URL encoding troubles

[SwirlyKing]

I have html formatted text getting placed into a dynamic text box and everything works perfectly, except that I'm trying to write this:

for (i=1; i<=10; i++){
trace ("i = "+i);
}

and I need to replace "<" with "%3c" for URL encoding, but it won't let me do it. It seems like it's replacing the "%3c" with a "<" and then treating it like it a tag bracket again. But I can do "%3e" for ">" with no problems at all.

[oldnewbie]

Yeah! Talk to me about it! Bumped on that one a long time ago...
Finally came up with this solution...

To print a "<", in your text file -> %26lt; HELLO %3E...

Should output "< HELLO >"...

[SwirlyKing]

Old newbie,
Thanks for the help. I also just found another solution. If I put <pre> and</pre> around it, I can type whatever I want with no URL encoding!!!

so <pre> <HELLO%> </pre> will give me <HELLO%>

[oldnewbie]

Well good for you! Problem is that doesn't seem to work in MX only and most certainely didn't in Flash 5 at the time I needed this!

[SwirlyKing]

must be new to MX 2004. It's a standard html tag that I didn't know.

[oldnewbie]

Using CSS on this?

To my knowledge, this is still (even for MX2004) the only officially 11 or so html1.0 tags supported by Flash, although the <li> tag somewhat works...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...s/htmltext.htm

[SwirlyKing]

Yes, I am using CSS. I didn't think that would make a difference, but I guess it does - although I didn't officially test it without CSS.

BUT, this wasn't used in the CSS itself, I added it to the text. So my actual text file is this:

<c><pre>for (i=1; i>=10; i++){
    trace("i = "+i);
}</pre></c>

Where "<c>" tag is from the styleSheet and I just added "<pre>.