So is it as simple as serializing non-strings to text and de-serializing on import?
On 11/3/13 11:12 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >Here is a simple test case which illustrates the problem. I can change my >app for custom handling of copy/paste, but it seems to me that this is a >general short-coming in the was copy paste is handled in TLF. > >Note: customStyle1 is preserved when the TextFlow is exported because >it's simple text, but customStyle2 is not preserved. > >The result of TextFlowExporter.export() is what's written to the >clipboard, so it's missing any complex custom styles. > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> ><s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" > xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" > minWidth="955" >minHeight="600" creationComplete="onComplete()"> > <fx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ITextExporter; > import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter; > import flashx.textLayout.edit.EditManager; > import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement; > import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement; > import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow; > import flashx.undo.UndoManager; > [Bindable]private var textFlow:TextFlow; > > private function onComplete():void{ > var para:ParagraphElement; > var span:SpanElement; > var i:int; > textFlow = new TextFlow(); > textFlow.interactionManager = new > EditManager(new UndoManager()); > textFlow.tabStops = "s12 s72"; > textFlow.paragraphSpaceAfter = 16; > para = new ParagraphElement(); > span = new SpanElement(); > span.fontSize = 16; > span.fontWeight = "bold"; > span.text = "Here's some text."; > span.setStyle("customStyle1","hello"); > > span.setStyle("customStyle2",{id:1,content:"this is some custom >content"}); > para.addChild(span); > textFlow.addChild(para); > > var exporter:ITextExporter = >TextConverter.getExporter("textLayoutFormat"); > var res:Object = > exporter.export(textFlow,"stringType"); > trace(res); > } > ]]> > </fx:Script> > <s:RichEditableText verticalCenter="0" width="400" >textFlow="{textFlow}"/> > ></s:Application> > >Harbs > >On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Alex Harui wrote: > >> I'm not sure what user styles are and why the aren't in the markup. Can >> you provide more details? >> >> Consider whether this is a general TLF issue or just something you >>should >> do in your app to add functionality. A general TLF issue probably can't >> bypass the Clipboard because you should be able to copy/paste from one >>SWF >> to another SWF. >> >> -Alex >> >> On 11/3/13 1:01 PM, "Gavriel Harbater" <gavha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Okay. After researching this, it looks like the problem is as follows: >>> >>> The TextFlow is saved to the clipboard as a string which is the markup >>> representation of the TextFlow. The markup is produced using >>> BaseTextLayoutExporter.export(). The markup produced from that is >>>missing >>> custom user styles. My custom user styles are actually quite complex >>> classes. >>> >>> I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to handle this problem. I >>>can >>> think of three possible angles: >>> 1) Somehow write user styles into the TextFlow markup. I'm not sure if >>> there's a way to markup custom styles and complex ones are definitely >>>an >>> issue. >>> 2) Write complex objects to the clipboard. Is this possible? If yes, >>>why >>> are strings currently used? >>> 3) Skip the clipboard altogether and create some static function to >>>call >>> when the clipboard content is pasted to apply custom styles. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> On Nov 3, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Harbs wrote: >>> >>>> Looking into an issue I had, I noticed that user styles in TLF are not >>>> preserved on copy/paste. (Actually, it would probably be more correct >>>>to >>>> say that they're not preserved on copy.) >>>> >>>> I'm looking into TextScrap/TextClipboard now, but if anyone has >>>> experience here as to why the styles are being dropped, I'd love to >>>>knowŠ >>>> >>>> Harbs >>> >> >
