Did you try FlashTracer add-on for the FireFox?
Cheers, Dmitri. http://mitek17.wordpress.com. --- In [email protected], Luke Vanderfluit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > Josh McDonald wrote: > > I just tried this in my testbed project: > > > > <mx:TextArea id="foo" width="200" height="200" wordWrap="true"/> > > <mx:Button label="GO" horizontalCenter="0" top="10" click="trace('[' + > > foo.text + ']')"/> > > > > And it seems to work fine. I type some gibberish with a bunch of > > newlines and get: > > Im using BareTail to show the flashlog.txt file. > > Unfortunately it does all the compressing )-: > > When I opened the file in wordpad, it has the line breaks! > > doh! > > What are you using for tailing the log file? > Im used to tail -f on linux... > anything you know that is equivalent on windows... > > Thanks for your help (-" > > Kr. > Luke. > > > > > > > [sadasdad kjh sadlj hasdlkj hasdlkjh asdkjahsdlkajsh > > > > > > adhjk ajkshd ailsjdh kalsjdh > > kjhas dkjh asd > > d > > d > > > > d] > > > > Which as you can see includes the newlines. Can you post the source to > > your textarea and the button click code you're using to trace the value > > of the textarea? > > > > -Josh > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Luke Vanderfluit > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > Josh McDonald wrote: > > > Yeah it helps, now we know that somewhere between flex and your > > database > > > (on the way in) you're losing your newlines :) How are you > > posting the > > > information back to your server? > > > > > > -Josh > > > > Great! > > > > when Ive rendered my textarea... > > so it contains: > > foo > > bar > > > > I have a button that when I click it does a trace of the > > textarea.text property. > > That trace doensn't contain the newlines... > > > > any ideas? > > > > Kr. > > Luke. > > > > then I do a trace on text property > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Luke Vanderfluit > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au>>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > Sorry about not being clear. > > > > > > Im creating a TextArea programmatically and rendering the text in > > > there _with_ line breaks. > > > > > > So: ta1.text = "foo\nbar"; > > > > > > When I save that (through some save function) I want to retain the > > > newline and save it to > > > the database. > > > > > > Then when I pull that data back into the same textarea, I want to > > > have the newlines where > > > they were b4. > > > > > > Currently the newlines dont even make it to the save function. > > > > > > How do I keep them? > > > > > > Hope this makes more sense. > > > > > > Kr. > > > Luke. > > > > > > > > > > > > Josh McDonald wrote: > > > > Not sure what you mean? If your server is returning text with line > > > > breaks, they should show up in your textarea without any > > > troubles. It > > > > could be your backend is stripping newlines on the way into or > > > out of > > > > the database. Try trace() with the string to double check. > > > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Luke Vanderfluit > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au> > > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%2540e3learning.com.au>> > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au> > > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%40e3learning.com.au > > <mailto:luke.vanderfluit%2540e3learning.com.au>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > I found a thread on this group about this problem but it doesnt > > > > address my particular case. > > > > > > > > I rendering text in a textarea with "\n" line breaks, now I want to > > > > store it in a database > > > > with those line breaks included and when its loaded back into the > > > > textarea in flex, I want > > > > to display it with the linebreaks. > > > > > > > > Whats the recommended or easiest way to do this in Flex? > > > > > > > > Kr. > > > > Luke. > > > > -- > > > > Luke Vanderfluit > > > > Analyst / Web Programmer > > > > e3Learning.com.au <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > > <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > > > 08 8221 6422 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls > > > for thee." > > > > > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com> <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com > > <mailto:josh%2540gfunk007.com>> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com> > > <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com <mailto:josh%2540gfunk007.com>>> > > > > > > > > -- > > > Luke Vanderfluit > > > Analyst / Web Programmer > > > e3Learning.com.au <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > > 08 8221 6422 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls > > for thee." > > > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:josh%40gfunk007.com>> > > > > -- > > Luke Vanderfluit > > Analyst / Web Programmer > > e3Learning.com.au <http://e3Learning.com.au> > > 08 8221 6422 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Luke Vanderfluit > Analyst / Web Programmer > e3Learning.com.au > 08 8221 6422 >
