Just noticed you said MX2004 or 8. This help is for AS3. Sorry about that. But if you don't have a compelling reason to stick to AS2, you should switch anyway.
2008/6/18 Ashim D'Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've got a feeling its possible. Using > useRichTextClipboard:Boolean<http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/Boolean.html> > From > adobe help: > useRichTextClipboard property (for TextField class) > Specifies whether to copy and paste the text formatting along with the > text. When set to true, Flash Player will also copy and paste formatting > (such as alignment, bold, and italics) when you copy and paste between text > fields. Both the origin and destination text fields for the copy and paste > procedure must haveuseRichTextClipboard set to true. The default value is > false. > > I haven't tried it myself, but look into it. > > Ash > > 2008/6/18 Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Just say you have text in Microsoft Word which is formatted bold and a >> > certain colour. Is it possible to copy that text into a Flash (MX2004 or >> 8) >> > input field and retain (or at least discover and recreate) that >> formatting? >> >> Have you tried saving the file as HTML? Flash does have support for HTML >> text--limited, admittedly--but I don't know about RTF. >> >> I think Word has an option to reveal codes, which should show the HTML >> tags. >> I don't know this for sure--it's a guess, but it's worth a try. >> >> RTF codes aren't that tough to figure out--I had to do it for a Director >> project where I had to format print output with RTF, and if I can do it >> without documentation, anybody can. It's cryptic, though, and much more >> sensitive to minor deviations than HTML. >> >> Cordially, >> >> Kerry Thompson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > Random Lines 3D > My online portfolio > www.therandomlines.com > -- Random Lines 3D My online portfolio www.therandomlines.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
