Loading special characters in a string loaded via XML in AS3

Question

When I load an XML using ActionScript all the characters inside strings render fine except special characters like:

ñ, Ñ, á, é, í, ó, ú

In that cases the letter is omitted.

I even try with:


&ntilde; or &iacute;

But in that case show exactly ñ and í instead of ñ or í.

¿What can I do?

Thanks.

are you trying to put that string in a text field? What if you do a trace() on the string -- can you see the correct characters there? — wpjmurray
– wpjmurray, Commented Feb 26, 2010 at 2:01

typeoneerror · Accepted Answer · 2010-02-26 08:29:36Z

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Make sure your file is UTF encoded and then embed those additional characters in your TextField. Also, make sure the font you are using supports those characters. While you're at it, wrap your text values in <![CDATA[]]> (character data) in the XML file, e.g.

<textNode><![CDATA[ñ, Ñ, á, é, í, ó, ú]]></textNode>

edited Feb 26, 2010 at 8:29

answered Feb 26, 2010 at 1:53

typeoneerror

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DeryckOE Over a year ago

Hi, I Try but nothing, I embed all the characters and the trace works fine. Do you have any tutorial or example of a working fine code to compare? Thanks.

typeoneerror Over a year ago

Go to the embed settings of the textfield and select "Latin I" as the character embedding options. you can also just paste the characters you want to embed in the "additional characters" field. Try also pasting the characters into a textfield with that font to make sure they actually show up.

Gabi · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-06 11:32:28Z

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Save the xml file in UNICODE format. No need for CDATA.

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 11:32

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