Sorry, this is going back in the thread, but I originally said it had to be Flash 7. This tool requires Flash 8 according to the site. Looks like a great tool though, thanks!
Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grden >>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:28 AM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow onquestion >> >>I know I'm late to the game on this, but maybe this might save you time? >> >>http://www.flashtexteditor.com/in.php >> >>I just used it on a site, and it worked perfectly. It couldn't have been a >>better use of time/money ;) >> >>hth, >> >>jpg >> >>On 8/8/06, Giles Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I think that replaceSel() acts on the rendered output rather than the >>> code, so it thinks that you want to actually display the text that you >>> entered rather than adding it to the code (hope that makes sense!) >>> >>> You could scan through the textfield.htmlText value (i.e. the code) and >>> relate the selection index in the rendered output to the actual index in >>> the code, then insert your image code in the textfield.htmlText. >>> I have done this previously (for a different reason) by just running two >>> counters as I looped through each character in the code, one counter >>> counts every character and the other ignores characters that are part of >>> a tag. >>> >>> Bit of a pain, but I hope it helps, >>> Giles >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, >>> Jason >>> Sent: 07 August 2006 23:25 >>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow >>> onquestion >>> >>> Oh, and to follow up with some further information: >>> >>> It seems to only encode those HTML entities when I use >>> TextField.replaceSel(). If I just add the <img> tag string on to the >>> htmltext field value, it works: >>> >>> //works: >>> test_txt.htmlText += "<img src=\"mountains.jpg\" width=\"350\" >>> height=\"120\" />"; >>> >>> //fails - shows literal text, and encodes entities: >>> test_txt.replaceSel("<img src=\"mountains.jpg\" width=\"350\" >>> height=\"120\" />"); >>> >>> Am I left with splitting the string in two, inserting the <img> tag, and >>> re-assembling the string? Or is there a way to get replaceSel() to work >>> with HTML tags? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason Merrill >>> Bank of America >>> Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason >>> >>Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 5:55 PM >>> >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash - follow on >>> question >>> >> >>> >>Getting back to this question I had back on Aug 1, thanks for the >>> ideas. >>> >>I've built a basic HTML text editor in Flash using the TextFormat >>> class. >>> >>Since I need to save the resulting HTML string back to a database, it >>> >>works great. >>> >> >>> >>However, now I need to insert images into the HTML - which isn't >>> >>supported by the TextFormat class. So I was thinking I could just >>> >>insert an img tag string into the textField using >>> >>TextField.replaceSel(), like this: >>> >> >>> >>test_txt.replaceSel("<img src=\"mountains.jpg\" width=\"350\" >>> >>height=\"120\" />"); >>> >> >>> >>So that part works fine, but when I re-render the textField, the image >>> >>> >>does not show (doesn't render as HTML), it shows the literal <img >>> >>scr=...etc. characters in the textField (even though it is an HTML >>> >>textfield). I thought maybe I needed to re-render the textfield, so I >>> >>> >>left the frame and then jumped back to it, and it still shows the >>> >>literal HTML. So in testing the value of the html TextField, I found >>> >>the <> and \" characters I inserted have been changed to encoded >>> >>entities in the HTML string: >>> >> >>> >><img src="mountains.jpg" width="350" >>> >>height="120" /> >>> >> >>> >>Why is that and how can I fix this? It would be pretty messy to use >>> >>the XML object to decode those entities - why are they getting >>> rendered >>> >>that way in the first place? >>> >> >>> >>Thanks, >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Jason Merrill >>> >>Bank of America >>> >>Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>> >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>> >>> >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Booth >>> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:43 AM >>> >>>>To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' >>> >>>>Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >>> >>>> >>> >>>>I just did exactly this, a couple of days ago. I created a class >>> that >>> >>can >>> >>>>apply any kind of supported HTML formatting. The idea seemed >>> daunting >>> >>at >>> >>>>first, but the class is relatively small. You can assign/remove >>> >>textfields >>> >>>>that it should "watch". I don't have it here with me right now, but >>> >>here's >>> >>>>the basics: >>> >>>> >>> >>>>It doesn't use replaceText at all. >>> >>>> >>> >>>>I have a switch statement for the various textformat options (some >>> are >>> >>>>Boolean (bold, italic, etc) and some have arguments (leading, size, >>> >>etc). >>> >>>> >>> >>>>When the textfield has focus use an interval to get the beginIndex >>> and >>> >>>>endIndex. You can clear the interval onkillFocus. >>> >>>> >>> >>>>Then in your setFormat function >>> >>>> >>> >>>>Public function setFormat (type, arg):Void { >>> >>>> var temp_fmt:TextFormat = currentField.getTextFormat(beginIndex, >>> >>>>endIndex); >>> >>>> >>> >>>> switch (type) >>> >>>> { >>> >>>> case "bold": >>> >>>> case "italic": >>> >>>> case "underline": >>> >>>> //etc... >>> >>>> { >>> >>>> temp_fmt[type] = temp_fmt[type] == false ? true >>> >>: >>> >>>>false; >>> >>>> break; >>> >>>> } >>> >>>> case "leading": >>> >>>> case "align": >>> >>>> case "size": >>> >>>> //etc... >>> >>>> { >>> >>>> temp_fmt[type] = arg; >>> >>>> break; >>> >>>> } >>> >>>> } >>> >>>> currentField.setTextFormat(beginIndex, endIndex, temp_fmt); } >>> >>>> >>> >>>>This should give you a head start. >>> >>>> >>> >>>>- James >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>> >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> >>Merrill, >>> >>>>Jason >>> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:11 AM >>> >>>>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>> >>>>Subject: [Flashcoders] WSIWYG HTML text editor in Flash? >>> >>>> >>> >>>>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.getEndInde >>> x( >>> >>), >>> >>>>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 >>> >>>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>[email protected] >>> >>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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>[ JPG ] >>_______________________________________________ >>[email protected] >>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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] 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
