Using a variety of formats when importing a String into the TextFlow with the importToFlow() method

     

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<!-- sparksparktextcontrols/ImportToFlowExample.mxml -->
<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">
    <fx:Script>
         
        import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter; 
        XML.ignoreWhitespace = false; 
      
    </fx:Script>
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout />
    </s:layout>
    <fx:Declarations>
        <fx:String id="htmlTextAsHTML"><p>Hello <b>world!</b></p></fx:String>
        <!-- Define an XML object to use with TLF format. -->
        <fx:XML id="tfTextAsTextFlow">
            <TextFlow xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008">
                <p>
                    Hello
                    <span fontWeight="bold">world!</span>
                </p>
            </TextFlow>
        </fx:XML>
    </fx:Declarations>
    <s:RichText id="richTxt"
        textFlow="{TextConverter.importToFlow(htmlTextAsHTML, TextConverter.TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT)}"
        horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" />
    <s:RichText id="richTxt2"
        textFlow="{TextConverter.importToFlow(htmlTextAsHTML, TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT)}"
        horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" />
    <s:RichText id="richTxt3"
        textFlow="{TextConverter.importToFlow(tfTextAsTextFlow, TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT)}"
        horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" />
</s:Application>

1.	Defines a TextFlow as XML, and assigns that to the TextInput control's textDisplay
2.	Use TextFlow in RichEditableText
3.	Create TextFlow Child Tags
4.	TextFlow Namespace
5.	Using the importFromString() method to load a String object into the TextFlow
6.	Import an XML object into a TextFlow when you click the Button control
7.	iterates over the RichEditableText control's TextFlow and copies the contents of each SpanElement into another RichEditableText control
8.	Using methods of ParagraphElement to count the words and determine the average length of them in TextFlow
9.	Using child tags for TextFlow
10.	Link Element in TextFlow

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