MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 953

// 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);
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