Thanks Ryan, that's what I was looking for. So this must be a failing of XFactorstudio's Xpath classes - and Flash's xml.parseXML() or nodeValue does the decoding automatically? Or does anyone know a way to get Xfactorstudios Xpath classes to decode entities?
Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Matsikas >>Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:30 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Decoding xml text w/no CDATA allowed >> >>Why not let flash do the work for you? >> >>function convertEntities(p_str:String):String { >> var x:XML = new XML(p_str); >> x.parseXML(); >> return x.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue; >>} >> >>var xmlStr:String = '<item>This is the "String I want in quotes" >>please help.</item>'; >>trace(convertEntities(xmlStr)); // This is the "String I want in quotes" >>please help. >> >> >>On 6/7/06, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Jim - I tried out your static class and it works great for my problem - >>> thanks! >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Cheng >>> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:39 PM >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Decoding xml text w/no CDATA allowed >>> >> >>> >>Merrill, Jason wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Is there an Actionscript 2.0 or Xpath equivalent to Javascript and >>> >>> Actionscript 3.0's >>> >>> >>> >>> decode(theStringWith"Special"Characters); >>> >> >>> >>Hey Jason, >>> >> >>> >>I've run into the same issue about a month ago with XML documents that >>> a >>> >>client had generated from their database, character entities included. >>> >> >>> >>I couldn't find a built-in solution for converting the character >>> >>entities back into Unicode characters, so I went online, found the >>> >>specs, wrote a little scraper utility to grab the mappings for me and >>> >>then wrote a small utility class to use the data for encoding and >>> >>decoding. It's a simple static class with inline JavaDoc-style >>> >>documentation. Hope this works for you. >>> >> >>> >>You can grab it here: >>> >> >>> >> http://dev.psalterego.com/CharacterEntity.as >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Regards, >>> >>Jim >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >> >>> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> >>http://www.figleaf.com >>> >>http://training.figleaf.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>> http://www.figleaf.com >>> http://training.figleaf.com >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
