To use ActionScript to set the properties of a text field, you must assign the text field an instance name. If you create the text field on the Stage with the Text tool, you can assign the instance name in the Property inspector. If you create the text field dynamically, you can assign an instance name as a parameter of the createTextField
method.
To set text field properties dynamically:
createTextField
method of the MovieClip object in the Actions toolbox to add it to the Script pane in the Actions panel. See Creating text in Using Flash. For this example, enter the instance name myText as a parameter of the createTextField
method.text
property of the TextField object. See Creating text in Using Flash.multiline
property. Object
is the instance name of the text field whose property you want to set.wordWrap
and border
properties. The following code displays in the Script pane:mytext.multiline = true; mytext.wordWrap = true; mytext.border = true;
For a complete list of TextField object methods and detailed descriptions of each, see the TextField object entry in the online ActionScript Dictionary in the Help menu.