Tag Archives: HTML

AIR :: TextField bug when resetting HTML text.

By Mister | Published: July 14, 2009
I ran into a really strange issue that only occurs within AIR applications (AIR 1.5.1/1.5.2). When I create a TextField control, set it's style, and then assign it HTML text it appears fine. However, if I wish to reset that TextField content and the original content has links, the entire replaced content becomes one HTML link. I think the issue can be better explained with some images and some code samples.
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Flex :: Truncating HTML Text

By Mister | Published: July 12, 2009
With Flex truncating text within a Label control is easily done by setting the property “truncateToFit” to true. This parameter doesn’t do much when using the Text or TextArea controls in Flex. To truncate text in these controls you would have to build your own function to count characters and add the ellipses. There is [...]
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Embedding HTML in Flex with IFrame

By Mister | Published: August 24, 2006
When Flex 1.5 came out, Christophe Coenraets created a application that allowed you to embed HTML pages in Flex using an IFrame. Since the Flex 2 update, this application has been broken, until now.   There is a new updated example created bi Brian Deitte.  Get the example and source code at Deitte.com.   Great job Brian!
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Flex: Export valid HTML from the RichTextEditor

By Mister | Published: August 11, 2006
A recent post on the Flex Coders forum prompted me to create a method to clean up the HTML code produced by the Flex RichTextEditor component. Typically, the code that is produced looks like this from the line: 123456789This is < b > Bold < / b > text. < TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2" > < P [...]
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