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var container:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
var label:TextField = container.createTextField("label", 1, 0, 0, 150, 20);
label.text = "Hello World";
See also
attachMovie (MovieClip.attachMovie method)
createTextField (MovieClip.createTextField method)
public createTextField(instanceName:String, depth:Number, x:Number,
y:Number, width:Number, height:Number) : TextField
Creates a new, empty text field as a child of the movie clip on which you call this method. You
can use the createTextField() method to create text fields while a SWF file plays. The
depth parameter determines the new text field's depth level (z-order position) in the movie
clip. Each depth level can contain only one object. If you create a new text field on a depth
that already has a text field, the new text field replaces the existing text field. To avoid
overwriting existing text fields, use MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth() to determine
whether a specific depth is already occupied, or MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth(), to
determine the highest unoccupied depth. The text field is positioned at (x, y) with dimensions
width by height. The x and y parameters are relative to the container movie clip; these
parameters correspond to the _x and _y properties of the text field. The width and height
parameters correspond to the _width and _height properties of the text field.
The default properties of a text field are as follows:
type = "dynamic"
border = false
background = false
password = false
multiline = false
html = false
embedFonts = false
selectable = true
wordWrap = false
mouseWheelEnabled = true
condenseWhite = false
restrict = null
variable = null
maxChars = null
styleSheet = undefined
tabInded = undefined
A text field created with createTextField() receives the following default TextFormat
object settings:
font = "Times New Roman" // "Times" on Mac OS
MovieClip 415