topCan I access and manipulate the table and cells using ActionScript?

You can dynamically control the table and cells using the component's ActionScript API. You can check the component's Flash Help Book for a full list of all the supported methods, properties and events.

topDoes the table support CSS style definitions using library fonts?

Yes. You can specify external style definitions using library fonts and use them within the table.

E.g.:

.text {
font-family: libfont;
color: #ff0000;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
}

Where libfont is the font symbol linkage id from the library.

You can apply the style like in the following example:

<td width="105" cellfont="css"><span class="text">Use external CSS definitions and library fonts with advanced text rendering properties.</span></td>

topHow can I access the component's Flash Help Book?

The component comes with a built in Help Book with all the supported methods/properties and events explained and you can access the files via the Flash Help Panel. You will find the book under the name Flashtuning Table Renderer or you can perform a search under the flashtuning or adjacent keyword and the documentation files will be automatically displayed.

topHow can I display Unicode characters?

The Unicode characters will work if you use the character itself and specify the XHTML document as UTF-8 (unicode) format:
Add the following line on top of your file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

topHow many images are allowed per table cell?

Only one image/SWF/movie clip can be loaded in a cell due to the Flash text field image embedding mechanism.

topWhat attributes does the "table" tag support?

The <table> tag support the following attributes: width, height, border, cellspacing, cellpadding, bgcolor, bordercolor , bgalpha, borderalpha, cellfont, antialias, gridfit, sharpness.

topWhat attributes does the "td" tag support?

The <td> tag support the following attributes: width, height, rowspan, colspan, bgcolor, bordercolor, bgalpha, borderalpha, align, cellfont, antialias, gridfit, sharpness, id.

topWhat attributes does the "tr" tag support?

The <tr> tag support the following attributes: bgcolor, bordercolor, bgalpha, borderalpha, cellfont, antialias, gridfit, sharpness.

topWhere can I find a Quick Start Guide for the component?

You can check the Flashtuning Table Renderer - Getting Started guide available in the Tutorials area. This guide is also available in the component download package.

topWhere can I find all the CSS properties supported by Flash?

You can check all the CSS properties supported by Flash at the following web address: Flash supported CSS properties

topWhere can I find all the HTML tags supported by Flash?

You can check all the HTML tags supported by Flash you can use inside the table cells at the following web address: Flash supported HTML tags

topWhere can I find more about the antialias, gridfit, sharpness and thickness attributes?

You can find more information about the antialias, gridfit, sharpness and thickness properties via the Flash Help Panel under the ActionScript Language Reference / TextField class properties table.

E.g.:

antialis - can be set to "none", "normal" or "advanced"

gridfit - works if antialias is set to advanced and can be set to "none", "pixel" or "subpixel"

sharpness - works if antialias is set to advanced; the value is a number between -400 and 400

thickness - works if antialias is set to advanced and the value is a number between -200 and 200

topWhy doesn't the image in the "img" tag display properly?

For the <img> tag the width and height attributes need to be specified to properly display the content. (<img src="myimg.jpg" width="50" height="50"/>).

topWhy isn't my image properly aligned when using the "align" attribute?

You should use the "hspace" and "vspace" <img> tag attributes,
<td><img src="images/myimage.swf" height="50" width="50" hspace="5" vspace="5"><td>, because the "align" attribute works only if the cell content is text only.

topWhy isn't the table rendered?

The HTML source file must be properly formatted (the tags and attributes need to be closed and lowercase) and the cell row and column spans need to be valid for the table to render correctly.