Anyone have a text component supporting a larger selection of HTML tags?

[Former Member]

We create applications that allow users to input (or copy/paste) text in HTML or Rich Text formats. We'd like to be able to display this input as text in Xcelsius 2008 Engage but the text components in Xcelsius only support the following HTML tags:

Anchor tag

Bold tag

Break tag

Font tag

Image tag

Italic tag

List item tag

Paragraph tag

Text format tag

Underline tag

Does anyone have a component with support for more HTML tags?

Does anyone know if such a component could be created with the Xcelsius SDK (and Flash Objects SDK)?

(Side Note: Crystal Reports 2008 offers more support but does not support background color or ordered lists which are important to our users.)

Edited by: Chip Halsey on Apr 6, 2010 6:45 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Chip

Xcelsius (and Flex for that matter) rely on Flex 2 for rendering the HTML which as you say is limited to a few specific tags.

I have seen a few workarounds that you could try at your own risk which involve putting a HTML IFRAME on top of the SWF and displaying the HTML inside that instead (and not displaying it inside the SWF).

Here is one thing you could have a look at (again not supported by SAP so use at your own risk): http://www.deitte.com/archives/2006/08/finally_updated.htm

Regards

Matt

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Matt,

Thanks for the suggestion. It's interesting idea except that the author, Christophe Coenraets, recanted his recommendation in a 2nd update and suggests not using an IFrame because of issues with speed, accessibility and inconsistent performance.

The concept of having a SWF object that contains an entire presentation is very desirable for archiving and delivery. Perhaps the cost/benefit does not justify putting full browser HTML rendering into the applications and/or viewers for Xcelsius, Crystal Reports and Flex(Flash) Builder.

I am just curious to see if someone else has needed and solved this issue for Xcelsius or if there is another approach or another presentation container that we should consider.

Thanks.

Chip