[Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into two columns?

2009-05-26 Thread Jonathan Wing 
Using Gaia, I am trying to load content within flash from an XHTML file,
and have the text flow from a p into two columns. This is what I have
so far (AS3):

 

In the .fla file, I have two columns set as dynamic text, with the
instance names column1 and column2, respectively.

 

In the corresponding .as file, here is my code, including only the
relevant portions:

 

package pages
{
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.text.*;
import flash.external.*;
import flash.xml.*;

public class AboutPage extends AbstractPage
{   

   public var column1:TextField;
   public var column2:TextField;
   
   public function AboutPage()
   {
   super();
   alpha = 0;
   }
   override public function transitionIn():void 
   {
   super.transitionIn();
   
   var value:XML = XMLList(copy.innerHTML)[0];
   var body:XML = value.div.(@id == body)[0];
   var i:int = 1;
   
   column1.htmlText = body.p;
   addChild(column1);
   if (body.length()  13) {
   column2.htmlText = column1.htmlText;

   for(i=0; icolumn1.bottomScrollV; i++) {
  column2.htmlText += br /;
   }  
   column2.scrollV = column1.bottomScrollV +
1;
   addChild(column2);
   }
   
   TweenLite.to(this, 0.1, {alpha:1,
onComplete:transitionInComplete});
   }

 

So far, the text is indeed loading fine into column1, but then that's
it. The remainder of the content disappears, and does not load into
column2. I took some of Steven's suggestions and looked around Google,
but I still cannot get it to work. Does anyone else have any advice?

 

 

Thanks,

Jonathan Wing
Graphic Designer
Cram Crew, Inc.
mobile: (713) 298-2738
office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726) 
email: jw...@cramcrew.com mailto:jw...@cramcrew.com 
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Re: [Flashcoders] How do I flow text from an XML/XHTML file into two columns?

2009-05-26 Thread Steven Sacks 

Could you show some sample of the XHTML you are reading in?

Specifically, what does body.p trace out?


On May 26, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Jonathan Wing wrote:

Using Gaia, I am trying to load content within flash from an XHTML  
file,
and have the text flow from a p into two columns. This is what I  
have

so far (AS3):



In the .fla file, I have two columns set as dynamic text, with the
instance names column1 and column2, respectively.



In the corresponding .as file, here is my code, including only the
relevant portions:



package pages
{
   import flash.display.*;
   import flash.events.*;
   import flash.text.*;
   import flash.external.*;
   import flash.xml.*;

   public class AboutPage extends AbstractPage
   {

  public var column1:TextField;
  public var column2:TextField;

  public function AboutPage()
  {
  super();
  alpha = 0;
  }
  override public function transitionIn():void
  {
  super.transitionIn();

  var value:XML = XMLList(copy.innerHTML)[0];
  var body:XML = value.div.(@id == body)[0];
  var i:int = 1;

  column1.htmlText = body.p;
  addChild(column1);
  if (body.length()  13) {
  column2.htmlText = column1.htmlText;

  for(i=0; icolumn1.bottomScrollV; i++) {
 column2.htmlText += br /;
  }
  column2.scrollV =  
column1.bottomScrollV +

1;
  addChild(column2);
  }

  TweenLite.to(this, 0.1, {alpha:1,
onComplete:transitionInComplete});
  }



So far, the text is indeed loading fine into column1, but then that's
it. The remainder of the content disappears, and does not load into
column2. I took some of Steven's suggestions and looked around Google,
but I still cannot get it to work. Does anyone else have any advice?





Thanks,

Jonathan Wing
Graphic Designer
Cram Crew, Inc.
mobile: (713) 298-2738
office: (713) 464-CRAM (2726)
email: jw...@cramcrew.com mailto:jw...@cramcrew.com
www.cramcrew.com http://www.cramcrew.com/


One Student At A Time






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entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary,  
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