The escape sequence for binding that works in Flex, is single backslash.
I just quickly tested this now with <s:Label text="\{entry\}" />
where entry was also defined locally as a [Bindable] in script block.
That works.
'I think this is rare enough that we have bigger fish to fry even if it is
a bug.'
I agree. I suggest we log this as an issue and put it on backlog.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 5:12 AM Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote:
> IMO, the second example may not be escaped as we don't know the escape
> sequence for binding. You have used an XML entity instead of the brace,
> but I think that immediately gets evaluated into the brace UTF-8 character
> before parsing. These entities are required for compliant XML, but don't
> mark the characters for the parsing phase. It is similar to trying to
> inject "\n" into strings in Java and other languages. The escape sequence
> might be \{ or {{ or something else, I don't know. Or there isn't a
> sequence and we need to invent one.
>
> Of course, I could be wrong...
> -Alex
>
> On 1/14/20, 12:14 AM, "Harbs" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It was escaped in the second example.
>
> I think this is rare enough that we have bigger fish to fry even if it
> is a bug.
>
> > On Jan 14, 2020, at 9:26 AM, Carlos Rovira <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think is a bug too.
> > If you want to translate to plain text you must escape it, or better
> make
> > whole in a var in AS3 and display the value.
> >
> > El lun., 13 ene. 2020 a las 18:46, Alex Harui
> (<[email protected]>)
> > escribió:
> >
> >> If I understand the scenario correctly, I don't think that's a
> bug. XML
> >> characters are translated into UTF-8 characters which are then
> parsed. The
> >> MXML Compiler is scanning all values for binding expressions.
> >>
> >> It would be a bug if there is no way to escape {} in a value so
> that it
> >> isn't seen as a binding expression. I honestly don't know if there
> is a
> >> way or not. I would check Flex documentation and use the Flex
> compiler to
> >> see if you can get {} to show up in a Flex label, then try the same
> syntax
> >> in Royale.
> >>
> >> My 2 cents,
> >> -Alex
> >>
> >> On 1/13/20, 4:31 AM, "Harbs" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have the following markup:
> >>
> >> <sp:Code text='<sp:AssetList dataProvider="{provider}"/>'
> >> size="4" style="white-space:break-spaces;”/>
> >>
> >> I’m trying to display markup in the text property of a component.
> >>
> >> It shoould be displayed as:
> >> <sp:AssetList dataProvider="{provider}”/>
> >>
> >> But it’s displayed as:
> >> <sp:AssetList dataProvider="[object Object],[object
> Object],[object
> >> Object]”/>
> >>
> >> It looks to me like the Royale compiler is evaluating the
> brackets in
> >> the text.
> >>
> >> FWIW, I also tried:
> >> <sp:Code text='<sp:AssetList
> >> dataProvider="{provider}"/>' size="4"
> >> style="white-space:break-spaces;"/>
> >>
> >> and got the same result.
> >>
> >> I think this is a bug. Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Harbs
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Carlos Rovira
> >
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