Using html links in flex with xml data
So I'm not sure why this took me so long to figure out since it's actually quite simple... I have a flex application that is pulling all its data from an xml file. I wanted to add links to certain pieces of text. I finally figured out a way to make it work... if this is the best way or not, I do not know, but it works! (This is why I'm not a programmer... haha). Use a combination of xml file with node wrapped in the ![CDATA[ tag, Text component, and the htmlText property. Example: MXML snip: <mx:HTTPService id="contentService" url="assets/xml/content.xml" resultFormat="e4x" result="contentResultHandler(event)" fault="contentFaultHandler(event)"/ > ActionScript: iText = new Text(); iText.htmlText = xmlListColl.getItemAt(n).writeup; XML snip: <section> <title>my writeup </title > <writeup> <![CDATA[Here is a <font style="color:'#0000FF';"> <a href="'http://ww...