Amy: Thanks for the post.
No, actually I will be doing this in flex, not AIR. What I would like to do is to have a mini word processor that a user can edit and save RTF type files. I will define a tag such as "< [fieldName]>" or the like where the user can specify fields that are in the db. To do the merge I will take the RTF file with tags, and process it on the backend and feed it back to a new window with "application/word" metatag and viola word pops up with the document ready to print. At least that's how it should work in theory. Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Amy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote: > > > > I want to create a Rich Text Format (RTF) editor in flex, is it > doable? > > > > I was initially excited about the RTE component until I realized that > > the output is html. Has anyone created either an RTF component, or a > > reliable translation class from html to RTF? > > > > My end goal is to create a mail merge component where the users will > be > > able to create a document with tags that can be replaced with fields > > from a DB. Once merged I want to send it to a word processor such as > > word for rendering to the printer. > > I've been pondering this myself. Keep in mind I know more about Word > than Flex. I'm assuming you want to do this from AIR, since I doubt > you'll be able to send to Word from a browser based Flex swf. > > What I would do would be to set up a template word dot that has fields > that are set up to be dynamically populated. I'd set up this dot to > read from a data source you created in AIR, either directly from a > sqlLite database or something like a comma-delimited text file on > launch (AutoExec). Then, once the data source is set up correctly, > launch your .dot, it sucks in the data source and then either prints > automatically or pops up a word form that allows further instructions. > > This is just a theoretical approach for me at this point, but it seems > like the most likely approach, given the limits of my knowledge of > Flex ;-). > > -Amy >
