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■ Usage 3:my_textField.setTextFormat(beginIndex:Number, endIndex:Number,
textFormat:TextFormat)
Applies the properties of the textFormat parameter to the span of text from the
beginIndex position to the endIndex position.
Notice that any text inserted manually by the user receives the text field's default formatting
for new text, and not the formatting specified for the text insertion point. To set a text field's
default formatting for new text, use TextField.setNewTextFormat().
Parameters
beginIndex:Number [optional] - An integer that specifies the first character of the desired
text span. If you do not specify beginIndex and endIndex, the TextFormat is applied to the
entire TextField.
endIndex:Number [optional] - An integer that specifies the first character after the desired
text span. If you specify beginIndex but(do not specify endIndex, the TextFormat is applied
to the single character specified by beginIndex.
textFormat:TextFormat - A TextFormat object, which contains character and paragraph
formatting information.
Example
The following example sets the text format for two different strings of text. The
setTextFormat() method is called and applied to the my_txt text field.
var format1_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format1_fmt.font = "Arial";
var format2_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format2_fmt.font = "Courier";
var string1:String = "Sample string number one."+newline;
var string2:String = "Sample string number two."+newline;
this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 300, 200);
my_txt.multiline = true;
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
my_txt.text = string1;
var firstIndex:Number = my_txt.length;
my_txt.text += string2;
var secondIndex:Number = my_txt.length;
my_txt.setTextFormat(0, firstIndex, format1_fmt);
my_txt.setTextFormat(firstIndex, secondIndex, format2_fmt);
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