Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields

2009-11-17 Thread Nathan Mynarcik
Yeah, intersecting if you will, is improper HTML coding. I can't even think of a reason why you would want to do that... --Original Message-- From: Karl DeSaulniers Sender: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flash Coders List ReplyTo: Flash Coders List Subject: Re:

Re: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields

2009-11-17 Thread Greg Ligierko
You are all right. Mixing styles this way breaks HTML/XML hierarchy and it's not a good idea. I am writing a piece of code that converts [b]..[/b] and [i]..[/i] to HTML bold and italic tags. I was trying to figure out if I should allow intersecting styles. For some reason, browsers support this

RE: [Flashcoders] Intersecting (or ovelapping) b and i in htmltext fields

2009-11-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
If you're mixing XML and HTML, you should just enclose the HTML inside of CDATA tags, then it's not an issue as any proper XML parser will ignore it as XML structure and treat it as a string. Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of