ActionScript 3.0 :: Imported Text Strings Have New Lines Where They Shouldn't?
Nov 28, 2009
Using AS3 in flash CS4Hi i have some imported text from a tab delimited/seperated text file (.txt).I have split the values into an array using .split('') .split(' ')I have stored the imported data into an array where each column has a new index and the properties of each row can be gained from array[n].property. For example array[4].name would give the 'name' of the 4th entity in the original text file.This all works fine however some of the separated strings are formatted incorrectly as they take up 2 lines instead of one.The first string in each line in the original text file is imported into flash with a new line above it. I.e: "Property1" in the original tab delimited/seperated text file is stored in flash as "Property1" with a new line above it. I need to get rid of this new line in order to appropriately display the text in text fields.
I need to load textbox.text in to string Obj and find the x y coordinates of some characters by the start and end index of that string. I am already doing this by using textSnapShot class and it is working great, but this class is working only on static textbox it is not working on dynamic textbox. any one knows any way of doing this! here is the snapshot function it returns xy coords:
function GetStringXY(startindex, endindex):Array{ var xy:Array = new Array(); var mc:MovieClip = this;
i have a dynamic text feild which is being populater with text. disText.text = "I may start �utopian island� soon. Then we can recline while the robots and the animals do our bidding. Within reason. No monkeys in bras. &&about 1 hour ago from web"; i can format this text like so:
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okay so that is all good. Now i need to search the string and find the &&, any text after this point will need to be formatted in a different way. i have done a search and replace
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so that the special characters are replaced with nothing but i cant find a way of findig out where in the string the special characters were and how to modify the text that is after the special characters i.e the about 1 hour ago
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<message> <caption1>this is caption 1</caption1> <caption2>this is caption 2</caption2> <caption3>this is caption 3</caption3> </message>
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function loop():void{ lineDrawing.graphics.clear(); var a:Point = new Point(kite_mc.dot1_mc.x, kite_mc.dot1_mc.y); var b:Point = new Point(kite_mc.dot2_mc.x, kite_mc.dot2_mc.y); var c:Point = new
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