Passing html from AS3 to Javascript

Report · May 21, 2013

I am using WebStageView to pass html from AS3 to a Javascript function in a webpage.

I do this like:

var urltext:String = "javascript:setText('aaa','vvv')"

webView.loadURL(urltext);

This successfully calls a function in JS named setText which in turn sets the value of a div or whatever else I want to do.

Here is the problem:

If I want to pass:

var urltext:String = "javascript:setText('aaa','vvv')" the formatted text works fine and I get no errors however,

if I pass it like this:

var txt:String = 'aaa';

var urltext:String = ""javascript:setText('+txt+','vvv')" then I get a parse error;

It traces out to look like this:

urltext: javascript:setText('aaaaa

','vvv')

Notice that there is a return after the which is apparently causing the parse error.

I am loading text from a file and passing it via the above call to JS.

In short, is there a way to format the text so it doies not cause the parse error?

Or, is there a better way to pass html strings in a call to Javascript?

ExternalInterface does not seem to work anymore and I am avoiding WebStageViewBridge.

Report · May 21, 2013

Ain't that the way of it..

Came up with a solution Minutes after I posted this problem.

Here it is, just in case:

var urltext:String = "javascript:setText("+com.adobe.serialization.json.JSON.encode(fileText)+",'vvv')"