rssReader Component Properties

 

Property Name
Description
Example
Required
RSS Source
The full URL of the RSS source file.

http://www.whatever.com/news.rss
*
Textfield Instance
Instance name of target dynamic textfield.

myTextfield
*
Target Type
Select "textfield" if loading into a textField or "textarea" is you are loading the data into a textarea (the textarea component is available in Flash MX 2004 only).
textfield
*
Loading Message
Message to display while content is loading.
Loading data...
Default Link
The default links for topics where no links are supplied. This link will also be used to replace all the links when the "Links" property is set to "default".
http://www.flashloaded.com
Links

Options:
none = topics do not have links
full = headings and body have links
headings = only headings are links
moretext = only the text defined in "More Text" are links.
headings-moretext = only headings and text defined in "More Text" are links
defaultlink = heading and body use the link defined in the "Default Link" property.
full
Link Target
Target window in which to open topic links.
_blank
Show Title Topic
Select "true" or "false" to display the title topic or not. Usually this topic contains some text about the blog.
true
Show Images

Select "true" or "false" to display images that are contained in the context of the the description text. This option is overridden if "Strip HTML" is set to "true".

Note:
It is only possible to display images inside a textfield in Flash MX 2004 and only when publishing for the Flash 7 player.

If your textfield is not of an adequate size to display the image, the text may not wrap correctly.

true
Strip HTML
Sometimes the HTML code that's in an RSS file may interfere with the way in which you intend the data to be displayed. Select "true" to strip all HTML tags from the topic contents.
true
Strip Line Breaks
Select "true" to remove all line breaks from the RSS file. It is advisable to always set this value to "true" for optimum text formatting, unless you particularly require the linebreaks.
true
Descriptions Only
Select "true" if want to display the descriptions only without the titles.
false
Refresh Frequency
Frequency, in minutes, to refresh the RSS data.
15
Headings Only
Select "true" to display topic headings, without descriptions.
false
Show Context Links

Choose "true" to display links that may be part of the context, using the link attributes defined (see link attributes below).

Note: If "Strip HTML" is set to "true", all content links will be removed.

true
Topic Limit

The number of topics to display. Set this value to "0" to display all topics.

Note: The title topic is not included in this number.

0
Character Limit
The number of characters to display for topic content. Set this value to "0" to display the entire contents. The content length of each topic will be rounded off to the furthest complete word after the character limit has been reached.

Note: If "Strip HTML" is set to "false", Internal HTML tags, that are not visible, will still count towards the number of characters displayed.

The title topic cannot have a characters limit.
0
More Text

Text telling the reader that the topic continues. You may use HTML tags here for effect.

Note: The "more text" will appear at the end of the contents of each topic. This text will appear directly after the last character, therefore you may want to add a space before the text.

Click to read more...

<font color="#FF0000"> more...</font>

Show Title More
Select "true" to display the 'More Text' after the channel title topic.
false
Date Position

The position of the date in relation to the topic headings or descriptions.

Note: The date value will only appear if the RSS feed contains either "dcc:date" or "pubDate" tags.

before_description  
Date Format

The format that the date should appear. HTML tags may be used here as well for bold, fonts, color, spacing or line breaks.

The following date tags are valid:

YY - 2 digit year
YYYY - 4 digit year
MM - numeric month
MMM - 3 letter month
MMMM - full month in words
DD - day of month
ddd - 3 letter day of week (RSS 2.0 only)
dddd - day of week (RSS 2.0 only)
HH - hour in 24 hour time
hh - hour in 12 hour time
mm - minutes
ss - seconds (RSS 2.0 only)
tt - am/pm symbol
ZONE - time zone (RSS 2.0 only)

 <b>DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm tt</b><br>  
Topic Spacer
Line spacing between topics.
2
Heading Spacer
Line spacing between topic headings and content.
1
Heading Font

Font for headings.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.

Verdana

Heading Font Size

Size of the heading font.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
12
Heading Style

Style of the heading font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
bold
Heading Color

Color of the heading text.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
#993333
Description Font Font for topic descriptions.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
Verdana
  
Description Font Size

Size of the description font.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.

 10  
Description Style

Style of the description font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.

 normal  
Description Color

Color of the description text.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.

 #000000  
Title Font
Font for channel title heading.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
Verdana

Title Font Size

Size of the channel title heading font.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
10
Title Style

Style of the channel title heading font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
bold-italic
Title Color

Color of the channel title heading text.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
#FF0000
Title Desc Font
Font for channel title desciption.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
Verdana

Title Desc Font Size

Size of the channel title description font.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
10
Title Desc Style

Style of the channle title description font: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline.

Note: If you are using embedded fonts you must embed this style of font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.

Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
italic
Title Desc Color

Color of the channel title description text.

Note: Setting "HTML Output" to "false" overrides this setting.
#FF0000
Link Font
Font for internal context links.

Note: "Show context links" must be set to "true" in order for this change to be visible.

If you are using embedded fonts in your textfield, you must include this font in your fla. Click here to read how to do this.
Verdana
Link Font Size

Size of the font for internal context links.

Note: "Show context links" must be set to "true" in order for this change to be visible
12
Link Style

Style of the internal context links: normal, bold, italic, bold-underline, bold-italic, italic-underline, italic-bold-underline.

Note: "Show context links" must be set to "true" in order for this change to be visible.
bold-underline
Link Color
Color of internal context links.
#0000FF