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ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Using the TextField class
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.color = 0x336699;
format.size = 48;
format.font = "myFont";
var myText:TextField = new TextField();
myText.embedFonts = true;
myText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
myText.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
myText.defaultTextFormat = format;
myText.selectable = false;
myText.mouseEnabled = true;
myText.text = "Hello World";
addChild(myText);
myText.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(event:Event):void
{
var myAntiAliasSettings = new CSMSettings(48, 0.8, -0.8);
var myAliasTable:Array = new Array(myAntiAliasSettings);
TextRenderer.setAdvancedAntiAliasingTable("myFont", FontStyle.ITALIC,
TextColorType.DARK_COLOR, myAliasTable);
}
Working with static text
Flash Player 9 and later, Adobe AIR 1.0 and later
Static text is created only within Flash Professional. You cannot programmatically instantiate static text using
ActionScript. Static text is useful if the text is short and is not intended to change (as dynamic text can). Think of static
text as similar to a graphic element like a circle or square drawn on the Stage in Flash Professional. While static text is
more limited than dynamic text, ActionScript 3.0 does allow you to read the property values of static text using the
StaticText class. You can also use the TextSnapshot class to read values out of the static text.
Accessing static text fields with the StaticText class
Flash Player 9 and later, Adobe AIR 1.0 and later
Typically, you use the flash.text.StaticText class in the Actions panel of Flash Professional to interact with a static text
instance placed on the Stage. You may also work in ActionScript files that interact with a SWF file containing static
text. In either case, you can’t instantiate a static text instance programmatically. Static text is created in Flash
Professional.
To create a reference to an existing static text field, iterate over the items in the display list and assign a variable. For
example:
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