Why not write Word XML directly? I write Excel XML directly from several apps, and create spreadsheets with merged columns, subtotals, totals, formulas, etc. directly with XML. ~randy
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: RTF vs RTE --- In HYPERLINK "mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED], "aceoohay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. Probably not what you want to hear, but you could probably do something like this: HYPERLINK "http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3bEN-US%3b270906"http://s upport.-microsoft.-com/default.-aspx?scid=-kb%3bEN-US%-3b270906 This article HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format"http://en.wikipedia-.org/wiki /-Rich_Text_-Format has links at the bottom that point to some server-side RTF writing tools. HTH; Amy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM
