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Anonymous
May 13, 2008
Question

What is the deal with HTML tags in Flash?

  • May 13, 2008
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Hello there.

I have been able to import an HTML file into Flash by creating a textfield and having the HTML load into it, but it will only recognize my <b> and <p> tags, not any <a> (link) tags.

My code works just fine when I preview it in dreamweaver as an HTML page alone. But when it is in Flash, the word "maintenance" is not clickable. <a href="maintenance.html">maintenance</a> is the code I'm using.

Any suggestions? Do <a> tags work when imported to Flash?

Thanks in advance,

~Vanessa
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Anonymous
May 14, 2008
Hi, thanks for your reply but I'm still having trouble. I've attached the codes- maybe you can give me a hand with it?

Hi, here is my ActionScript code:

function addArticle(sLinkage:String):Void{
if(oOpenedArticle[sLinkage]!=undefined) {
oOpenedArticle[sLinkage].swapDepths(nTopDepth);
return;

}
}

function loadArticle():Void {
var nWidth:Number = mcDisplayBackground2._width;
var nHeight:Number = mcDisplayBackground2._height;
var nX:Number = mcDisplayBackground2._x;
var nY:Number = mcDisplayBackground2._y;
this.createTextField("tArticle", this.getNextHighestDepth(), nX, nY, nWidth, nHeight);
tArticle.multiline = true;
tArticle.wordWrap = true;
tArticle.textColor = 0x000000;
tArticle.html = true;
tArticle.condenseWhite = true;

}



function loadData():Void {
var lvArticleContent:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lvArticleContent.onData = function(sHTMLData:String):Void {
tArticle.htmlText = sHTMLData;
};
var cssStyles:TextField.StyleSheet = new TextField.StyleSheet();
cssStyles.onLoad = function():Void {
tArticle.styleSheet = this;
lvArticleContent.load("about.html");
};
cssStyles.load("aof.css");
}



var nTopDepth:Number;
var oOpenedArticle:Object = new Object();
mcAboutButton.onRelease = function():Void {
loadData();

gotoAndPlay(20);

};


loadArticle();





And my HTML:

<html>
<head>
<link href="aof.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#666666">


<p class="bodystyle" align="top" valign="top">

<font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<br />
<center>
<h2>CONSULTATIONS</h2>
<font color="#000000" size="-1">

Click <a href="tutorials.html">here</a> for a tutorial.
</p>
</body>
</html>
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Heffalompen
Inspiring
May 13, 2008
This is a quote from the help files:
___________________________________
About supported HTML tags
This section lists the built-in HTML tags that Flash Player supports. You can also create new styles and tags by using CSS; see Formatting text with Cascading Style Sheet styles.

Anchor tag
Bold tag
Break tag
Font tag
Image tag
Italic tag
List item tag
Paragraph tag
Span tag
Text format tag
Underline tag

______________________________________
Search "HTML" and "support" in the help files. The "a" tag is there so it should work.
Remember to set your textfield to render the text as html.

Hope that helps :)
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