[flexcoders] Re: htmlText truncation when changing from embedded to device font

2009-07-02 Thread tphipps 
Tim,

Thanks for the detailed reply. Unfortunately, this only fixes half the 
problem... With your recommended changes in place, the size of the TextArea now 
restores after a brief flicker, but the HTML formatting of the content is still 
lost.

Even if I reassign the HTML text to the TextArea inside your updateTextSize 
function so it happens after the font change is complete, only the raw text 
appears, and the formatting (even non-font-dependent formatting such as br/, 
li etc.) is lost. I read and appreciate your point about the bold face text 
requiring an embedded bold font, but even the non font-dependent formatting (as 
above) is lost.

Any ideas on how to restore the formatting after the font change?

Thanks again,
Toby

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote:

 
 I'll let the engineers let you know why this is happening.  But, you can
 get it to work with the following steps (hack):
 
 1)  Remove height=200 from the test Text control.
 
 2) Add this function:
 
 private function updateTextSize():void
 {
   test.invalidateSize();
 }
 
 3) On the ComboBox change event, execute callLater(updateTextSize);
 
 Note: If you use embedded fonts, a boldface font must be available for 
 b/b to work.
 
 -TH
 
 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phipps@ wrote:
 
  Hi all,
 
  I've seeing some strange behaviour with a mx:Text component using
 htmlText.
 
  It seems that when the fontFamily of the text component is changed at
 runtime from an embedded font to a device font (or vice versa), the
 content is truncated, and the HTML formatting lost. However, when
 changing from one device font to another (or one embedded font to
 another), it works just fine.
 
  Take this example (view source enabled but without the actual font
 files included - any OTF should work fine):
 http://dev.nx.sg/lab/fontchange/FontChange.html
 
  This app initializes the text component with some htmlText using a
 device font (_sans in this case). Once loaded, try changing the font
 to another device font (e.g. Courier New or Myriad) with the dropdown.
 Everything's fine. Now change to an embedded font, and note the
 truncation and loss of formatting.
 
  The reverse happens if I initalize the field with an embedded font -
 changing to another embedded font works fine but changing to a device
 font ends up truncating again.
 
  Anyone got any ideas how to make this work?
 
  Thanks,
  Toby.

[flexcoders] Re: htmlText truncation when changing from embedded to device font

2009-07-02 Thread Tim Hoff 

That's all that I have Toby.  Maybe someone else would like to jump in.

-TH

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phi...@... wrote:

 Tim,

 Thanks for the detailed reply. Unfortunately, this only fixes half the
problem... With your recommended changes in place, the size of the
TextArea now restores after a brief flicker, but the HTML formatting of
the content is still lost.

 Even if I reassign the HTML text to the TextArea inside your
updateTextSize function so it happens after the font change is complete,
only the raw text appears, and the formatting (even non-font-dependent
formatting such as br/, li etc.) is lost. I read and appreciate your
point about the bold face text requiring an embedded bold font, but even
the non font-dependent formatting (as above) is lost.

 Any ideas on how to restore the formatting after the font change?

 Thanks again,
 Toby

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff TimHoff@ wrote:
 
 
  I'll let the engineers let you know why this is happening. But, you
can
  get it to work with the following steps (hack):
 
  1) Remove height=200 from the test Text control.
 
  2) Add this function:
 
  private function updateTextSize():void
  {
  test.invalidateSize();
  }
 
  3) On the ComboBox change event, execute callLater(updateTextSize);
 
  Note: If you use embedded fonts, a boldface font must be available
for
  b/b to work.
 
  -TH
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phipps@ wrote:
  
   Hi all,
  
   I've seeing some strange behaviour with a mx:Text component using
  htmlText.
  
   It seems that when the fontFamily of the text component is changed
at
  runtime from an embedded font to a device font (or vice versa), the
  content is truncated, and the HTML formatting lost. However, when
  changing from one device font to another (or one embedded font to
  another), it works just fine.
  
   Take this example (view source enabled but without the actual font
  files included - any OTF should work fine):
  http://dev.nx.sg/lab/fontchange/FontChange.html
  
   This app initializes the text component with some htmlText using a
  device font (_sans in this case). Once loaded, try changing the
font
  to another device font (e.g. Courier New or Myriad) with the
dropdown.
  Everything's fine. Now change to an embedded font, and note the
  truncation and loss of formatting.
  
   The reverse happens if I initalize the field with an embedded font
-
  changing to another embedded font works fine but changing to a
device
  font ends up truncating again.
  
   Anyone got any ideas how to make this work?
  
   Thanks,
   Toby.

[flexcoders] Re: htmlText truncation when changing from embedded to device font

2009-07-02 Thread Tim Hoff 

One other thing that you could try would be to create the TextArea
dynamically each time with AS, set the styleName, set the text and
addChild().  You would have to removeChild() each time as well.  Not
sure if this would solve your problem, but maybe it's worth a try.

-TH

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff timh...@... wrote:


 That's all that I have Toby. Maybe someone else would like to jump in.

 -TH

 --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phipps@ wrote:
 
  Tim,
 
  Thanks for the detailed reply. Unfortunately, this only fixes half
the
 problem... With your recommended changes in place, the size of the
 TextArea now restores after a brief flicker, but the HTML formatting
of
 the content is still lost.
 
  Even if I reassign the HTML text to the TextArea inside your
 updateTextSize function so it happens after the font change is
complete,
 only the raw text appears, and the formatting (even non-font-dependent
 formatting such as br/, li etc.) is lost. I read and appreciate
your
 point about the bold face text requiring an embedded bold font, but
even
 the non font-dependent formatting (as above) is lost.
 
  Any ideas on how to restore the formatting after the font change?
 
  Thanks again,
  Toby
 
  --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tim Hoff TimHoff@ wrote:
  
  
   I'll let the engineers let you know why this is happening. But,
you
 can
   get it to work with the following steps (hack):
  
   1) Remove height=200 from the test Text control.
  
   2) Add this function:
  
   private function updateTextSize():void
   {
   test.invalidateSize();
   }
  
   3) On the ComboBox change event, execute
callLater(updateTextSize);
  
   Note: If you use embedded fonts, a boldface font must be available
 for
   b/b to work.
  
   -TH
  
   --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phipps@ wrote:
   
Hi all,
   
I've seeing some strange behaviour with a mx:Text component
using
   htmlText.
   
It seems that when the fontFamily of the text component is
changed
 at
   runtime from an embedded font to a device font (or vice versa),
the
   content is truncated, and the HTML formatting lost. However, when
   changing from one device font to another (or one embedded font to
   another), it works just fine.
   
Take this example (view source enabled but without the actual
font
   files included - any OTF should work fine):
   http://dev.nx.sg/lab/fontchange/FontChange.html
   
This app initializes the text component with some htmlText using
a
   device font (_sans in this case). Once loaded, try changing the
 font
   to another device font (e.g. Courier New or Myriad) with the
 dropdown.
   Everything's fine. Now change to an embedded font, and note the
   truncation and loss of formatting.
   
The reverse happens if I initalize the field with an embedded
font
 -
   changing to another embedded font works fine but changing to a
 device
   font ends up truncating again.
   
Anyone got any ideas how to make this work?
   
Thanks,
Toby.

[flexcoders] Re: htmlText truncation when changing from embedded to device font

2009-06-22 Thread Tim Hoff 

I'll let the engineers let you know why this is happening.  But, you can
get it to work with the following steps (hack):

1)  Remove height=200 from the test Text control.

2) Add this function:

private function updateTextSize():void
{
  test.invalidateSize();
}

3) On the ComboBox change event, execute callLater(updateTextSize);

Note: If you use embedded fonts, a boldface font must be available for 
b/b to work.

-TH

--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, tphipps toby.phi...@... wrote:

 Hi all,

 I've seeing some strange behaviour with a mx:Text component using
htmlText.

 It seems that when the fontFamily of the text component is changed at
runtime from an embedded font to a device font (or vice versa), the
content is truncated, and the HTML formatting lost. However, when
changing from one device font to another (or one embedded font to
another), it works just fine.

 Take this example (view source enabled but without the actual font
files included - any OTF should work fine):
http://dev.nx.sg/lab/fontchange/FontChange.html

 This app initializes the text component with some htmlText using a
device font (_sans in this case). Once loaded, try changing the font
to another device font (e.g. Courier New or Myriad) with the dropdown.
Everything's fine. Now change to an embedded font, and note the
truncation and loss of formatting.

 The reverse happens if I initalize the field with an embedded font -
changing to another embedded font works fine but changing to a device
font ends up truncating again.

 Anyone got any ideas how to make this work?

 Thanks,
 Toby.