Have you confirmed that the escape sequence which works in Flex doesn’t in Royale?
> On Jan 14, 2020, at 10:14 PM, Greg Dove <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>> >> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fabout.me%2Fcarlosrovira&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adobe.com%7Cc447c93171474ffcbae508d798c9d493%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C637145864937648604&sdata=tXrDPg8iJjaoncPWObTgHV2D9jPKslvPYzNrsP71xIU%3D&reserved=0 >> >> >> >>
