.html, perhaps??

[mr. sparkle]

Situation: a listbox with a list generated from an XML file loads an external text file into a dynamic textbox when the user selects an item. i've got everything worked out except for one minor detail: I cannot get the text field to process HTML. I have the HTML box checked, so I know it's not that. Do I need to include a .html or .htmlText somewhere in my code? Here it is:


var XMLfile = "article_setup.xml";
importXML = new XML();
importXML.varTarget = this;
importXML.ignoreWhite = true;
importXML.onLoad = function (success)
{
if (success)
{
var vt = this.varTarget;
var root = this.firstChild;
vt.articleObj = new Object();
allArticles = root.childNodes;
for(var i=0; i<allArticles.length; i++)
{
article = allArticles[i].childNodes;
vt.articleObj["article" + i] = new Object();
vt.articleObj["article" + i].articleName = article[0].firstChild;
vt.articleObj["article" + i].articlePath = article[1].firstChild;
}
var i;
for (i=0; i<allArticles.length; i++)
{
listBox.addItem(vt.articleObj["article" + i].articleName);
}
select.onPress = function()
{
var myVariable = new LoadVars();
myVariable.onLoad = function(success)
{
if (success)
{
addText(this.article);
}
else trace("Error loading content.");
}
myVariable.load(vt.articleObj["article" + listBox.getSelectedIndex()].articlePath);
}
}
else
{
trace("ERROR PARSING XML");
}
};

function addText(textContent)
{
pbox.text = textContent;

}

importXML.load(XMLfile);



I will be eternally grateful if anyone has any ideas, because I'll finally be able to start loading content into the site, and eventually get it online! Thank you, thank you.

[Slowburn]

pbox.text = textContent;


to

pbox.htmlText = textContent;

[mr. sparkle]

Thank You!

[mr. sparkle]

Alright, one more thing: i've read up on this on various forums, and I see how to do it, but i'm having trouble getting it to work with my particular code.

Can anyone give me a good way to get Flash to not read single line breaks in a text file as a double line break? I know Flash reads Windows line breaks (\r\n) as two line breakx, so I need to find a way to deal with that. Thanks!

[Slowburn]

I'm not sure I understand your question. you want to read only single line breaks, that are not window line breaks?

[annexion]

textData.split("\r\n").join("\n");

[mr. sparkle]

I'm not sure I understand your question. you want to read only single line breaks, that are not window line breaks?

Well yeah, when you break a line in a text file, it shows up as a double line-break in the flash movie. I'm trying to figure out the best way to eliminate that discrepancy, so I can just get single line breaks.

[Slowburn]

what annexion put down should work.

[mr. sparkle]

textData.split("\r\n").join("\n");


that did it. Thanksssss a ton !