I'm writing a component that will integrate help in applications using the DocBook xml format and an as3 parser -> ui converter. This is coupled with an asdoc generator application. Patterns are based of of Eclipse's help system framework.
I think I might release this open source some day. Screw HTML. Mike On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "..As far as Robohelp, they were acquired by Macromedia and so now > Adobe has that too." Actually I knew that and was slyly hinting that > Adobe has to tools to produce a full solution to the > "help-system-in-Flash-Player" problem. I have googled for some indication > that such an integration was being considered, but did not find any > discussion. > > Tracy > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Brian Kurzius > *Sent:* Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:41 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Create Help System in Flex - how to display > html in a canvas or component? > > > > I agree with Jeff. I have been building an app that includes an rss > reader and found that html formatted RSS entries work pretty well -- > it even properly displays links and images. The one problem > (ironically) was that it can't display inline flash--like YouTube > videos. So I tried the iframe approach but decided in the end to parse > out any unsupported html tags and just display it in Flex. Much > cleaner that way. In your case its even easier since you'll have > control of the html you use in your help files. > > As far as Robohelp, they were acquired by Macromedia and so now Adobe > has that too: http://www.adobe.com/products/robohelp/ > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Battershall, Jeff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If your HTML rendering needs are rudimentary, you can use HTTPService to > > retrieve HTML files and use them for the htmlText property of the Text > > control. It supports (but not that well) such things as unordered > > lists, paragraphs and such. I've used this in combination with a vew > > stack and button bar to display multiple pages of help text. It's crude, > > but it works. Conceivably you could incorporate a Tree component and > > use that as a menuing system to retreive content via HTTP and display it > > in your content area. > > > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Tracy Spratt > > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 2:25 PM > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Create Help System in Flex - how to > > display html in a canvas or component? > > > > > > > > Displaying full html in Flex (Flash Player) is not yet possible. > > > > > > > > What are your requirements? The simplest solution is to use a > > separate browser to display the html help pages. The Flex side needs to > > know "where" in the app the user is, and be able to determine the url to > > display. Using ExternalInterface you can exercise quite a bit of > > control over that window's behavior. > > > > > > > > Doing it all in Flex will be more difficult, primarily on the > > editing side. Dynamic display based on xml content is easy, but > > building a dynamic layout that looks like a help system might be a bit > > tricky. Directly editing xml files is not advised for non-developers, > > so you would need some king of wysiwyg editor... > > > > > > > > I would really like to see a Flex integration of something like > > RoboHelp. Who owns RoboHelp anyway? > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of scottyale2008 > > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:59 PM > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Create Help System in Flex - how to > > display html in a canvas or component? > > > > > > > > I've built a flex gui that I want to display html files (or > > least that > > was my original thought). I tried doing some of the IFrame > > techniques but it doesn't seem to work on a mac. > > > > Anyway, the end-goal is for creating a help system. When certain > > links are clicked, I just want to display text in panel or > > component. > > The html files (or text files) would be separate so they can be > > easily edited and/or changed without a recompile of the swf. > > > > Should I try doing the external files in html, txt, or xml > > files? If > > XML, would I just fill up the node with pages of the text that > > represent the text? > > > > Sure I could do this with an html editor without flex, but I > > want this > > in a flex app! > > > > > -- Teoti Graphix, LLC http://www.teotigraphix.com Teoti Graphix Blog http://www.blog.teotigraphix.com You can find more by solving the problem then by 'asking the question'.
