>Jason Merri
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
Sorry if you guys already covered this, but is it possible to use SWF's instead of bitmaps? the image tag supports loading of SWF's, and I would think you *could* (meaning, I've not tried it) include onRelease method that handles the removal of said SWF? On 8/9/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >> >>Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick >>and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out of >>the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into and >>position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh >>well. >> >>Thanks for the many responses! >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >>>> >>>>I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the >>>>code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you >> >>>>entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!) >>>> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >>>>Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps, >>>>Giles >>>> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Merrill, >>>>Jason >>>>Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25 >>&g
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
>>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? Nope - well, kind of, that's only partially true. You cannot select the picture itself, but if you select the space character where the image tag is "invisibly" located and delete that, the IMG tag gets deleted as well, thus removing the picture. So you can do it, but it's not intuitive to the user on how to find that space and do that, especially if they forgot where they put it. But it would be really nice if it were true that you could select the picture directly. Unless someone knows otherwise, but this is what appears to be the case in my tests. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:28 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in >>the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where >>just another piece of text??? >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >> >>Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I >>need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove >>the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick >>and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out of >>the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into and >>position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh >>well. >> >>Thanks for the many responses! >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>onquestion >>>> >>>>I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the >>>>code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you >> >>>>entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!) >>>> >>>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) >>and >>>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index >>in >>>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running >>two >>>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part >>of >>>>a tag. >>>> >>>>Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps, >>>>Giles >>>> >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Merrill, >>>>Jason >>>>Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25 >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>>>onquestion >>>> >>>>Oh, and to follow up with some further information: >>>> >>>>It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use >&
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
I would have thought (i.e. I've not tried it) that once the image is in
the textfield that users could just select/delete it as though it where
just another piece of text???
Giles
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: 08 August 2006 17:38
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index
in
>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part
of
>>a tag.
>>
Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I
need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove
the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick
and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out of
the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into and
position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh
well.
Thanks for the many responses!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the
>>code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you
>>entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
>>
>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index
in
>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part
of
>>a tag.
>>
>>Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>Giles
>>
>>-Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
>>Jason
>>Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
>>onquestion
>>
>>Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>
>>It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
>>htmltext field value, it works:
>>
>>//works:
>>test_txt.htmlText += ">height=\"120\" />";
>>
>>//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>test_txt.replaceSel(">height=\"120\" />");
>>
>>Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>with HTML tags?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jason Merrill
>>Bank of America
>>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on
>>question
>>>>
>>>>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
>>ideas.
>>>>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
>>class.
>>>>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database,
it
>>>>works great.
>>>>
>>>>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>>>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>>>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>>>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>>>
>>>>test_txt.replaceSel(">>>height=\"120\" />");
>>>>
>>>>So that p
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
yeah I'm afraid I've not been following along closely enough, not sure what replaceSel() does or how it does it, but sounds like you're on top of it ;) let me know how it finaly works out, JG On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John, Thanks - yes, that class works, thanks for the link. But unfortunately, it appears it is the Textfield.replaceSel() function which encodes it upon display - so I would have to then parse through the textfield and find the encoded string, then decode it using that class, and put it back in the textfield - what a hassle! Is there another method to insert HTML tags into a textField besides replaceSel() which won't encode it? At this point, especially since I need to be able to allow the user to remove the tag as well, I think I'm just better off keeping the image separate from the HTML in a movieClip. Would seem to be much easier and less bug-prone. Thanks for the link though, I'm sure I can use than class in the future. I added it to my package library. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:35 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question >> >>http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/osflash/red5/browser/java/server/trunk /swf/ >>DEV_Source/classes/com/blitzagency/data/DecodeHTML.as >> >>This is what I use for that Jason, hope that helps >> >>JG ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
John, Thanks - yes, that class works, thanks for the link. But unfortunately, it appears it is the Textfield.replaceSel() function which encodes it upon display - so I would have to then parse through the textfield and find the encoded string, then decode it using that class, and put it back in the textfield - what a hassle! Is there another method to insert HTML tags into a textField besides replaceSel() which won't encode it? At this point, especially since I need to be able to allow the user to remove the tag as well, I think I'm just better off keeping the image separate from the HTML in a movieClip. Would seem to be much easier and less bug-prone. Thanks for the link though, I'm sure I can use than class in the future. I added it to my package library. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:35 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question >> >>http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/osflash/red5/browser/java/server/trunk /swf/ >>DEV_Source/classes/com/blitzagency/data/DecodeHTML.as >> >>This is what I use for that Jason, hope that helps >> >>JG ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
http://mirror1.cvsdude.com/trac/osflash/red5/browser/java/server/trunk/swf/DEV_Source/classes/com/blitzagency/data/DecodeHTML.as
This is what I use for that Jason, hope that helps
JG
On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>have you tried using the unescape function?.something like this:
>>
>>test_txt.replaceSel(unescape(">height=\"120\" />"));
That doesn't seem to work. Still shows as:
<img src="mountains.jpg" width="350"
height="120" />
Thanks though.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John VanHorn
>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:43 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
on question
>>
>>
>>On 8/7/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>>
>>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to
the
>>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>>
>>> //works:
>>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> height=\"120\" />";
>>>
>>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> height=\"120\" />");
>>>
>>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>> with HTML tags?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
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RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index
in
>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part
of
>>a tag.
>>
Thanks Giles. That is what I was trying to avoid, especially since I
need to give the user editing capability - so they can add and remove
the tag at any time when editing the text. Could get messy real quick
and be bug-prone. I think I might opt instead for keeping images out of
the HTML altogether, and just use a MovieClip they load content into and
position. It won't allow the text to wrap around the image, but oh
well.
Thanks for the many responses!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:41 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the
>>code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you
>>entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
>>
>>You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index
in
>>the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part
of
>>a tag.
>>
>>Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>Giles
>>
>>-----Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
>>Jason
>>Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
>>onquestion
>>
>>Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>
>>It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
>>htmltext field value, it works:
>>
>>//works:
>>test_txt.htmlText += ">height=\"120\" />";
>>
>>//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>test_txt.replaceSel(">height=\"120\" />");
>>
>>Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>with HTML tags?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jason Merrill
>>Bank of America
>>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on
>>question
>>>>
>>>>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
>>ideas.
>>>>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
>>class.
>>>>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database,
it
>>>>works great.
>>>>
>>>>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>>>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>>>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>>>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>>>
>>>>test_txt.replaceSel(">>>height=\"120\" />");
>>>>
>>>>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the
image
>>
>>>>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >>>scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>>>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield, so
I
>>
>>>>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the
>>>>literal HTM
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
>>have you tried using the unescape function?.something like this:
>>
>>test_txt.replaceSel(unescape(">height=\"120\" />"));
That doesn't seem to work. Still shows as:
<img src="mountains.jpg" width="350"
height="120" />
Thanks though.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John VanHorn
>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:43 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
on question
>>
>>
>>On 8/7/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>>
>>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to
the
>>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>>
>>> //works:
>>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> height=\"120\" />";
>>>
>>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> height=\"120\" />");
>>>
>>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>> with HTML tags?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
sure thing Jason, I've got the light version here, so if you don't get it through the proper channels soon enough, just let me know On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks John. Hmmm... yeah, I'm always leery when using third party stuff - b/c it may seem to work great at first, but then the boss wants more features that the product doesn't have. Or there are some unknown limitations. I might just roll my own - I have something going already. Plus, if it says Flash 8 required, I'm thinking even if I write him, it's gonna be Flash 8 required. I have to support Flash 7 unfortunately. But I'll still check into this further. Another problem: I tried downloading a demo from them, but even after I registered, I was never e-mailed a password, and it's been 45 minutes now. :( I tried to re-register, but it said my e-mail address was already in their database. So I tried getting a password reminder sent to me, but that never arrived either and that was 20 minutes ago. >>The author is very responsive, you should email him directly. I'm sure he >>has some solutions. I bcc:'ed him on this - thanks for the tip. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:43 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>that's a good question: >> >>"To allow easy server file browsing and direct upload of images (flash >>player 8 required) the component has built-in FileBrowser. php/Apache and >>.NET files needed for backend are included" >> >>The author is very responsive, you should email him directly. I'm sure he >>has some solutions. >> >>On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>-- >>[ JPG ] >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
Thanks John. Hmmm... yeah, I'm always leery when using third party stuff - b/c it may seem to work great at first, but then the boss wants more features that the product doesn't have. Or there are some unknown limitations. I might just roll my own - I have something going already. Plus, if it says Flash 8 required, I'm thinking even if I write him, it's gonna be Flash 8 required. I have to support Flash 7 unfortunately. But I'll still check into this further. Another problem: I tried downloading a demo from them, but even after I registered, I was never e-mailed a password, and it's been 45 minutes now. :( I tried to re-register, but it said my e-mail address was already in their database. So I tried getting a password reminder sent to me, but that never arrived either and that was 20 minutes ago. >>The author is very responsive, you should email him directly. I'm sure he >>has some solutions. I bcc:'ed him on this - thanks for the tip. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:43 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>that's a good question: >> >>"To allow easy server file browsing and direct upload of images (flash >>player 8 required) the component has built-in FileBrowser. php/Apache and >>.NET files needed for backend are included" >> >>The author is very responsive, you should email him directly. I'm sure he >>has some solutions. >> >>On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>-- >>[ JPG ] >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
that's a good question: "To allow easy server file browsing and direct upload of images (flash player 8 required) the component has built-in FileBrowser. php/Apache and .NET files needed for backend are included" The author is very responsive, you should email him directly. I'm sure he has some solutions. On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- [ JPG ] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
>>that's not true, it works in Flash 7 just fine - I JUST tried it and I
know
>>that I've read that in the docs somewhere as well.
How does the filebrowsing work with this component in the Flash 7
player? Does it not use the file browsing capabilities of Flash 8 and
uses Javascript in an HTML window instead? Or does it rely on something
like PHP?
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:41 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>that's not true, it works in Flash 7 just fine - I JUST tried it and I
know
>>that I've read that in the docs somewhere as well.
>>
>>On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, this is going back in the thread, but I originally said it
had to
>>> be Flash 7. This tool requires Flash 8 according to the site.
Looks
>>> like a great tool though, thanks!
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>-----Original Message-
>>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
>>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>> >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM
>>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash -
follow
>>> onquestion
>>> >>
>>> >>I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you
>>> time?
>>> >>
>>> >>http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php
>>> >>
>>> >>I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't
have
>>> been a
>>> >>better use of time/money ;)
>>> >>
>>> >>hth,
>>> >>
>>> >>jpg
>>> >>
>>> >>On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather
than
>>> the
>>> >>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text
that
>>> you
>>> >>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes
sense!)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the
code)
>>> and
>>> >>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
>>> index in
>>> >>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>> >>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just
running
>>> two
>>> >>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one
counter
>>> >>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
>>> part of
>>> >>> a tag.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>> >>> Giles
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Original Message-
>>> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>>> Merrill,
>>> >>> Jason
>>> >>> Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>> >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash -
follow
>>> >>> onquestion
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> >>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on
to
>>> the
>>> >>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> //works:
>>> >>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> >>> height=\"120\" />";
>>> >>>
>>> >>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> >>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> >>> height=\"120\" />");
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserti
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
Well that's cool then! This is the kind of tool I was looking for.
Thanks!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:41 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>that's not true, it works in Flash 7 just fine - I JUST tried it and I
know
>>that I've read that in the docs somewhere as well.
>>
>>On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, this is going back in the thread, but I originally said it
had to
>>> be Flash 7. This tool requires Flash 8 according to the site.
Looks
>>> like a great tool though, thanks!
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>-----Original Message-
>>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
>>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>> >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM
>>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash -
follow
>>> onquestion
>>> >>
>>> >>I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you
>>> time?
>>> >>
>>> >>http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php
>>> >>
>>> >>I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't
have
>>> been a
>>> >>better use of time/money ;)
>>> >>
>>> >>hth,
>>> >>
>>> >>jpg
>>> >>
>>> >>On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather
than
>>> the
>>> >>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text
that
>>> you
>>> >>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes
sense!)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the
code)
>>> and
>>> >>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
>>> index in
>>> >>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>> >>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just
running
>>> two
>>> >>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one
counter
>>> >>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
>>> part of
>>> >>> a tag.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>> >>> Giles
>>> >>>
>>> >>> -Original Message-
>>> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>>> Merrill,
>>> >>> Jason
>>> >>> Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>> >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash -
follow
>>> >>> onquestion
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> >>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on
to
>>> the
>>> >>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> //works:
>>> >>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> >>> height=\"120\" />";
>>> >>>
>>> >>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> >>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> >>> height=\"120\" />");
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the
tag,
>>> and
>>> >>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel()
to
>>> work
>>> >>> with HTML tags?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Jas
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
that's not true, it works in Flash 7 just fine - I JUST tried it and I know
that I've read that in the docs somewhere as well.
On 8/8/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry, this is going back in the thread, but I originally said it had to
be Flash 7. This tool requires Flash 8 according to the site. Looks
like a great tool though, thanks!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you
time?
>>
>>http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php
>>
>>I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't have
been a
>>better use of time/money ;)
>>
>>hth,
>>
>>jpg
>>
>>On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than
the
>>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that
you
>>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
>>>
>>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
index in
>>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
part of
>>> a tag.
>>>
>>> Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>> Giles
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
>>> Jason
>>> Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
>>> onquestion
>>>
>>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>>
>>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to
the
>>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>>
>>> //works:
>>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> height=\"120\" />";
>>>
>>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> height=\"120\" />");
>>>
>>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>> with HTML tags?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>-Original Message-
>>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
>>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>> >>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
on
>>> question
>>> >>
>>> >>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
>>> ideas.
>>> >>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
>>> class.
>>> >>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database,
it
>>> >>works great.
>>> >>
>>> >>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>> >>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>> >>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>> >>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>> >>
>>> >>test_txt.replaceSel(">> >>height=\"120\" />");
>>> >>
>>> >>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the
image
>>>
>>> >>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >> >>scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>> >
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
Sorry, this is going back in the thread, but I originally said it had to
be Flash 7. This tool requires Flash 8 according to the site. Looks
like a great tool though, thanks!
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
>>
>>I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you
time?
>>
>>http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php
>>
>>I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't have
been a
>>better use of time/money ;)
>>
>>hth,
>>
>>jpg
>>
>>On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than
the
>>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that
you
>>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
>>>
>>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code)
and
>>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual
index in
>>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
>>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running
two
>>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
>>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are
part of
>>> a tag.
>>>
>>> Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
>>> Giles
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Merrill,
>>> Jason
>>> Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
>>> onquestion
>>>
>>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
>>>
>>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
>>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to
the
>>> htmltext field value, it works:
>>>
>>> //works:
>>> test_txt.htmlText += ">> height=\"120\" />";
>>>
>>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
>>> test_txt.replaceSel(">> height=\"120\" />");
>>>
>>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag,
and
>>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to
work
>>> with HTML tags?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill
>>> Bank of America
>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>-Original Message-
>>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
>>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>> >>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>> >>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
on
>>> question
>>> >>
>>> >>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
>>> ideas.
>>> >>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
>>> class.
>>> >>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database,
it
>>> >>works great.
>>> >>
>>> >>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>> >>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>> >>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>> >>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>> >>
>>> >>test_txt.replaceSel(">> >>height=\"120\" />");
>>> >>
>>> >>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the
image
>>>
>>> >>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >> >>scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>> >>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield,
so I
>>>
>>> >>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the
>>> >
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you time?
http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php
I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't have been a
better use of time/money ;)
hth,
jpg
On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the
code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you
entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) and
relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index in
the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running two
counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part of
a tag.
Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
Giles
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
htmltext field value, it works:
//works:
test_txt.htmlText += "";
//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
test_txt.replaceSel("");
Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag, and
re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to work
with HTML tags?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on
question
>>
>>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
ideas.
>>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
class.
>>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database, it
>>works great.
>>
>>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>
>>test_txt.replaceSel(">height=\"120\" />");
>>
>>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the image
>>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield, so I
>>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the
>>literal HTML. So in testing the value of the html TextField, I found
>>the <> and \" characters I inserted have been changed to encoded
>>entities in the HTML string:
>>
>><img src="mountains.jpg" width="350"
>>height="120" />
>>
>>Why is that and how can I fix this? It would be pretty messy to use
>>the XML object to decode those entities - why are they getting
rendered
>>that way in the first place?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>Jason Merrill
>>Bank of America
>>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Booth
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:43 AM
>>>>To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
>>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
>>>>
>>>>I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class
that
>>can
>>>>apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed
daunting
>>at
>>>>first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove
>>textfields
>>>>that it should "watch". I don't have it here with me right now, but
>>here's
>>>>the basics:
>>>>
>>>>It doesn't use replaceText at all.
>>>>
>>>>I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some
are
>>>>Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size,
>>etc).
>>
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion
I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the
code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you
entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!)
You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) and
relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index in
the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText.
I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running two
counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter
counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part of
a tag.
Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps,
Giles
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow
onquestion
Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
htmltext field value, it works:
//works:
test_txt.htmlText += "";
//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
test_txt.replaceSel("");
Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag, and
re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to work
with HTML tags?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on
question
>>
>>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
ideas.
>>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
class.
>>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database, it
>>works great.
>>
>>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>
>>test_txt.replaceSel(">height=\"120\" />");
>>
>>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the image
>>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield, so I
>>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the
>>literal HTML. So in testing the value of the html TextField, I found
>>the <> and \" characters I inserted have been changed to encoded
>>entities in the HTML string:
>>
>><img src="mountains.jpg" width="350"
>>height="120" />
>>
>>Why is that and how can I fix this? It would be pretty messy to use
>>the XML object to decode those entities - why are they getting
rendered
>>that way in the first place?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>Jason Merrill
>>Bank of America
>>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Booth
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:43 AM
>>>>To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
>>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
>>>>
>>>>I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class
that
>>can
>>>>apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed
daunting
>>at
>>>>first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove
>>textfields
>>>>that it should "watch". I don't have it here with me right now, but
>>here's
>>>>the basics:
>>>>
>>>>It doesn't use replaceText at all.
>>>>
>>>>I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some
are
>>>>Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size,
>>etc).
>>>>
>>>>When the textfield has focus use an interval to get the beginIndex
and
>>>>endIndex. You can clear the interval onkillFocus.
>>>>
>>>>Then in your setFormat function
>>>>
>>>>Public function setFormat (type,
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
have you tried using the unescape function?.something like this:
test_txt.replaceSel(unescape(""));
On 8/7/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
htmltext field value, it works:
//works:
test_txt.htmlText += "";
//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
test_txt.replaceSel("");
Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag, and
re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to work
with HTML tags?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on question
Oh, and to follow up with some further information:
It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use
TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the tag string on to the
htmltext field value, it works:
//works:
test_txt.htmlText += "";
//fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities:
test_txt.replaceSel("");
Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the tag, and
re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to work
with HTML tags?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason
>>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on
question
>>
>>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the
ideas.
>>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat
class.
>>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database, it
>>works great.
>>
>>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't
>>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just
>>insert an img tag string into the textField using
>>TextField.replaceSel(), like this:
>>
>>test_txt.replaceSel(">height=\"120\" />");
>>
>>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the image
>>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal >scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML
>>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield, so I
>>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the
>>literal HTML. So in testing the value of the html TextField, I found
>>the <> and \" characters I inserted have been changed to encoded
>>entities in the HTML string:
>>
>><img src="mountains.jpg" width="350"
>>height="120" />
>>
>>Why is that and how can I fix this? It would be pretty messy to use
>>the XML object to decode those entities - why are they getting
rendered
>>that way in the first place?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>Jason Merrill
>>Bank of America
>>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>-Original Message-
>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Booth
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:43 AM
>>>>To: 'Flashcoders mailing list'
>>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
>>>>
>>>>I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class
that
>>can
>>>>apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed
daunting
>>at
>>>>first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove
>>textfields
>>>>that it should "watch". I don't have it here with me right now, but
>>here's
>>>>the basics:
>>>>
>>>>It doesn't use replaceText at all.
>>>>
>>>>I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some
are
>>>>Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size,
>>etc).
>>>>
>>>>When the textfield has focus use an interval to get the beginIndex
and
>>>>endIndex. You can clear the interval onkillFocus.
>>>>
>>>>Then in your setFormat function
>>>>
>>>>Public function setFormat (type, arg):Void
>>>>{
>>>>var temp_fmt:TextFormat = currentField.getTextFormat(beginIndex,
>>>>endIndex);
>>>>
>>>>switch (type)
>>>>{
>>>>case "bold":
>>>>case "italic":
>>>>case "underline":
>>>>//etc...
>>>>{
>>>>temp_fmt[type] = temp_fmt[type] == false ? true
>>:
>>>>false;
>>>>break;
>>>>}
>>>>case "leading":
>>>>case "align":
>>>>case "size":
>>>>//etc...
>>>>{
>>>>temp_fmt[type] = arg;
>>>>
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
It was developed with that in mind, but the class itself can be used as standalone editor (I´m already using it for some projects). You simply set the content by writting to the _content property of the HTMLeditor class and get the content by reading that property. Currently i don´t have the time to make a component, but it should be really easy to create a component from what is done. The JS file is used to replace textareas with the html file, and the configuration options you see are simply passed via flashvars to the class, so you don´t need it to make the editor works. On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:56:32 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That seems to be a flash file specifically for HTML forms and uses a large .js file for configuration. Could this be loaded into a Flash file? I mean, I know it could, but it doesn't seem like it would work if you did, and how would you get the end string from it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:40 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? http://osflash.org/flashtextarea On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the "editor" text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://trainin
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
That seems to be a flash file specifically for HTML forms and uses a large .js file for configuration. Could this be loaded into a Flash file? I mean, I know it could, but it doesn't seem like it would work if you did, and how would you get the end string from it? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Volmaro >>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:40 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>http://osflash.org/flashtextarea >> >>On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>>> strip them out and replace with what >>>>> you need for the corresponding styles for your site >>> >>> Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't >>> get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag >>> literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). >>> >>> Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>>>> -----Original Message- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM >>>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>>> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >>>>> >>>>> i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a >>>>> db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output >>>>> string, once you've applied the formatting in the "editor" text field, >>>>> you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what >>>>> you need for the corresponding styles for your site >>>>> >>>>> with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I >>>>> just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor >>>>> functionality, basically one button for each possible style >>>>> >>>>> Merrill, Jason wrote: >>>>>> Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML >>> text >>>>>> editor for Flash 7. >>>>>> >>>>>> Question 1: >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some >>> kind >>>>>> in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of >>> text >>>>>> the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use >>>>>> something like: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), >>>>>> theNewString) >>>>>> >>>>>> or something to that effect. >>>>>> >>>>>> So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but >>> the >>>>>> html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them >>>>>> literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with >>>>>> textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but >>>>>> textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the >>>>>> bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), >>> but >>>>>> from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds >>> and >>>>>> maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give >>> up >>>>>> too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there >>> are >>>>>> just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Jason Merrill >>>>>> Bank of America >>>>>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Jason, We found a copy of 5 on Limewire...If you fail to find one, let me know off-list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:29 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? Haven't DevNet Resource Kits been discontinued? If so, how would I get my hands on that? If not, how would I get my hands on that? :) Thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Colpitts >>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if >>you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. >> >>On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text >>> editor for Flash 7. >>> >>> Question 1: >>> >>> Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind >>> in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text >>> the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use >>> something like: >>> >>> textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), >>> theNewString) >>> >>> or something to that effect. >>> >>> So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the >>> html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them >>> literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with >>> textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but >>> textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the >>> bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? >>> >>> Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but >>> from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and >>> maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up >>> too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are >>> just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >>> >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class that can
apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed daunting at
first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove textfields
that it should "watch". I don't have it here with me right now, but here's
the basics:
It doesn't use replaceText at all.
I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some are
Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size, etc).
When the textfield has focus use an interval to get the beginIndex and
endIndex. You can clear the interval onkillFocus.
Then in your setFormat function
Public function setFormat (type, arg):Void
{
var temp_fmt:TextFormat = currentField.getTextFormat(beginIndex,
endIndex);
switch (type)
{
case "bold":
case "italic":
case "underline":
//etc...
{
temp_fmt[type] = temp_fmt[type] == false ? true :
false;
break;
}
case "leading":
case "align":
case "size":
//etc...
{
temp_fmt[type] = arg;
break;
}
}
currentField.setTextFormat(beginIndex, endIndex, temp_fmt);
}
This should give you a head start.
- James
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:11 AM
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text
editor for Flash 7.
Question 1:
Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind
in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text
the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use
something like:
textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(),
theNewString)
or something to that effect.
So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the
html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them
literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with
textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but
textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the
bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas?
Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but
from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and
maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up
too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are
just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class.
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
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Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
http://osflash.org/flashtextarea On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:35:49 -0300, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the "editor" text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- _ Marcelo Volmaro ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Ah - I gotcha - I'll try that. I see what Tom was saying now. Thanks all.. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Giles Taylor >>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:25 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>You want to be using the TextFormat class. If you use it on an >>htmlTextField then flash does all the html coding for you; much easier! >> >>Giles >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>Jason >>Sent: 01 August 2006 15:11 >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text >>editor for Flash 7. >> >>Question 1: >> >>Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind >>in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text >>the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use >>something like: >> >>textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex( ), >>theNewString) >> >>or something to that effect. >> >>So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the >>html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them >>literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with >>textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but >>textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the >>bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? >> >>Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but >>from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and >>maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up >>too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are >>just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Jason Merrill >>Bank of America >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >> >> >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
>> strip them out and replace with what >>you need for the corresponding styles for your site Right, if I follow you, that's similar to what I have tried, but I can't get the textfield to re-render the HTML tag - it shows the tag literally if I use replaceText() or replaceSel(). Or how would you do it? Have a code example? thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Rhodes >>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a >>db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output >>string, once you've applied the formatting in the "editor" text field, >>you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what >>you need for the corresponding styles for your site >> >>with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I >>just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor >>functionality, basically one button for each possible style >> >>Merrill, Jason wrote: >>> Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text >>> editor for Flash 7. >>> >>> Question 1: >>> >>> Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind >>> in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text >>> the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use >>> something like: >>> >>> textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), >>> theNewString) >>> >>> or something to that effect. >>> >>> So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the >>> html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them >>> literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with >>> textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but >>> textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the >>> bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? >>> >>> Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but >>> from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and >>> maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up >>> too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are >>> just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com >>> http://training.figleaf.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >> >>__ >> >>Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer >>Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, >>Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT >>Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 >>www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk >>__ >> >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
Haven't DevNet Resource Kits been discontinued? If so, how would I get my hands on that? If not, how would I get my hands on that? :) Thanks. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Colpitts >>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:23 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >> >>There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if >>you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. >> >>On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text >>> editor for Flash 7. >>> >>> Question 1: >>> >>> Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind >>> in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text >>> the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use >>> something like: >>> >>> textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), >>> theNewString) >>> >>> or something to that effect. >>> >>> So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the >>> html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them >>> literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with >>> textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but >>> textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the >>> bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? >>> >>> Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but >>> from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and >>> maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up >>> too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are >>> just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com >>> http://training.figleaf.com >>> >>___ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
You want to be using the TextFormat class. If you use it on an htmlTextField then flash does all the html coding for you; much easier! Giles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: 01 August 2006 15:11 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
i've made some simple ones for css sites, that get their copy out of a db. i used textformats back in the flash 6 days, then in the output string, once you've applied the formatting in the "editor" text field, you look for the textformat tags, strip them out and replace with what you need for the corresponding styles for your site with 7 and the stylesheets support maybe it's even easier than that. I just remember having to keep things simple in terms of editor functionality, basically one button for each possible style Merrill, Jason wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- __ Tom Rhodes - Developer / Composer Wheelhouse Creative Ltd, 2 Albion Place, Hammersmith, London. W6 0QT Tel: 020 8748 4466 Fax: 020 8748 4850 www.wheelhousecreative.co.uk __ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash?
There is a really nice Rich Text Editor component in DRK 5... not sure if you've seen this. It's in the Flash UI Component Set 4 Update. On 8/1/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Two related questions. In a nutshell, trying to make a WSIWYG HTML text editor for Flash 7. Question 1: Has anyone created an HTML text editor component or class of some kind in Flash? Basically, having a textfield containing a paragraph of text the user can apply bold, size, font, etc. to - I assume it would use something like: textfield.replaceText(Selection.getBeginIndex(),Selection.getEndIndex(), theNewString) or something to that effect. So to my second question, I was able to get the above working, but the html Textfield would not apply the new HTML tags, it would show them literally when replaceText was used. Initially, I set the text with textField.htmlText = myText and renders fine with the bolding, but textField.replaceText() seems to not allow the textfield to show the bold tags applied - it shows the literal tag. Any ideas? Basically, would like to create a WSIWYG HTML text editor (flash 7), but from what I read in the archives, it's a lot harder than it sounds and maybe not even possible in Flash right now, but I don't want to give up too early. It seems that all the basic methods are available, there are just some quirks to work out with the Textfield class. Thanks, Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
