MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-FLASH JAVASCRIPT DICTIONARY, Manual

Page: 314 / 386

314 Chapter 3: Objects
Example
The following example sets the value of the
maxCharacters
property to
30
:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].maxCharacters = 30;
text.orientation
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.orientation
Description
Property; a string that specifies the orientation of the text field. Acceptable values are
"horizontal"
,
"vertical left to right"
, and
"vertical right to left"
.
This property works only with static text; it generates a warning if used with other text types.
Example
The following example sets the orientation property to
"vertical right to left"
:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].orientation
= "vertical right to left";
text.renderAsHTML
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.renderAsHTML
Description
Property; a Boolean value. If the value is
true
, Flash draws the text as HTML and interprets
embedded HTML tags.
This property works only with dynamic or input text; it generates a warning if used with other
text types.
Example
The following example sets the
renderAsHTML
property to
true
:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].renderAsHTML = true;