MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-EXTENDING FLASH, Manual

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Text object 437
Property summary for the Text object
In addition to the Element object properties, the following properties are available for the
Text object:
Property Description
text.accName
A string that is equivalent to the Name field in the Accessibility
panel.
text.antiAliasSharpness
A float value that specifies the anti-aliasing sharpness of the
text.
text.antiAliasThickness
A float value that specifies the anti-aliasing thickness of the text.
text.autoExpand
A Boolean value that controls the expansion of the bounding
width for static text fields or the bounding width and height for
dynamic or input text.
text.border
A Boolean value that controls whether Flash shows (
true
) or
hides (
false
) a border around dynamic or input text.
text.description
A string that is equivalent to the Description field in the
Accessibility panel.
text.embeddedCharacters
A string that specifies characters to embed. This is equivalent to
entering text in the Character Options dialog box.
text.embedRanges
A string that consists of delimited integers that correspond to
the items that can be selected in the Character Options dialog
box.
text.fontRenderingMode
A string that specifies the rendering mode for the text.
text.length
Read-only; an integer that represents the number of characters
in the text object.
text.lineType
A string that sets the line type to
"single line"
,
"multiline"
,
"multiline no wrap"
, or
"password"
.
text.maxCharacters
An integer that specifies the maximum characters the user can
enter into this text object.
text.orientation
A string that specifies the orientation of the text field.
text.renderAsHTML
A Boolean value that controls whether Flash draws the text as
HTML and interprets embedded HTML tags.
text.scrollable
A Boolean value that controls whether the text can (
true
) or
cannot (
false
) be scrolled.
text.selectable
A Boolean value that controls whether the text can (
true
) or
cannot (
false
) be selected. Input text is always selectable.