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TextFormat.getTextExtent

TextFormat, TextFormat.getTextExtent, getTextExtent

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

    TextFormat.getTextExtent (text)

Parameters

`text` A string.

Returns

An object with the properties `width` and `height`.

Description

Method; returns the size of the text string specified in the `text` parameter in this character format. The return value is an object of class Object with two properties, `width`, and `height`. The `text` is treated as plain text (not HTML). The `text` is a single line of text; carriage returns and line feeds are ignored, and no word wrap is applied.