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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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