try <text> <![CDATA[ This is the text with <b>html</b> tags ]]> </text>
--- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , "jamalwally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am using an external XML file to define the content for a Text > component in Flex. The xml file has HTML tags (e.g. <b> for bold). > > When I assign the XML to the Text component's htmlText property, I get > unwanted extra line breaks around the HTML tags. > > For example, here is the external XML file: > > <text> > This is the text with <b>html</b> tags > </text> > > Then in actionscript I load the XML file and create the Text component > > // create the XML file loader > var xmlLoader = new URLLoader(); > xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest(externalFilename)); > > // create an XML object from the file contents > var myxml:XML = new XML(xmlLoader.data); > > // make the Text component > var mytext:Text = new Text(); > mytext.htmlText = myxml; > > The displayed text component has three lines of text because of > unwanted line breaks around the HTML <b> tag: > "This is the text with > *html* > tags" > > Instead of just one line of text as I was hoping for: > "This is the text with *html* tags" > > Is there a way around this (perhaps a way to specify a set of tags > (e.g. <b>) that should not be interpreted as XML sub-nodes of <text>? > > Thanks in advance >
