best tool for the job...if all you are looking for is text handling of input selection, flash can definitely do that.
First Question: Have you tried using the custom text formatterstuff and the Selection class in flash? It has worked for me in the past (Flash6+).
replaceSel() can replace the current selection with new text, but it won't re-render the look if it is an html field. my_txt.replaceSel(text);
Otherwise look at using the Selection class to get the in and out point of the selection and re-apply the text to the string.
Second question: What is your delivery? Web? If so, why not return the records from a database call via php, cold fusion, jsp, or some other middleware solution. They are pretty good at accessing DBs very efficiently.
Just post your data back to a page that is looking for your params and that page would interface with the database and execute the proper query.
Let me know if I am missing something here...
~Mathew
Matt Wells wrote:
Hello,
Tried this in flash and it doesn't have the capabilities. :(
Can anyone tell me if this posibal in shockwave/director?
I want to read a couple of paragraphs from a database. (So this project would be a shockwave project.) Into a editable text field. What I need to do is highlight a specified word(s) in the text field and insert an html tag on the front and back of the highlighted text by pressing a button. Here would be an exsample!
Hi my name is Matt!
I would highlight name in the above text line and press a button. The result Im looking for would be.
Hi my <b>name<b> is Matt!
Now I need to write back to a database on the server.
Just need to know if its posibal or not.
Thank you,
Matt Wells
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