MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference page 851

leftMargin = 0
rightMargin = 0
indent = 0
leading = 0
blockIndent = 0
bullet = false
display = block
tabStops = [] // (empty array)
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6 - In Flash Player 8, this method returns a
reference to the TextField object created, instead of void.
Parameters
instanceName:String
- A positive integer that specifies the depth of the new text field.
depth:Number
- An integer that specifies the x coordinate of the new text field.
x:Number
- An integer that specifies the y coordinate of the new text field.
y:Number
- A positive integer that specifies the width of the new text field.
width:Number
- A positive integer that specifies the height of the new text field.
height:Number
Returns
- Flash Player 8 returns a reference to the TextField object that is created. Flash
TextField
Player versions earlier than 8 return
Example
The following example creates a text field with a width of 300, a height of 100, an xcoordinate
of 100, a y coordinate of 100, no border, red, and underlined text:
this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 100, 100, 300, 100);
my_txt.multiline = true;
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.color = 0xFF0000;
my_fmt.underline = true;
my_txt.text = "This is my first test field object text.";
my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
An example is also in the animation.fla file in the Samples\ActionScriptAnimation folder. The
following list gives typical paths to this folder:
Windows: \Program Files\Macromedia\Flash 8\Samples and Tutorials\Samples\
Macintosh: HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash 8/Samples and Tutorials/Samples/
- A string that identifies the instance name of the new text field.
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void
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