Java Development

[Syamphu]

how to decode the smiley on ActiveRichTextField?

On API it say :

getText

Retrieves text string from this field.

If smileys exist in this field, this method first "decodes" them, and then returns the result.

is there any function that can be override to decode the smiley? because i have ActiveRichTextField with Emoticon/smileys on it and when im copy the smileys i want it return the smileys/emoticon code in clipboard.

[Syamphu · Accepted solution]

okay i found the solution by override the selectionCopy and selectionCut and process the object captured

[ajaysinghBB]

How you implemented adding smiley feature?

I also want to use this ,where user can input smileys.

[Syamphu]

well its not very hard work if u realize it, but its seem the ActiveRichTextField is not working well on OS7 if the text is too long (on my experience its 32 characters)

[ajaysinghBB]

can u provide me the snippet of code for the text box field which can take text as well as smileys as input.

Thanks in advance.

[kamaleshpandey]

Were you able to navigate through characters after customizing the ActiveRichTexhField ?

[Syamphu]

yes i can, i can copy the text too. @ajaysinghBB sorry, my company didnt allowed me to post the code here....

[ajaysinghBB]

Thats ok syamphu, can u just tell me the way you have done.

[Syamphu]

just use custom font and pass the attribute and offset of the smiley to ActiveRichTextField

[newDeveloper]

I' m also  trying to do a custom emoticon textfield. I looked all over the forums but still didn't get how to create a custom font for them.

 As per my understanding it is necessary to use some not displayable characters so selection will be available on them. And draw a smile icon over this character place. But in this case the character should be the same width with the smile icon and I am not sure i can  find such character.  Did you use the same approach or is there a better way?