If this is related at all, or helps any, this is what I use to decode
entities from an XML string - someone on this list suggested using
XML.parseXML()
private function decodeEntities(entityString:String):String {
var x:XML = new XML("<n>"+entityString+"</n>");
x.parseXML();
return x.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue;
};
Jason Merrill
Bank of America
Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Coning
>>Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:16 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: [Flashcoders] DECODE XML Encoded Characters?
>>
>>Alright, what am I doing wrong? I have tried over and over to decode
an
>>XML string, but Flash won't decode it. The XML is returning special
>>Characters (&'><) encoded. I have tried to use escape, unescape,
>>encode, decode and I can't get anything to convert the encoded text to
>>its character representation.
>>
>>Here is the node:
>>
>><ConfigParamValue>Special Characters - & " ' <
>
>></ConfigParamValue>
>>var str:String = String(XPath.selectNodes(MyXML_cs.getResults(),
>>"//ConfigParamValue/text()")[0]);
>>
>>I've tried:
>>trace("A: " + escape(str)); // > Special Character - & "
>>' < >
>>trace("B: " + unescape(str)); // > Special Character - & "
>>' < >
>>trace("C: " + decode(str)); // >
>>Special%20Character%20%2D%20%26amp%3B%20%20%26quot%3B%20%20%26apos%3B
>>%20
>>%20%26lt%3B%20%20%26gt%3B%20%20
>>trace("D: " + encode(str)); // > Special Character - & "
>>' < >
>>
>>I'd greatly appreciate if someone could let me know how to decode this
>>text! Thank you!
>>
>>Doug Coning
>>Senior Web Development Programmer
>>FORUM Solutions
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