ACTIONSCRIPT 3 Developer’s Guide en

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Using the Flash Text Engine
package {
}
import flash.text.engine.*;
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class TabStopExample extends Sprite
{
public function TabStopExample()
{
var format:ElementFormat = new ElementFormat();
format.fontDescription = new FontDescription("Arial");
format.fontSize = 16;
}
}
var tabStops:Vector. = new Vector.();
tabStops.push(
new TabStop(TabAlignment.START, 20),
new TabStop(TabAlignment.CENTER, 140),
new TabStop(TabAlignment.DECIMAL, 260, "."),
new TabStop(TabAlignment.END, 380));
var textBlock:TextBlock = new TextBlock();
textBlock.content = new TextElement(
"\tt1\tt2\tt3\tt4\n" +
"\tThis line aligns on 1st tab\n" +
"\t\t\t\tThis is the end\n" +
"\tThe following fragment centers on the 2nd tab:\t\t\n" +
"\t\tit's on me\t\t\n" +
"\tThe following amounts align on the decimal point:\n" +
"\t\t\t45.00\t\n" +
"\t\t\t75,320.00\t\n" +
"\t\t\t6,950.00\t\n" +
"\t\t\t7.01\t\n", format);
textBlock.tabStops = tabStops;
var yPosition:Number = 60;
var previousTextLine:TextLine = null;
var textLine:TextLine;
var i:int;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
textLine = textBlock.createTextLine(previousTextLine, 1000, 0);
textLine.x = 20;
textLine.y = yPosition;
addChild(textLine);
yPosition += 25;
previousTextLine = textLine;
}
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