MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 728

Description
Method; returns a string that contains all the characters specified by the corresponding
TextSnapshot.setSelected()
If you pass a value of
returned where deemed appropriate. In this case, the return string might be longer than the input
range. If
includeLineEndings
characters added.
See also
TextSnapshot.getSelected()
TextSnapshot.getText()
Availability
Authoring: Flash MX 2004.
Playback: SWF files published for Flash Player 6 or later, playing in Flash Player 7 or later.
Usage
mySnapshot.getText(from, to [, includeLineEndings ] )
Parameters
An integer that indicates the position of the first character of
from
the returned string. Valid values for
is a negative value, 0 is used.
An integer that is 1+ the index of the last character in
to
for are 0 through
to
not included in the extracted string. If this parameter is omitted,
used. If this value is less than or equal to the value of
includeLineEndings
inserted into the returned string where appropriate. The default value is
Returns
A string containing the characters in the specified range, or an empty string if no characters are
found in the specified range.
Description
Method; returns a string that contains all the characters specified by the
If no characters are selected, an empty string is returned.
To return all characters, pass a value of 0 for
large number) for
If you pass a value of
returned where deemed appropriate. In this case, the return string might be longer than the input
range. If
includeLineEndings
characters added.
See also
TextSnapshot.getSelectedText()
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command. If no characters are selected, an empty string is returned.
for
true includeLineEndings
is
false
from
TextSnapshot.getCount()
An optional Boolean value that specifies whether newline characters are
. To return a single character, pass a value of
to
for
true includeLineEndings
is
false
, newline characters are inserted in the string
or omitted, the selected text is returned without any
are 0 through
TextSnapshot.getCount()
my_snap
. The character indexed by the
,
from from+1
and
from TextSnapshot.getCount()
, newline characters are inserted in the string
or omitted, the selected text is returned without any
to be included in
my_snap
- 1. If
to be examined. Valid values
parameter is
to
TextSnapshot.getCount()
is used.
.
false
and parameters.
from to
(or any very
for .
from+1 to
from
is