[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Paul Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
check the docs... It lists the tags it correctly parses/displays On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Thanks, Fotis. It's using the underlying Flash API's flash.text.TextField object, with the allowed tags found here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/text/TextField.html#htmlText -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Fotis Chatzinikos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: check the docs... It lists the tags it correctly parses/displays On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Fischer paulfischer60@ wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
The TextArea allows the SPAN tag and the CLASS attribute. Is the class defined in the Flex app in the mx:Style tag or in the HTML? -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Fotis. It's using the underlying Flash API's flash.text.TextField object, with the allowed tags found here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/text/TextField.html#htmlText -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Fotis Chatzinikos fotis.chatzinikos@ wrote: check the docs... It lists the tags it correctly parses/displays On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Fischer paulfischer60@ wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation Fotis.Chatzinikos@,
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Here's one way to do it: http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/03/22/applying-a-cascading-style-sheet-to-a-textarea-control-in-flex/ -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The TextArea allows the SPAN tag and the CLASS attribute. Is the class defined in the Flex app in the mx:Style tag or in the HTML? -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Thanks, Fotis. It's using the underlying Flash API's flash.text.TextField object, with the allowed tags found here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/text/TextField.html#htmlText -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Fotis Chatzinikos fotis.chatzinikos@ wrote: check the docs... It lists the tags it correctly parses/displays On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Thanks, Paul. I've noticed that the TextArea only parses a limited number of HTML tags; not sure which ones it allows and which it ignores. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, Paul Fischer paulfischer60@ wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation Fotis.Chatzinikos@,
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Yes, you can use XSL, but it is external to Flex. I created a custom TextArea component for displaying help text. It has a URL parameter that loads the text. The URL can be for a file that contains the text and html tags. Or it can be to a servlet which transforms the help xml using a xsl stylesheet and returns the final help text in a consistent format. /Paul
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Hey Paul, Would you be willing to share that component? On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Paul Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Yes, you can use XSL, but it is external to Flex. I created a custom TextArea component for displaying help text. It has a URL parameter that loads the text. The URL can be for a file that contains the text and html tags. Or it can be to a servlet which transforms the help xml using a xsl stylesheet and returns the final help text in a consistent format. /Paul
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks.
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks.
[flexcoders] Re: Using XSL in Flex?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, maybe it's more efficient to do this another way. Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish and see what you think is the best way to it: I'd like to grab a text file (XML or HTML) and load it into a Flex control and have it formatted correctly without having to fetch individual elements from the XML and putting them into label controls. Thanks. -Alex --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, jim.abbott45 jim.abbott45@ wrote: Or you could just use the ExternalInterface API to call the XSL(T) engine that most mainstream browsers include these days. That said, there is (in my opinion) still the question of whether that approach leads to a robust solution, particularly w.r.t. cross-browser differences . . . If you want to pursue that approach, this appears to be a good resource: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Browser-Side_XSLT --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, oneworld95 oneworld95@ wrote: Can XSL be used to tell Flex how to display XML data? I've got an XML help file that I'd like to display in a popup window in Flex without having to fetch each element; I'd like to just dump the contents into a Flex control and have it automatically apply styles to it. Thanks. Alex, with my component, I grab an HTML file which is formatted using the limited set of tags that the TextArea component supports. Then I set the htmlText property of the TextArea instance. I can also call a servlet URL that transforms the help text in XML format and apply the formatting using an xsl stylesheet. The Flex part only knows it is calling a URL and getting back formatted text. /Paul
