Importing external text using xml

[EmbussyBus]

Hi Guys,

I've managed to import text into a .fla (canvas) dynamic text box but I can't get <strong> or <italic> to work, the text stays regular.

Is there a way to mark up the text so individual words in a sentence are bold and italic?

[Joseph Labrecque]

With AS3 there is... but probaly not so applicable these days: 
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/text/TextFormat.html 

[Joseph Labrecque]

Canvas works differently than markup (thank goodness). 

[EmbussyBus]

Hi Joseph, Thanks for your reply, I'm taking from your reply that you don't know if its possible or you don't know of a solution?

[EmbussyBus]

I want to transfer from Hype 4 and this is the only thing stopping me.

If anyone knows how I can add bold and Italic to individual words in a paragraph I'd really appreciate it

[JoãoCésar · Accepted solution]

Hi.

Dynamic text fields created by the Text Tool (T) are canvas based texts. And characters in canvas texts can't be styled individually.

The easiest solution will be to use a Label component (Window > Components (Ctrl/Cmd + F7)) which renders DOM labels. In this way, you could, for example, style your text like this:

setTimeout(function() // the timeout is needed to access components when the code is iniatialized
{
	var labelInstance = document.getElementById("yourTextID");
	labelInstance.innerHTML = "This is a <strong>strong</strong> word and this is an <i>italic<i/> word.";
}, 0);

I hope this helps.

Regards,

JC

[EmbussyBus]

Thank you JC,

My solution is to import an external .js file with the text and load it into a Label component, as you suggested, that's styled using a CSS component.

Works like a charm, not sure how I create a table that way yet but I can now start using Animate instead of Hype.

Really appreciate your help

Ben