Packageflashx.textLayout.conversion
Classpublic class TextConverter
InheritanceTextConverter Inheritance Object

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This is the gateway class for handling import and export. It serves as a unified access point to the conversion functionality in the Text Layout Framework. It contains a registry for predefined as well as user defined input and/or output converters, plus a set of conversion methods.

The format of the converted data is not predefined; user written converters are free to accept and return any format of their choice. Common formats are strings, XML, and ByteArray instances. Converter authors should document which formats are supported.


Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
  numFormats : int
[static] [read-only] Number of formats.
TextConverter
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
addFormat(format:String, importerClass:Class, exporterClass:Class, clipboardFormat:String):void
[static] Register a new format for import/export.
TextConverter
  
addFormatAt(index:int, format:String, importerClass:Class, exporterClass:Class = null, clipboardFormat:String = null):void
[static] Register a new format for import/export, at the specified location.
TextConverter
  
export(source:TextFlow, format:String, conversionType:String):Object
[static] Exports a TextFlow to a specified format.
TextConverter
  
getExporter(format:String):ITextExporter
[static] Creates and returns an export converter, which you can then use to export from a TextFlow to a source string or XML object.
TextConverter
  
getFormatAt(index:int):String
[static] Returns the format name for the index'th format.
TextConverter
  
getFormatDescriptorAt(index:int):FormatDescriptor
[static] Returns the FormatDescriptor for the index'th format.
TextConverter
  
getImporter(format:String, config:IConfiguration = null):ITextImporter
[static] Creates and returns an import converter, which you can then use to import from a source string, an XML object, or any user defined data formats to a TextFlow.
TextConverter
  
importToFlow(source:Object, format:String, config:IConfiguration = null):TextFlow
[static] Creates a TextFlow from source content in a specified format.
TextConverter
  
removeFormat(format:String):void
[static] Remove the format.
TextConverter
  
removeFormatAt(index:int):void
[static] Remove the format at the index location.
TextConverter
Public Constants
 ConstantDefined By
  PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT : String = plainTextFormat
[static] Plain text format.
TextConverter
  TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT : String = textFieldHTMLFormat
[static] HTML format.
TextConverter
  TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT : String = textLayoutFormat
[static] TextLayout Format.
TextConverter
Property Detail
numFormatsproperty
numFormats:int  [read-only]

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Number of formats.


Implementation
    public static function get numFormats():int
Method Detail
addFormat()method
public static function addFormat(format:String, importerClass:Class, exporterClass:Class, clipboardFormat:String):void

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Register a new format for import/export. The new format will be added at the end, as the lowest priority. Location can be significant for clients that have multiple choices for which format to use, such as when importing from the external clipboard. The new format may support importing and/or exporting. If the format has already been added, then it will be present in multiple locations. The first one found will be used.

Parameters

format:String — The import converter class to register or null
 
importerClass:Class — The export converter class to register or null
 
exporterClass:Class — The format string tagging the converter classes. Formats can be any name, but must be unique.
 
clipboardFormat:String — The string used as the clipboard format when converting to/from the clipboard. Make this null if the format doesn't support clipboard access.

addFormatAt()method 
public static function addFormatAt(index:int, format:String, importerClass:Class, exporterClass:Class = null, clipboardFormat:String = null):void

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Register a new format for import/export, at the specified location. Location can be significant for clients that have multiple choices for which format to use, such as when importing from the external clipboard. Lower numbers indicate higher priority; these converters will be tried first. The new format may support importing and/or exporting. If the format has already been added, then it will be present in multiple locations. The first one found will be used.

Parameters

index:int — The import converter class to register or null
 
format:String — The export converter class to register or null
 
importerClass:Class — The format string tagging the converter classes
 
exporterClass:Class (default = null) — The string used as the clipboard format when converting to/from the clipboard. Make this null if the format doesn't support clipboard access.
 
clipboardFormat:String (default = null)

export()method 
public static function export(source:TextFlow, format:String, conversionType:String):Object

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Exports a TextFlow to a specified format.

Use one of the static constants supplied with this class, a MIME type, or a user defined format for user defined exporters to specify the format parameter:

Specify the type of the exported data in the conversionType parameter with one of the static constants supplied by the ConversionType class, or a user defined data type for user defined exporters:

Returns a representation of the TextFlow in the specified format, or null on errors.

Parameters

source:TextFlow — Source content
 
format:String — Output format
 
conversionType:String — Type of exported data

Returns
Object — Object Exported form of the TextFlow, or null on errors

See also

TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT
PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT
TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT
flashx.textLayout.conversion.ConversionType
getExporter()method 
public static function getExporter(format:String):ITextExporter

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates and returns an export converter, which you can then use to export from a TextFlow to a source string or XML object. Use this function if you have many separate exports to perform. It is equivalent to calling flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter.export().

Use one of the static constants supplied with this class to specify the format parameter:

If the format has been added multiple times, the first one found will be used.

Parameters

format:String — Target format for exported data

Returns
ITextExporter — ITextExporter Text exporter that can export in the specified format

See also

TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT
PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT
TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT
getFormatAt()method 
public static function getFormatAt(index:int):String

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns the format name for the index'th format.

Parameters

index:int

Returns
String
getFormatDescriptorAt()method 
public static function getFormatDescriptorAt(index:int):FormatDescriptor

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns the FormatDescriptor for the index'th format.

Parameters

index:int

Returns
FormatDescriptor
getImporter()method 
public static function getImporter(format:String, config:IConfiguration = null):ITextImporter

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates and returns an import converter, which you can then use to import from a source string, an XML object, or any user defined data formats to a TextFlow. Use this method if you have many separate imports to perform, or if you want to handle errors during import. It is equivalent to calling flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter.importToFlow().

Use one of the static constants supplied with this class to specify the format parameter, a MIME type, or a user defined data format.

If the format has been added multiple times, the first one found will be used.

Parameters

format:String — Format of source content. Use constants from flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT, PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT, TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT etc, a MIME type, or a user defined format.
 
config:IConfiguration (default = null) — configuration to use during this import. null means take the current default. You can also set the configuration via the ITextImporter.configuration property.

Returns
ITextImporter — ITextImporter Text importer that can import the source data

See also

TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT
PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT
TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT
importToFlow()method 
public static function importToFlow(source:Object, format:String, config:IConfiguration = null):TextFlow

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates a TextFlow from source content in a specified format.

Use one of the static constants supplied with this class, a MIME type, to specify the format parameter, or use a user defined value for user-registered importers:

Parameters

source:Object — Source content
 
format:String — Format of source content
 
config:IConfiguration (default = null) — IConfiguration to use when creating new TextFlows

Returns
TextFlow — TextFlow that was created from the source, or null on errors.

See also

TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT
PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT
TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT
removeFormat()method 
public static function removeFormat(format:String):void

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Remove the format. If a format was added multiple times, only the first one found is removed.

Parameters

format:String — The converter format string to remove

removeFormatAt()method 
public static function removeFormatAt(index:int):void

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Remove the format at the index location.

Parameters

index:int — The format to remove

Constant Detail
PLAIN_TEXT_FORMATConstant
public static const PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT:String = plainTextFormat

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Plain text format. Use this for creating a TextFlow from a simple, unformatted String, or for creating a simple, unformatted String from a TextFlow.

TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMATConstant 
public static const TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT:String = textFieldHTMLFormat

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

HTML format. Use this for importing from, or exporting to, a TextFlow using the HTML fomat. The Text Layout Framework HTML supports a subset of the tags and attributes supported by the TextField class in the flash.text package.

The following table lists the HTML tags and attributes supported for the import and export process (tags and attributes supported by TextField, but not supported by the Text Layout Framework are specifically described as not supported):

Tag Description
Anchor tag The <a> tag creates a hypertext link and supports the following attributes:
  • target: Specifies the name of the target window where you load the page. Options include _self, _blank, _parent, and _top. The _self option specifies the current frame in the current window, _blank specifies a new window, _parent specifies the parent of the current frame, and _top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.
  • href: Specifies a URL. The URL can be either absolute or relative to the location of the SWF file that is loading the page. An example of an absolute reference to a URL is http://www.adobe.com; an example of a relative reference is /index.html. Absolute URLs must be prefixed with http://; otherwise, Flash treats them as relative URLs. Note: Unlike the TextField class, ActionScript link events are not supported. Neither are a:link, a:hover, and a:active styles.
Bold tag The <b> tag renders text as bold. A bold typeface must be available for the font used.
Break tag The <br> tag creates a line break in the text.
Font tag The <font> tag specifies a font or list of fonts to display the text.The font tag supports the following attributes:
  • color: Only hexadecimal color (#FFFFFF) values are supported.
  • face: Specifies the name of the font to use. As shown in the following example, you can specify a list of comma-delimited font names, in which case Flash Player selects the first available font. If the specified font is not installed on the local computer system or isn't embedded in the SWF file, Flash Player selects a substitute font.
  • size: Specifies the size of the font. You can use absolute pixel sizes, such as 16 or 18 or relative point sizes, such as +2 or -4.
  • letterspacing: Specifies the tracking (manual kerning) in pixels to be applied to the right of each character.
  • kerning: Specifies whether kerning is enabled or disabled. A non-zero value enables kerning, while zero disables it.
Image tag The <img> tag lets you embed external image files (JPEG, GIF, PNG), SWF files, and movie clips inside text.

The <img> tag supports the following attributes:

  • src: Specifies the URL to an image or SWF file, or the linkage identifier for a movie clip symbol in the library. This attribute is required; all other attributes are optional. External files (JPEG, GIF, PNG, and SWF files) do not show until they are downloaded completely.
  • width: The width of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.
  • height: The height of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.

Note: Unlike the TextField class, the following attributes are not supported: align, hspace, vspace, id, and checkPolicyFile.

Italic tag The <i> tag displays the tagged text in italics. An italic typeface must be available for the font used.
List item tag Note: Unlike the TextField class, the List item tag is not supported.
Paragraph tag The <p> tag creates a new paragraph. The <p> tag supports the following attributes:
  • align: Specifies alignment of text within the paragraph; valid values are left, right, justify, and center.
  • class: Specifies a class name that can be used for styling
Span tag The <span> tag supports the following attributes:
  • class: Specifies a class name that can be used for styling. While span tags are often used to set a style defined in a style sheet, TLFTextField instances do not support style sheets. The span tag is available for TLFTextField instances to refer to a class with style properties.
  • You can also put properties directly in the span tag: <span fontFamily="Arial">Hi there</span>. However, nested span tags are not supported.
Text format tag

The <textformat> tag lets you use a subset of paragraph formatting properties of the TextFormat class within text fields, including line leading, indentation, margins, and tab stops. You can combine <textformat> tags with the built-in HTML tags.

The <textformat> tag has the following attributes:

  • indent: Specifies the indentation from the left margin to the first character in the paragraph; corresponds to TextFormat.indent. Both positive and negative numbers are acceptable.
  • blockindent: Specifies the indentation applied to all lines of the paragraph.
  • leftmargin: Specifies the left margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to TextFormat.leftMargin.
  • rightmargin: Specifies the right margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to TextFormat.rightMargin.
  • leading: Specifies the leading (line height) measured in pixels between a line's ascent and the previous line's descent
  • tabstops: Specifies a comma-separated list of tab stop positions for the paragraph.
Underline tag The <u> tag underlines the tagged text.

When an unknown tag is imported the textFieldHTMLFormat importer will either set a single FlowElement's typeName property to that tag name or create a DivElement or a SubParagraphGroupElement with its typeName property set to the tag name.

The textFieldHTMLFormat exporter will export typeName as the XML tag when it is different from the default.

See also

flashx.textLayout.elements.FlowElement.typeName
TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMATConstant 
public static const TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT:String = textLayoutFormat

Language Version : ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions : Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

TextLayout Format. Use this for importing from, or exporting to, a TextFlow using the TextLayout markup format. Text Layout format will detect the following errors:




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