Comments on: RegExp in Flash 8 using ExternalInterface http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/ You've got your good thing, and I've got mine Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: zoe http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-21931 zoe Sun, 18 May 2008 01:13:11 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-21931 Thanks just spent hours looking for this! Thanks just spent hours looking for this!

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]]> By: James Burt http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-20253 James Burt Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:01:15 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-20253 Thanks for the tutorial, they are easy to understand for a newbie like me. Thanks for the tutorial, they are easy to understand for a newbie like me.

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]]> By: forumbilgi http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-17513 forumbilgi Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:43:53 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-17513 tesekkurler kanka buyuksun:) tesekkurler kanka buyuksun:)

]]> By: ZHANG YI http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-15110 ZHANG YI Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:20:46 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-15110 Hello Please tell me how can use action script to validate an eamil address? Thank you Yi Hello
Please tell me how can use action script to validate an eamil address?

Thank you
Yi

]]> By: Chris http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14839 Chris Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:31:13 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14839 Your script is very neat, jsut it cannot handle UTF-8 encoded strings :( Your script is very neat, jsut it cannot handle UTF-8 encoded strings :(

]]> By: Ain Tohvri http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14769 Ain Tohvri Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:02:01 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14769 Hey adam, Apparently your regex would not validate 4-letter domains eg me@mydaomain.info To enable support for those domains you should probably change your regex to <code>/^w+([.-]?w+)*@w+([.-]?w+)*(.w{2,4})+$/</code> Hey adam,

Apparently your regex would not validate 4-letter domains eg me@mydaomain.info

To enable support for those domains you should probably change your regex to
/^w+([.-]?w+)*@w+([.-]?w+)*(.w{2,4})+$/

]]> By: adam http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14690 adam Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:15:12 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14690 The following is what I currently use in projects for validating email. I use AS2/F8 and ExternalInterface, and it works wonderfully. Remember that ExternalInterface is synchronous, so that you can do the following. <code> var isValid = Boolean(flash.external.ExternalInterface.call("validate", emailTextInput.text)); </code> Place this javascript in your "<head>" tag. <code> <script type="text/javascript"> function validate(email) { var s = unescape(email); var re = /^w+([.-]?w+)*@w+([.-]?w+)*(.w{2,3})+$/ if(re.test(s)) { alert("Valid Email"); return true; } return false; </script></code> Remember to have the following line in your "<object><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> As well as having the same attribute in your "<embed>" tag. <code> <embed allowScriptAccess="always" /> </code> The following is what I currently use in projects for validating email. I use AS2/F8 and ExternalInterface, and it works wonderfully. Remember that ExternalInterface is synchronous, so that you can do the following.

var isValid = Boolean(flash.external.ExternalInterface.call("validate", emailTextInput.text));

Place this javascript in your “<head>” tag.

<script type="text/javascript">
function validate(email) {
var s = unescape(email);
var re = /^w+([.-]?w+)*@w+([.-]?w+)*(.w{2,3})+$/
if(re.test(s)) {
alert(”Valid Email”);
return true;
}
return false;
</script>

Remember to have the following line in your “<object><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” />

As well as having the same attribute in your “<embed>” tag.

<embed allowScriptAccess="always" />

]]> By: Michael Ypes http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14580 Michael Ypes Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:24:23 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-14580 Well what can I say, Your a god damn genius - Okay maybe thats a bit over the top :) Already a big fan of the swfobject getting my multitude of emails a day. Why these people have to ask you te unsubscibe i just dont't know. You think they would be savvy enough to be able to do it themsleves???. Anyway searching the net for a regexp to get rid of a forward slash "/" and who's site should google pop up but yours. Great example as I am not the king of regexp and this did exactly what it said on the tin. How you have time to do your blog, swfobject and hold down a job i just don't know. Just keep doing it though as I am finding it really helpful at the mo. Cheers Dude. Well what can I say, Your a god damn genius - Okay maybe thats a bit over the top :)
Already a big fan of the swfobject getting my multitude of emails a day. Why these people have to ask you te unsubscibe i just dont’t know. You think they would be savvy enough to be able to do it themsleves???. Anyway searching the net for a regexp to get rid of a forward slash “/” and who’s site should google pop up but yours. Great example as I am not the king of regexp and this did exactly what it said on the tin. How you have time to do your blog, swfobject and hold down a job i just don’t know. Just keep doing it though as I am finding it really helpful at the mo. Cheers Dude.

]]> By: Ain Tohvri http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-13339 Ain Tohvri Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:06:41 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-13339 This is great article indeed. For whose of you who may require more complex expressions (esp in terms of replacements) I'd like to make a sample note I've used for generating email links within a textarea: <b>regex</b> <code> /([a-zA-Z0-9_.-])+@(([a-zA-Z0-9-])+.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+/g </code> <b>replace pattern</b> (replaces the email with an address itself) <code> <a href='mailto:$0' target='_blank'>$0</a> </code> This is great article indeed.

For whose of you who may require more complex expressions (esp in terms of replacements) I’d like to make a sample note I’ve used for generating email links within a textarea:
regex

/([a-zA-Z0-9_.-])+@(([a-zA-Z0-9-])+.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+/g

replace pattern (replaces the email with an address itself)

<a href='mailto:$0' target='_blank'>$0</a>

]]> By: tom http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-6506 tom Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:24:54 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-6506 This is a very usefull technic. BTW, there is a problem when using reserved regexp patterns like s from the compiled swf. The compiler analyse the backslash as an escaped character, and it doesn’t exists in actionscript tongue. So that produce an error. The only trick I’ve found is to escape the reserved pattern. For example, to search any spaces in a string from the swf you’d call : result:String = myRegExp.search ("/\s/g", “replaced"); I think that in more difficult patterns, that can be a problem. Imagine yyou want to search a / in the string, do you have to triple escape the pattern ? result:String = myRegExp.search ("/////g", “replaced"); Any thought ? Great resource. Really helpful for understand odbc things. Thanks. This is a very usefull technic.
BTW, there is a problem when using reserved regexp patterns like s from the compiled swf.
The compiler analyse the backslash as an escaped character, and it doesn’t exists in actionscript tongue.
So that produce an error.

The only trick I’ve found is to escape the reserved pattern.
For example, to search any spaces in a string from the swf you’d call :
result:String = myRegExp.search (”/\s/g”, “replaced”);

I think that in more difficult patterns, that can be a problem.
Imagine yyou want to search a / in the string, do you have to triple escape the pattern ?
result:String = myRegExp.search (”/////g”, “replaced”);

Any thought ?

Great resource. Really helpful for understand odbc things.

Thanks.

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]]> By: erixtekila http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4529 erixtekila Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:56:44 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4529 This is a very usefull technic. BTW, there is a problem when using reserved regexp patterns like \s from the compiled swf. The compiler analyse the backslash as an escaped character, and it doesn't exists in actionscript tongue. So that produce an error. The only trick I've found is to escape the reserved pattern. For example, to search any spaces in a string from the swf you'd call : result:String = myRegExp.search ("/\s/g", "replaced"); I think that in more difficult patterns, that can be a problem. Imagine yyou want to search a / in the string, do you have to triple escape the pattern ? result:String = myRegExp.search ("/////g", "replaced"); Any thought ? This is a very usefull technic.
BTW, there is a problem when using reserved regexp patterns like \s from the compiled swf.
The compiler analyse the backslash as an escaped character, and it doesn’t exists in actionscript tongue.
So that produce an error.

The only trick I’ve found is to escape the reserved pattern.
For example, to search any spaces in a string from the swf you’d call :
result:String = myRegExp.search (”/\s/g”, “replaced”);

I think that in more difficult patterns, that can be a problem.
Imagine yyou want to search a / in the string, do you have to triple escape the pattern ?
result:String = myRegExp.search (”/////g”, “replaced”);

Any thought ?

]]> By: Geoff http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4346 Geoff Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:46:10 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4346 Have you tried using <code>encode()</code> or <code>encodeURIComponent()</code> to encode the text before sending it over? Then you can use unescape or something to unencode it inside Flash. Have you tried using encode() or encodeURIComponent() to encode the text before sending it over? Then you can use unescape or something to unencode it inside Flash.

]]> By: Brad Neuberg http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4342 Brad Neuberg Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:29:40 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4342 I recently found a major bug in ExternalInterface. If the value you pass from JavaScript contains a newline, Flash corrupts the value. For example, if you had the following value: helloworld1 helloworld2 helloworld3 And passed this from JavaScript to Flash (perhaps you got it from the user in an HTML textarea, and are passing it over to Flash), Flash will corrupt the value and turn it into a random number, which looks like some kind of internal memory pointer. I've found this on all browsers on all platforms I have tested (Mac and Windows, on IE, Firefox, and Safar). This bug is preventing me from using ExternalInterface for now. I recently found a major bug in ExternalInterface. If the value you pass from JavaScript contains a newline, Flash corrupts the value. For example, if you had the following value:

helloworld1
helloworld2
helloworld3

And passed this from JavaScript to Flash (perhaps you got it from the user in an HTML textarea, and are passing it over to Flash), Flash will corrupt the value and turn it into a random number, which looks like some kind of internal memory pointer. I’ve found this on all browsers on all platforms I have tested (Mac and Windows, on IE, Firefox, and Safar).

This bug is preventing me from using ExternalInterface for now.

]]> By: CeeJay http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4204 CeeJay Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:09:45 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4204 Great example! Flash 8.5 player will supposedly support regex with the AS3.0 release! yippie! Great example! Flash 8.5 player will supposedly support regex with the AS3.0 release! yippie!

]]> By: apostille http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4043 apostille Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:27:42 +0000 http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/08/29/regexp-flash-8-using-externalinterface/#comment-4043 Really nice :) Did you test/know the number of character max that we can send by ExternalInterface ? Really nice :)
Did you test/know the number of character max that we can send by ExternalInterface ?

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