passing ë chars to flashMX listbox with getvars 1

[ThomasJSmart]

Hi,

Im trying to pass some special characters to flash like ëèï etc. to flash using a loadvars() object.
This loads a textfile with variables like:

foo=bër&foo2=bïr

These are then loaded into the FlashMX listbox with
list.addItem(foo, foo2);

problem is its not working.... The problem being the special chars as adding normal text works fine.

Any ideas what im doing wrong?

Thank you,
Thomas

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[ThomasJSmart]

Addition: i would prefer to use phps function urlencode to change all the special characters to %20 type entries. but can flash (listbox) handle these?

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[kennethkawamoto]

Yes Flash can handle URL encode. To decode the encoded string, just use "unescape()".

Alternatively, you can generate a Unicode XML from PHP. Then you can use any character in any language.

Kenneth Kawamoto

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[ThomasJSmart]

Thank you for your reply. I cant realy do it in xml anymore.. to much code has been written already based on the loadvars system and i need to finish this project.

i tried with the unescape but with no luck.

this is the data in the textfile generated by php:

total=5&entry1=Geloof+en+Bijgeloof+etalage+en+display&organizer1=Boomker+boeken%2B&num1=1&entry2=De+Kabbalist&organizer2=Boomker+boeken%2B&num2=2&entry3=Mythen+en+Bomen&organizer3=Hortus+Haren&num3=3&entry4=Henricus+Munting+en+de+geneeskunst+in+de+gouden+eeuw&organizer4=Hortus+Haren&num4=4&entry5=De+Magi%EBr&organizer5=Hortus+Haren&num5=5

its <b>entry5=De+Magi%EBr</b> thats being a problem, this should read Magiër in Flash.

this is the (simplified) flashcode:

listdata.sendAndLoad("getlist.php", listdata, "POST");
listdata.onLoad = function() {
    trace(listdata.entry5);
    trace( unescape(listdata.entry5));
}

this returns "De Magi" in both cases. So it seems the whole ë part isnt even getting into flash for some reason?





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[kennethkawamoto]

[b]System.useCodepage = true;[/b]
var str:String = "De+Magi%EBr";
trace(unescape(str));

// Output:
De Magiër

(Next time use Unicode XML!)

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[ThomasJSmart]

That did the trick!! Thank you!

(next time deffenetly xml!)


Thank you.



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