HTML tags in Flash 6

[CPettit]

Hi.

I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.

Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused

Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)

<font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>

any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?

Chris

[Jack]

use ( ' ) within the opening and closing ( " )

// where tf is the instance name of your dynamic textfield
tf.html = true;
tf.htmlText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>"+
"<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'> Google </a></font>";



"CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
news:404639C0.7080405@digitalskye.net...

> Hi.
>
> I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
> feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.
>
> Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused
>
> Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
> attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)
>
> <font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
> target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>
>
> any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
> Chris
>

[CPettit]

Thanks Jack, I should have realized that it was string literal so the
quotes would be different.

I am also seeing other weird anomolies, that I now believe are related
to formating or character issues when copying and pasting from a word
document.

Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is
the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
appropriate tags etc.?

thanks again

Jack wrote:

> use ( ' ) within the opening and closing ( " )
>
> // where tf is the instance name of your dynamic textfield
> tf.html = true;
> tf.htmlText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>"+
> "<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'> Google </a></font>";
>
>
>
> "CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
> news:404639C0.7080405@digitalskye.net...
>

>>Hi.
>>
>>I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
>>feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.
>>
>>Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused
>>
>>Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
>>attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)
>>
>> <font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
>>target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>
>>
>>any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>
>>Chris
>>

>
>
>

[CPettit]

another question for anyone:

If you need to use the "" quotes in the body of the string, how do you
handle the conflict with the "" quotes that represent the begining and
the end of the string?

Again: I am seeing totally intermitent reliabilty here...one minute it
works, the next the whole thing falls apart and the formating is all
messed up. I remove the offending "" and then it works again.

I'm going crazy here, its just text formatting for crying out loud...

??????

CPettit wrote:

> Thanks Jack, I should have realized that it was string literal so the
> quotes would be different.
>
> I am also seeing other weird anomolies, that I now believe are related
> to formating or character issues when copying and pasting from a word
> document.
>
> Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is
> the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
> appropriate tags etc.?
>
> thanks again
>
> Jack wrote:
>

>> use ( ' ) within the opening and closing ( " )
>>
>> // where tf is the instance name of your dynamic textfield
>> tf.html = true;
>> tf.htmlText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>"+
>> "<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'> Google </a></font>";
>>
>>
>>
>> "CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
>> news:404639C0.7080405@digitalskye.net...
>>

>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
>>> feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.
>>>
>>> Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused
>>>
>>> Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
>>> attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)
>>>
>>> <font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
>>> target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>
>>>
>>> any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>

>>
>>
>>

>

[Jack]

>Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is

>the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
>appropriate tags etc.?

i tend to break long strings into managable lines with -
test.text = "<p align=center>"+
"string1................................"+
"string2................................"+
"string3................................";

> If you need to use the "" quotes in the body of the string, how do you
> handle the conflict with the "" quotes that represent the begining and
> the end of the string?

escape the quote with \ -
test.htmlText = "<a
href=\"asfunction:popwindow,http://www.google.com\">Google</a>"

hth


"CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
news:40468A28.9010508@digitalskye.net...

> another question for anyone:
>
> If you need to use the "" quotes in the body of the string, how do you
> handle the conflict with the "" quotes that represent the begining and
> the end of the string?
>
> Again: I am seeing totally intermitent reliabilty here...one minute it
> works, the next the whole thing falls apart and the formating is all
> messed up. I remove the offending "" and then it works again.
>
> I'm going crazy here, its just text formatting for crying out loud...
>
> ??????
>
> CPettit wrote:

> > Thanks Jack, I should have realized that it was string literal so the
> > quotes would be different.
> >
> > I am also seeing other weird anomolies, that I now believe are related
> > to formating or character issues when copying and pasting from a word
> > document.
> >
> > Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is
> > the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
> > appropriate tags etc.?
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > Jack wrote:
> >

> >> use ( ' ) within the opening and closing ( " )
> >>
> >> // where tf is the instance name of your dynamic textfield
> >> tf.html = true;
> >> tf.htmlText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>"+
> >> "<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'> Google </a></font>";
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
> >> news:404639C0.7080405@digitalskye.net...
> >>
> >>> Hi.
> >>>
> >>> I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
> >>> feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.
> >>>
> >>> Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused
> >>>
> >>> Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
> >>> attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)
> >>>
> >>> <font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
> >>> target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>
> >>>
> >>> any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>

> >

>

[CPettit]

Eureka! that does seem to be doing it.

If I build my HTML peice by peice, entirely in the AS window using
concactation, it seems to be the solution I was looking for.

Thanks again for your help Jack

Chris



Jack wrote:

>>Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is
>>the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
>>appropriate tags etc.?

>
>
> i tend to break long strings into managable lines with -
> test.text = "<p align=center>"+
> "string1................................"+
> "string2................................"+
> "string3................................";
>
>
>

>>If you need to use the "" quotes in the body of the string, how do you
>>handle the conflict with the "" quotes that represent the begining and
>>the end of the string?

>
>
> escape the quote with \ -
> test.htmlText = "<a
> href=\"asfunction:popwindow,http://www.google.com\">Google</a>"
>
> hth
>
>
> "CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
> news:40468A28.9010508@digitalskye.net...
>

>>another question for anyone:
>>
>>If you need to use the "" quotes in the body of the string, how do you
>>handle the conflict with the "" quotes that represent the begining and
>>the end of the string?
>>
>>Again: I am seeing totally intermitent reliabilty here...one minute it
>>works, the next the whole thing falls apart and the formating is all
>>messed up. I remove the offending "" and then it works again.
>>
>>I'm going crazy here, its just text formatting for crying out loud...
>>
>>??????
>>
>>CPettit wrote:
>>

>>>Thanks Jack, I should have realized that it was string literal so the
>>>quotes would be different.
>>>
>>>I am also seeing other weird anomolies, that I now believe are related
>>>to formating or character issues when copying and pasting from a word
>>>document.
>>>
>>>Since the AS window is so difficult to write out long strings, what is
>>>the recomendation on what to use to author the text content with the
>>>appropriate tags etc.?
>>>
>>>thanks again
>>>
>>>Jack wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>use ( ' ) within the opening and closing ( " )
>>>>
>>>>// where tf is the instance name of your dynamic textfield
>>>>tf.html = true;
>>>>tf.htmlText = "<font color='#FFFF00'>"+
>>>>"<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'> Google </a></font>";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"CPettit" <chris@digitalskye.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:404639C0.7080405@digitalskye.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am having days of nightmares trying to format my HTML enabled text
>>>>>feild with just the basic tags that are available in version 6.
>>>>>
>>>>>Some things work, some don't, I'm totally confused
>>>>>
>>>>>Currently I can get the links to work but not the target window
>>>>>attribute ie target="_blank" (doesn't work)
>>>>>
>>>>> <font color="#FFFF00"><a href=”[url]http://www.blahblah.com”[/url]
>>>>>target=”_blank”> [url]www.blahblah.com[/url] </a></font>
>>>>>
>>>>>any one have any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>>Chris
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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