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    I would like to open a discussion of the possibilities of creating an WYSIWYG HTML editor entirely in Flash. It would seem that this would be a great test of the capabilities of FlashMX.

    I have seen a few attempts at this which were admirable but lacking when compared to the available alternatives built in HTML/DHTML/Javascript using the "designmode" or "contenteditable" property of Internet Explorer.

    I would like to hear your comments on the feasibility of approaching this level of sophistication in FlashMX.

    Here are the links to the current work in this area. If you have more, please post links:

    http://www.active-web.cc/html/wysiwyg/

    http://devex.macromedia.com/develope...5A&method=Full

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    Smile Sounds cool

    Sounds like a good idea... I'd be willing to contribute.
    Drop me a line.
    mailto:jordanj77@hotmail.com


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    older thread

    One was started a while back. I don't know if it ever was completed though?

    http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=282229

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    Interesting. I've created a flash page editor in MX (also a 3D modelling program, and there's a database-linked site creation tool in the pipeline). You can check out my work in progress at:-

    http://au.geocities.com/brutfood/

    Any comments welcome.

    I did consider the option of automatically generating the HTML variant of a site. It would take some work - but not too hard - especially if I stick to layers instead of tables initially. (Not sure yet how to convert between then, but haven't sat down with pencil and paper yet ). However, I decided not to go down that path though - too many other things to do.

    This thread may or may not awaken my interest

    If I was to append this capability to my existing editor - I would probably do it in Perl - as the back-end to my project is written in Perl. Currently, my generated flash web site is described in text files that determine what .swfs are loaded, where they are put on the stage - and what parameter text files they are passed (heirarchical).

    eg:-

    &objects=2&
    &object0=Tarial.swf&x0=10&y0=10&parameter0=mytext. txt&
    &object1=W3enine.swf&x1=384&y1=205&parameter1=3dmo del.txt&

    When it's complete (soon) I intend to give away a lite version, and sell a pro version of my flash site creation service. Do you think that there is a market for HTML generation? What's the point when you have flash?

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