Flash :: URGENT Don't Want CDATA Node To HTML Escape Characters

[F8] Help Reading From XML File CDATA Node
Hi all ,
I have a chat application which I'm storing the logged chat as an XML file, using a CDATA node to preserve the HTML formatting. However when I import the xml data in to flash, and then in to the textarea component, the HTML is displaying the source rather then the formatted text.

Also, when I edit the source of the xml file and remove the CDATA tags, the text is displayed correctly --- knowing that when flash imports the CDATA node, flash automatically removes the those tags, I'm at a loss to explain this behavior. I think that perhaps flash is automatically converting the <> etc to HTML entities, but I tried to replace these occurances (< > ) to no avail.

Please help !!! wasted a ton of time on this and its holding back the completion of the project

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How To Write Variable To XML Node And Wrap It In CDATA
Is there any way to write a variable to an XML node and wrap that variable in CDATA tags?

For example, if I have a var _someVar, writing it into an XML node is easy; <myNode>{_someVar}</myNode> . But what happens when I want to wrap that variable in CDATA tags? I've tried everything I can think of. Can someone help?

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Escape Characters XML
hey everyone.

i try to send xml-data to my php script.
everything works fine, except the fact that
new lines "
" are not submitted.
can anyone give me a hint?

/*
the variable myText is a multiline-textbox on the stage.
*/

function buildXML(){
temp = new Object();
plXML = new XML();

temp.thread = plXML.createElement("package");
temp.thread.attributes.action = "newEntry";
plXML.appendChild(temp.thread);

temp.user = plXML.createElement("user");
temp.user.attributes.id = userID;

temp.myTextNode = plXML.createTextNode(myText);
temp.myText = plXML.createElement("text");
temp.myText.appendChild(temp.myTextNode);

temp.myHLNode = plXML.createTextNode(myHeadline);
temp.myHeadline = plXML.createElement("headline");
temp.myHeadline.appendChild(temp.myHLNode);

temp.forum = plXML.createElement("forum");
temp.forum.attributes.id = forumID;

plXML.firstChild.appendChild(temp.user);
plXML.firstChild.appendChild(temp.myText);
plXML.firstChild.appendChild(temp.myHeadline);
plXML.firstChild.appendChild(temp.forum);
plXML.send(_root.urlPath add "insertEntry.php");

/*
//this one dind't work, so i tried sth. like this:
testXML = new XML();
testXML.parseXML("<![CDATA[" add myText add "]]>");
testXML.send(_root.urlPath add "insertEntry.php");
*/
}

when i catch it with the php $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] statement and put it in a textfile, the output is the following
(myText is "blah1
blah2" ->newline after blah1)

//first exapmle:
<package%20action="newEntry"><user%20id="1"% 20/><text>blah1blah2</text><head
line>foren%20saugen</headline><forum%20id=""%20/></package>

//second one:
blah1blah2

this messes me up!! please help me! thanks in advance.
cheers

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Escape Characters
Does anyone have a list of know of one for some of the escape characters used for & and + and others so that the text fields recognize them when loading them from .txt files?

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Escape Characters % Enigma
Hi, I have this array I get from PHP and need to get it into flash:
The ; is the split character.

Code:
0,11%;0,39%;0,16%;0,20%;1,03%;0,33%;0,96%;0,09%;0,28%;0,23%;-;0,30%;0,15%;0,40%;0,17%;0,10%;0,40%;0,25%;0,15%;-;0,55%;-;0,08%
But when I get into Flash it shows this:

Code:
0,110,390,160,201,030,330,960,090,280,23-,0,300,150,400,170,100,400,250,15-,0,55-,0,08-
I tried using the escape(var) but it then gives me this:

Code:
0%2C110%2C390%2C160%2C201%2C030%2C330%2C960%2C090%2C280%2C23%2D%3B0%2C300%2C150%2C400%2C170%2C100%2C400%2C250%2C15%2D%3B0%2C55%2D%3B0%2C08%2D%3B
How can I get this array into flash to give me results like this:
0,11%
0,39%
etc...

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Special Characters - Escape? Ü Ä ...
I have some problems with special characters (German cities ...)

In PHP I generate a XML file, like:

PHP Code:

$city = str_replace("ü","ü",$row_cities->city);

$xmlData .= " <item city_id="".$row_cities->city_id."" city="".$city."" />
";

If I don't do that str_replace then Flash will stop when i'm trying to read the XML results.

But flash doesn't show the "ü"...

With this: <item city_id="1093" city="Würzburg" />
I am getting: <item city_id="1093" city="Wrzburg" />

I was trying to work with escape and unescape but nothing seems to work,
anyone has a clew?

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How To Ignore Escape Characters?
Hi,
When I receive a string from an external source, I want to be sure that for example "C:
ew folder" the
is NOT read as "new line". ("new folder" is just an example, it can be anything else though).
When I use escape("C:
ew folder") I get the following:
C%3A%0Aew%20folder
and it should be
C%3A%5Cnew%20folder

How can I ignore the escape characters?

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Escape Characters For Imported Text?
Does anyone out there know the escape characters to use in Flash to format imported text?
In particular I'm looking for an escape character for "&" and a line wrap.

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Quotation Mark Escape Characters?
I'm using AS 2.0

I'm reading from an XML file and putting values into String format...however, the quotation marks that are in some XML entries, when I play the movie, do this:

This is a 'veFlash've movie

This is when I put for escape characters. It doesn't work when I don't have the backslashes either.

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Escape() Sending Wierd Characters
I'm having a wierd issue. I have to URL encode some non-english characters that are being sent to an asp script. If I use escape(); it sends the wrong values. If I unescape() within flash it's fine, but when sent externally, it's sending the wrong values for non-english characters like é and è. Any ideas? Thanks.

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What The Pork? My Escape Characters Aren't Working
Hey there,

Can someone tell me if escape characters are supported when loading an external file? If so, can you show me what i should be typing to display the "&" and a bullet, i would appreciate it!

/n & /n?

Thanks...

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Reading 1byte+2byte Characters From Single Xml Node
I have an xml file that contains some text in English then straight after some double-byte text in Japanese in the same node. I'm reading it into Flash using node value. Is there any way I can seperate out the English from the Japanese either in the xml or in AS so that I can place the English in one text field and he Japanese in another?

If I could just place some kind of marker character in between the two portions, then look out for that in AS and use it to split the text, that would be fine.

thanks
mark

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XML CDATA - Formating HTML
Hi there my load of xml goes okay but all html styles as... strong.. color
and image dont work

what am I doing wrong

AS:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
var mydata:XML = new XML("data.xml")
mydata.ignoreWhite = true;
mydata.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
cont = mydata.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes
tmptxt = mydata.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes
cont2=tmp.text
};

cnt_txt.html = true;
mydata.load("data.xml")

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<content>
<txt><![CDATA<div><img alt="" src="../Uploads/flashtest/dv-cam.jpg" border="0" /> This is BOLD and this red</div>]]></txt>
</content>

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CDATA Problem With HTML
Hello all.

I am pulling a XML node in with CDATA and html tages, e.g.
<fill><![CDATA[Recruitment: apply locally work globally</fill>

for some reason when i trace my var it looks :
Recruitment: apply locally work globally

and is literally writing out the html instead of displaying it within the textfield.
My textfield is set to html and I am using .htmlText.

Any ideas?

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Xml CDATA Formating Html
Hi there my load of xml goes okay but all html styles as... strong.. color
and image dont work

what am I doing wrong

AS:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
var mydata:XML = new XML("data.xml")
mydata.ignoreWhite = true;
mydata.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
cont = mydata.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes
tmptxt = mydata.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes
cont2=tmp.text
};

cnt_txt.html = true;
mydata.load("data.xml")

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<content>
<txt><![CDATA<div><img alt="" src="../Uploads/flashtest/dv-cam.jpg" border="0" /> This is BOLD and this red</div>]]></txt>
</content>

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Html In XML...CDATA Not Working.
Hey everyone. I'm trying to do a player roster for a sports team. I used the VERY helpful grid gallery I found on here as a template (THANK YOU). However, I'm having a bit of an issue. I want to be able to format the xml using html in the xml file itself...for example I'd like to be able to insert pictures, make text bold, etc. using html tags in my dynamic text field. I enabled the "render as html" button thing. When I put

Code:
<caption><![CDATA[this is a TEST]]></caption>
in my xml, i just get: this is a TEST in my caption box. What am I doing wrong?

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HTML In Cdata Issue
I am trying to load an xml file into a flash movie with CDATA in it and my text is coming out as disassembled html markup. Here is an example of my xml file with the nodes being supplied by form fields running tinyMCE.

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<specialsInfo>
<sunday><![CDATA[Sunday]]></sunday>
<monday><![CDATA[Monday]]></monday>
<tuesday><![CDATA[Tuesday]]></tuesday>
<wednesday><![CDATA[Wednesday]]></wednesday>
<thursday><![CDATA[Thursday]]></thursday>
<friday><![CDATA[Friday]]></friday>
<saturday><![CDATA[Saturday]]></saturday>
</specialsInfo>
and it comes out like the following

Thursday

If I follow the thread below

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...ead+html+cdata

and write the following code into my AS file

Code:
specialtxt.html = true;
specialtxt.htmlText = totalDays[today].childNodes;
specialtxt.html = true;
specialtxt.htmlText = specialtxt.text;
it seems to work fine but I was hoping someone could shed some light on the reason why this my be doing this and how I might correct it without what seems to be a work around.

Thanks in advance

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Cdata And Html Tags Not Displaying From XML
After searching high and low for solution, found the following:

<caption2><![CDATA["Called to Serve"]]></caption2>

and thought all was well till i tried it....dont work.

The actual characters are displayed. Have text being rendered as HTML tried it without it. tried using escape characters instead of <> etc.

Any thoughts or snipets that have worked?....confused...lost.

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CDATA To Pass HTML Via XML Into Flash
My apologies if this has already been answered, but its driving my up the wall how HARD it still is for flash to even import data. It's amazingly annoying trying to convert data into XML and than be readble by flash, why can't macromedia be 'normal' and have some connector that can directly connect to a SQL database, how annoying!!

Anyway enough about my rant...

I have a WYSIWYG html editor on my website that generates flash readable HTML code and we use PHP to store the information that is generated as a .xml file to be readable by our flash file. The data is passed via XML but trying to get the HTML tags through without the XML parser thinking its XML and interfering, and I've managed to research find the CDATA tag to pass information in (please note, i dont know much XML, just basics to get it to work) but it doesn;t work!!

When I try to HTML code that is wrapped in the CDATA than it just shows as "null" on my flash file, but if i remove the CDATA tag and put in simple text it seems to work ok! even if i put in

Code:
you better work, damn you! this part is not bold, but doesnt show anyway
than the part in bold shows as bold but anything after that has disappeared

Any ideas how I can effeciently put HTML into flash and get flash to successfully render it as HTML?!? Please note I've already used a .txt file unsucessfully and it seems to have LOTS of issues with special characters

Any working examples? Can i get source code?

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Textfield Not Rendering Html In CDATA... ?
I'm using CDATA to display text in a textfield that has "render text as html" selected, but it's not rendering the html tags within the CDATA.

here's the xml code:

Code:
<pic>
<image>images/01_img.jpg</image>
<description title="Title 1" price="$$$$$">
<![CDATA[2007, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 40"]]>
</description>
<thumbnail>thumbs/01_thb.jpg</thumbnail>
</pic>
I'm not 100% sure that my AS is correct for the path to the CDATA. I have this...

legend.txtLegend.facts.text = description[p].firstChild.nodeValue;

Could someone possibly point out why the html tags are not being rendered and also tell me if the path I have to the CDATA is correct. It works, but I wanted to make sure it was correct.

thanks for the help.

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CDATA Issue With HTML Text
Hello,
I have an htmlTextField that I am loading html text from a xml doc. the problem is that the text is not rendering as html. so all my HTML is displayed in the textField.

here is the XML:

Code:
<description><![CDATA[Recipe for a tremendously ... ]]></description>
here is the AS:

Code:
myDescription.htmlText = pageDescription[m];
but if i do this:

Code:
myDescription.htmlText = "Recipe for a tremendously ... ";
the html displays correct. so I know that the textField is setup to display the html. when I trace pageDescription I get:

Code:
Recipe for a tremendously ...
I'm not sure how to fix this. Can anyone help me? thanks.

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XML And CDATA Not Formatting As HTML Text
Last edited by yakken : 2007-12-16 at 20:37.

I have a site that uses XML to load text, pics etc. but I have a problem using the CDATA tag in my XML files and afterwards rendering the text as HTML.

The XML could be

HTML Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<events>
<event pic="largePicture.png" header="Headline" caption="Subheadline" smallpic="thumbnail.png">
<description>
<![CDATA[I would like to use HTML here Next line!]]>
</description>
</event>
</events>
Loading the XML works fine and I have everything saved in arrays (the text I need here, would be in the "descriptions" array - see below), that I can access, but when I try to throw my the <description> content into a textbox, it displays everything as it is typed above - including the tags etc. I would be setting up the text like this (taken out of context and boiled down a bit to make it easy on the eye):

ActionScript Code:
//this is the i'th element that I am loading
["mc_text"+i].descrip.html=true;
["mc_text"+i].descrip.multiline = true;
["mc_text"+i].descrip.autoSize = true;
["mc_text"+i].descrip.htmlText= descriptions[i];

where the "decrip" text field would be the one containing my text.

It does, however, not format my text as HTML (the autosize attribute works though). A direct link to one of the subpages, not showing my text properly is here: http://www.vanity.dk/oceanclub/test.swf
Pres the last button on the right...

Help is appreciated!

I can see that this guy seems to have the same troubles as I:
HTML Links in xml.
but none of the suggestions in that thread seems to do the trick

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Render XML CDATA To HTML In Text Field?
I know I'm probably missing something simple, but I can't for the life of me get the following to render as HTML in flash.

Actionscript:

Code:
content_txt.html = true;
topicNavXml = new XML();
topicNavXml.ignoreWhite = true;
topicNavXml.load("pageBuildNav.xml");
topicNavXml.onLoad = function() {
pageInfo =
topicNavXml.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild;
content_txt.htmlText = pageInfo;
};
XML:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <topicNavigation>
<topicPages>

<page><![CDATA[GeneralHere is some textIn here is more text]]></page>
</topicPages>
</topicNavigation>

What I get is the native format displaying in content_txt as follows:

GeneralHere is some textIn here is more text

I'd like this to be rendered as HTML in the content_txt field.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Html Formattig With CDATA When NodeValue Shows XML?
Hi all!

I've been looking around the forums and this question seems to have been asked 100 times before. I think I have a slight twist on it though...

I am loading an xml document into Flash (exporting for player v6, AS1) and want HTML formatting in my dynamic HTML text fields. I've got CDATA there and using eg childNodes[i].chldNodes the text renders the tags and everything. If i use childNodes[i].nodeValue, the text field remains empty.

When I trace the nodeValue is comes out as 'null' and the nodeType is shown to be type 1 - element_node.

So the (for me) 1 000 000 000 kronor question is: am i missing something that defines a text node?

Here's an extract from the XML:

Code:
<page>
<name>Arbetsskada</name>
<avtalText>Som arbetsgivare är du skyldig att göra en anmälan till försäkringskassan.</avtalText>
<header>På blanketterna till försäkringskassan och till AFA ska du som arbetsgivare endast intyga anställningsförhållandena, inte bedöma om det föreligger

arbetsskada, eller ej. Utredningen och ställningstagandet görs av försäkringskassan och AFA men underlättas av din redogörelse. </header>
<pic>arbetsskada.jpg</pic>
<contents>
<subHead>
<name>Den skadade anmäler</name>
<cont><![CDATA[Den skadade ska anmäla arbetsskadan till:
<li>Arbetsgivaren</li>
<li>AFA - på blankett aLink2</li>]]></cont>
<pic>skadAnmal.jpg</pic>
</subHead>
<subHead>
<name>Arbetsgivaren anmäler</name>
<cont>Som arbetsgivare ska du:
- Anmäla arbetsskadan till försäkringskassan. Försäkringskassan tillhandahåller blankett, du hittar den också här: aLink1.
- Du ska också komplettera blanketten aLink2, som den anställde fyllt i, med hans/hennes anställningsuppgifter och sedan underteckna den. Den ska sedan skickas till

AFA. </cont>
<pic>arbGiv2Sub.jpg</pic>
</subHead>
</contents>
</page>
All wise words greatly appreciated!

samiam

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XML Content In CDATA Not Ready HTML Tags
I have HTML tags in my XML content file, but need to wrap CDATA around it to prevent illegal characters from doing wrong stuff.

My XML node looks like this:
<pageintro><![CDATA[First paragraph of page content. Second paragraph of Pagecontent]]></pageintro>

in my XML actionscript I parse the node like this:
intro_txt.htmlText = content_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild;

and in my actionscrip I have also specified
intro_txt.html = true;

the intro_txt textfield has the html button ticked as well.

BUT it is not reading the html tags for some reason. It is just displaying them as characters so is not a line break it is written out like so: " "

Any idea what I am missing in order for the html tags to be parsed properly?

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Cdata W/html Tags Not Displaying Correctly [mx]
Hi,

i am having an annoying problem with an xml document and flash.

i have a dynamic textfield on the stage and this is set to render html.

in the xml doc i have a child node that is wrapped around cdata (as in the kirupa tut). No matter what i do, i can't get flash to correctly parse and display the text.

i.e.

in the xml:

<![CDATA[make this bold]]>

so in flash i get this in the text field:
make this bold

tried it with different tags, and read all sorts of forums including this:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...a+dynamic+text

all i really want to do is hav line breaks in my block of text (i have some bulleted points and then a paragraph of text).

any help is really appreciated.

thanx

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Embedding HTML In XML Using CDATA Problem (urgent)
Can someone help me please with this, i'm having MAJOR issues, I'll post the code for my actionscript and my XML. Everything looks like it should work, but I still see the HTML tags in my text boxes when I play the movie. Need this ASAP. I'm just trying to get the first node figured out using this test sample. Need immidiate help, please.

Appreciate it

Actionscript

Code:
myTextField.html = true;
var myXMLObject:XML = new XML();
myXMLObject.ignoreWhite = true;
myXMLObject.load("myData.xml");
myXMLObject.onLoad = function() {
var myText:XMLNode = myXMLObject.childNodes[0];
if (myText.nodeName == "navigation") {
for (var count = 0; count<myText.childNodes.length; count++) {
var currentNode:XMLNode = myText.childNodes[count];
set("text_"+(count+1), currentNode.childNodes[0].nodeValue);
set("title_"+(count+1), currentNode.attributes.Title);
myTextField.text = text_1;
myTitleText.text = title_1;
}
}
};
stop();
XML:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<navigation>
<myText Title="News"><![CDATA[Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque sodales, ante in tincidunt gravida, est ante lacinia nisl, sit amet rutrum nibh tellus a dui. Etiam tellus lorem, facilisis luctus, aliquam et, molestie ac, libero. Curabitur purus. In nec mi. Nulla elit. Suspendisse sagittis lectus sit amet nisl. Vestibulum aliquet tellus eget metus. In posuere neque. Praesent placerat. Maecenas libero. Donec scelerisque convallis metus.]]> </myText>
<myText Title="BIOGRAPHY">Biography</myText>
<myText Title="Media">This is where Media will go.</myText>
<myText Title="Photos">This is where Photos will go.</myText>
<myText Title="Tours">This is where Tours will go.</myText>
<myText Title="Community">This is where a Link to the boards will go.</myText>
<myText Title="Links">This is where Links will go.</myText>
</navigation>

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Parsing Html Embed In Xml Cdata Tags
Hello:

I'm dealing with an XML document, that has embed an html document, it looks like this:

<node>
<![CDATA[SOME BOLDED TEXT]>
</node>

the problem is that when I parse de xml document, what I found is something like

 some bolded text 

so, when I try to embed this into a textarea component, or a textfield, it shows the <>, instead of the formated HTML code.

Does any body has a clue of whats missing here? I have seen posts over the internet, where people said they have just done it, but none explains how.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

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MX2004: XPathAPI CDATA SelectSingleNode And HTML Formatting
Hello,

my subject is pretty much my problem, i am using MX2004's XPathApi 'selectSingleNode' which is working nicely, i have done a wee bit of fiddling;

Code:
_root.selectedText = "About Us "
centreMe.textContent.htmlText = mx.xpath.XPathAPI.selectSingleNode(this.firstChild, "/data/item[@name = '"+ _root.selectedText + "']/*");
I would like to be able to change the content depending on what the variable is, and this seems to work fine. The content should be formatted text (with etc...), so i am using CDATA tags to make sure no confusion is made with <>'s (and if i dont it only pulls in a small section - as expected).

Only problem is that for some reason it forgets it is a html formatted bit of CDATA and spits out the tags with the rest of the content... i have placed in "centreMe.textContent.html = true;" make sure it knows its html but it really doesnt want to know.

I tried using selectNodeList to an array and printing this - which works, without CDATA tags, but adds a really annoying "," at the end of each "array item" it is printing.

Any help would be fantastic as i have also been through an entire saga to get here trying different techniques to get html tags displaying correctly within CDATA - and i guess this is ultimately my problem?

Thanks for your time!
Løque

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edit > now i am having a really "noobie" problem (if my one above wasnt already enough)

this works;

Code:
bla.html = true;
bla.htmlText = "this is frustrating?";
but this doesnt display anything in my dynamic textbox;

Code:
bla.html = true;
bla.htmlText = " this is frustrating?";
why does actionscript hate me? its player 7 with as2

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XML - <[CDATA[ Enclosed HTML Tags Appearing On Output
Hi,
I'm having some trouble getting HTML tags to be parsed and not appear when displaying them in a dynamic text field;

here is the actionscript i'm using to display the data:

var XMLDoc:XML = new XML();

XMLDoc.ignoreWhite = true;
XMLDoc.onLoad = processXML;
XMLDoc.load ("XML/copy.xml");

function processXML(success:Boolean):Void {
if (success) {
trace ("Success");
_level0.txt_Headline.htmlText = XMLDoc.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].attributes.headline;
_level0.txt_Body.htmlText = XMLDoc.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[1].childNodes[0].firstChild;
} else {
trace ("Error.");
}
}

here is the XML that im pulling out:
<subnav name = "Overview" headline = "WHO WE ARE">
<body><![CDATA[Next to our reputation, our greatest asset is our people. Design Forum’s team includes designers, strategists, brand experts, architects, engineers, implementation specialists, store planners, researchers and dozens of behind-the-scenes people who make it all happen.We work with clients across all categories, including: retail, automotive, financial services, restaurants, as well as consumer products manufacturers.The barn-inspired corporate headquarters is a paradigm of Design Forum’s approach and a symbol of our Midwestern work ethic. Built on the site of an old Ohio farm, its open spaces nourish a creative culture.]]></body>
</subnav>

can't figure out why the tags are appearing and not being parsed.

what am i doing wrong?

thanks for any help.
ian

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Getting Html Text To Display From Xml File Usning CDATA
Hi
I am trying to get a link to work in the body text of a text block.
I am using CDATA but can not get this to translate to html in the flash. I have checked that the 'Render text as html' box is checked.
What is it that I am not doing? or not doing right?

Below is my AS and below that is my XML

========================
xml menu stripped down
======================

function CreateMenu(menu_xml) {
var items = menu_xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
{
if (items[i].attributes.type == "news")
{
var header = items[i].firstChild;
var article = items[i].childNodes[1];
var item_mc = menu_mc.attachMovie("menu_item", "item" + item_count, item_count);
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===================
xml file below
==================

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