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// Create a TextFormat object.
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
// Specify formatting properties for the TextFormat object:
my_fmt.font = "Arial";
my_fmt.bold = true;
my_fmt.leading = 4;
// The string of text to be displayed
var textToDisplay:String = "Macromedia Flash Player 7, now with improved text
metrics.";
// Obtain text measurement information for the string,
// wrapped at 100 pixels.
var metrics:Object = my_fmt.getTextExtent(textToDisplay, 100);
// Create a new TextField object using the metric
// information just obtained.
this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 50, 50-
metrics.ascent, 100, metrics.textFieldHeight);
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
my_txt.border = true;
// Assign the text and the TextFormat object to the TextObject:
my_txt.text = textToDisplay;
my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
TextFormat.indent
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_fmt .indent :Number
Description
Property; an integer that indicates the indentation from the left margin to the first character in
the paragraph. The default value is
null
, which indicates that the property is undefined.
Example
The following example creates a text field and sets the indentation to 10.
this.createTextField("mytext",1,100,100,100,100);
mytext.multiline = true;
mytext.wordWrap = true;
mytext.border = true;
var myformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myformat.indent = 10;
mytext.text = "this is my first test field object text";
mytext.setTextFormat(myformat);
See also
TextFormat.blockIndent