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Hi, all. I'm trying to replace <object ...><embed... /></objectwith
<imgtag and vice-verse. It's like implementation of media plugin of
Tiny MCE editor. I tried to watch their code, but it's too complicated
and has a lot of unnecessary code. And the main reason is i'm weak in
javascript rewriting. :)

I need just simple rewrite for e.g. this

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

<img width="425" height="355" title="src:'URL '">.

param tags can be omitted.

Could anybody help me? Thanks in advance.
Jun 27 '08 #1
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On May 10, 9:37*pm, Rauan Maemirov <rauan1...@gmai l.comwrote:
Hi, all. I'm trying to replace <object ...><embed... /></objectwith
<imgtag and vice-verse. It's like implementation of media plugin of
Tiny MCE editor. I tried to watch their code, but it's too complicated
and has a lot of unnecessary code. And the main reason is i'm weak in
javascript rewriting. :)

I need just simple rewrite for e.g. this

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

<img width="425" height="355" title="src:'URL '">.

param tags can be omitted.

Could anybody help me? Thanks in advance.
I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

with

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>
Jun 27 '08 #2
Rauan Maemirov wrote:
I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

with

<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>
1. My tests indicate that a Flash movie is not played by an `img' element,
so replacing the object-embed element combination would be futile, even
though the `embed' element is proprietary (and therefore not Valid).

2. Using client-side scripting to correct markup is the wrong approach
as it does not need to be available.

3. If necessary, you should rewrite the editor instead.

4. FWIW, in Eclipse I would have used the following parameters:

Search for:
(?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s+(width=.+? >)</embed></object>

Replace with:
<img $1 $2 alt="">

(Don't forget the `alt' attribute, give it a descriptive value if
possible/applicable!)

BTW, QuickREx again came in handy in finding that out:
<http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features/web/QuickREx/toc.html>

5. With the exception of `(?s)', which can be worked around with
`(?:.|[\r\n])' instead of `.', this should also work with
String.prototyp e.replace() in JavaScript 1.5+ (Mozilla/5.0),
JScript 5.5+ (IE 5.5+), ECMAScript Ed. 3+.

6. Replacing content this way might require using `innerHTML', a
proprietary property that should be avoided in favor of DOM 2 scripting.
HTH

PointedEars
--
Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee
Jun 27 '08 #3
On May 12, 4:43*am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...@we b.de>
wrote:
Rauan Maemirov wrote:
I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>
with
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

1. My tests indicate that a Flash movie is not played by an `img' element,
* *so replacing the object-embed element combination would be futile, even
* *though the `embed' element is proprietary (and therefore not Valid)..

2. Using client-side scripting to correct markup is the wrong approach
* *as it does not need to be available.

3. If necessary, you should rewrite the editor instead.

4. FWIW, in Eclipse I would have used the following parameters:

Search for:
(?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s+(width=.+? >)</embed></object>

Replace with:
<img $1 $2 alt="">

(Don't forget the `alt' attribute, give it a descriptive value if
possible/applicable!)

BTW, QuickREx again came in handy in finding that out:
<http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features/web/QuickREx/toc.html>

5. With the exception of `(?s)', which can be worked around with
* *`(?:.|[\r\n])' instead of `.', this should also work with
* *String.prototy pe.replace() in JavaScript 1.5+ (Mozilla/5.0),
* *JScript 5.5+ (IE 5.5+), ECMAScript Ed. 3+.

6. Replacing content this way might require using `innerHTML', a
* *proprietary property that should be avoided in favor of DOM 2 scripting.

HTH

PointedEars
--
Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee
I tried your regex:
var flash = '<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="http://
www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en" type="applicati on/x-shockwave-
flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425" height="355"></embed></
object>';

flash = flash.replace(' (?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s
+(width=.+?>)</embed></object>', '<img $1 $2 alt=""');

It returns the same object...
Jun 27 '08 #4
On May 12, 4:43*am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...@we b.de>
wrote:
Rauan Maemirov wrote:
I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>
with
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"></embed></object>

1. My tests indicate that a Flash movie is not played by an `img' element,
* *so replacing the object-embed element combination would be futile, even
* *though the `embed' element is proprietary (and therefore not Valid)..

2. Using client-side scripting to correct markup is the wrong approach
* *as it does not need to be available.

3. If necessary, you should rewrite the editor instead.

4. FWIW, in Eclipse I would have used the following parameters:

Search for:
(?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s+(width=.+? >)</embed></object>

Replace with:
<img $1 $2 alt="">

(Don't forget the `alt' attribute, give it a descriptive value if
possible/applicable!)

BTW, QuickREx again came in handy in finding that out:
<http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features/web/QuickREx/toc.html>

5. With the exception of `(?s)', which can be worked around with
* *`(?:.|[\r\n])' instead of `.', this should also work with
* *String.prototy pe.replace() in JavaScript 1.5+ (Mozilla/5.0),
* *JScript 5.5+ (IE 5.5+), ECMAScript Ed. 3+.

6. Replacing content this way might require using `innerHTML', a
* *proprietary property that should be avoided in favor of DOM 2 scripting.

HTH

PointedEars
--
Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee
I tried to use QuickREx (application, that U noticed) and indeed, it
show matches correct. But in javascript it doesn't replace my text at
all.
Jun 27 '08 #5
[trimmed attribution novel]

Rauan Maemirov wrote:
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>Rauan Maemirov wrote:
>>I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><para m name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applica tion/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"> </embed></object>
with
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><para m name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applica tion/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355"> </embed></object>
[...]
4. FWIW, in Eclipse I would have used the following parameters:

Search for:
(?s)<object\s+ .*?<embed\s+.*? (src=".+?")[^>]*?\s+(width=.+? >)</embed></object>

Replace with:
<img $1 $2 alt="">

(Don't forget the `alt' attribute, give it a descriptive value if
possible/applicable!)

BTW, QuickREx again came in handy in finding that out:
<http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features/web/QuickREx/toc.html>

5. With the exception of `(?s)', which can be worked around with
`(?:.|[\r\n])' instead of `.', this should also work with
String.prototyp e.replace() in JavaScript 1.5+ (Mozilla/5.0),
JScript 5.5+ (IE 5.5+), ECMAScript Ed. 3+.
[...]

I tried your regex:

var flash = '<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="http://
www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en" type="applicati on/x-shockwave-
flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425" height="355"></embed></
object>';

flash = flash.replace(' (?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s
+(width=.+?>)</embed></object>', '<img $1 $2 alt=""');

It returns the same object...
It returns a primitive string value, not an object. It returns the same
string it is being applied to because you have not passed a RegExp object
but a string as argument, and you have not read my posting thoroughly
enough. If you had quoted properly, you would have been forced to re-read
before replying and had probably not made this silly mistake.
PointedEars
--
realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
-- Bjoern Hoehrmann
Jun 27 '08 #6
On May 12, 4:58*pm, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...@we b.de>
wrote:
[trimmed attribution novel]

Rauan Maemirov wrote:
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
Rauan Maemirov wrote:
I tried to do it myself, but all I did is to replaced
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="URL"
type="applicat ion/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355" ></embed></object>
with
<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie" value="URL"></
param><param name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><img src="URL"
type="applicat ion/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425"
height="355" ></embed></object>
[...]
4. FWIW, in Eclipse I would have used the following parameters:
Search for:
(?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s+(width=.+? >)</embed></object>
Replace with:
<img $1 $2 alt="">
(Don't forget the `alt' attribute, give it a descriptive value if
possible/applicable!)
BTW, QuickREx again came in handy in finding that out:
<http://www.bastian-bergerhoff.com/eclipse/features/web/QuickREx/toc.html>
5. With the exception of `(?s)', which can be worked around with
* *`(?:.|[\r\n])' instead of `.', this should also work with
* *String.prototy pe.replace() in JavaScript 1.5+ (Mozilla/5.0),
* *JScript 5.5+ (IE 5.5+), ECMAScript Ed. 3+.
[...]
I tried your regex:
var flash = '<object width="425" height="355"><p aram name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en"></param><param
name="wmode" value="transpar ent"></param><embed src="http://
www.youtube.com/v/yVjzd320gew&hl= en" type="applicati on/x-shockwave-
flash" wmode="transpar ent" width="425" height="355"></embed></
object>';
flash = flash.replace(' (?s)<object\s+. *?<embed\s+.*?( src=".+?")[^>]*?\s
+(width=.+?>)</embed></object>', '<img $1 $2 alt=""');
It returns the same object...

It returns a primitive string value, not an object. *It returns the same
string it is being applied to because you have not passed a RegExp object
but a string as argument, and you have not read my posting thoroughly
enough. *If you had quoted properly, you would have been forced to re-read
before replying and had probably not made this silly mistake.

PointedEars
--
* * realism: * *HTML 4.01 Strict
* * evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
* * madness: * *XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Bjoern Hoehrmann
Thanks, Thomas. I found my mistake. But there is the next trouble.
What if I have more than one <object>'s. It returns only one image. I
need to construct regexp the way, that it will replace only one
node(tag). E.g. <object>...<emb ed src="title".../></
object>...<obje ct>...<embed ... width="455".../></object>
Jun 27 '08 #7

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