ACTIONSCRIPT 3 Developer’s Guide en

ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Using the Text Layout Framework
from the insufferable glare, thrust in huge logs of oak, or stirred the immense brands with a
long pole. Within the furnace were seen the curling and riotous flames, and the burning marble,
almost molten with the intensity of heat; while without, the reflection of the fire quivered on
the dark intricacy of the surrounding forest, and showed in the foreground a bright and ruddy
little picture of the hut, the spring beside its door, the athletic and coal-begrimed figure of
the lime-burner, and the half-frightened child, shrinking into the protection of his father's
shadow. And when again the iron door was closed, then reappeared the tender light of the halffull
moon, which vainly strove to trace out the indistinct shapes of the neighboring mountains;
and, in the upper sky, there was a flitting congregation of clouds, still faintly tinged with the
rosy sunset, though thus far down into the valley the sunshine had vanished long and long
ago.";
public function TLFNewsLayout()
{
//wait for stage to exist
addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
}
private function onAddedToStage(evtObj:Event):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage);
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
// Headline text flow and flow composer
hTextFlow = TextConverter.importToFlow(headlineMarkup,
TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT);
// initialize the headline container and controller objects
headContainer = new Sprite();
headlineController = new ContainerController(headContainer);
headlineController.verticalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.OFF;
hContainerFormat = new TextLayoutFormat();
hContainerFormat.paddingTop = 4;
hContainerFormat.paddingRight = 4;
hContainerFormat.paddingBottom = 4;
hContainerFormat.paddingLeft = 4;
headlineController.format = hContainerFormat;
hTextFlow.flowComposer.addController(headlineController);
addChild(headContainer);
stage.addEventListener(flash.events.Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);
// Body text TextFlow and flow composer
bTextFlow = TextConverter.importToFlow(bodyMarkup,
TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT);
// The body text container is below, and has three columns
bodyTextContainer = new Sprite();
bodyController = new ContainerController(bodyTextContainer);
bodyTextContainerFormat = new TextLayoutFormat();
bodyTextContainerFormat.columnCount = 3;
bodyTextContainerFormat.columnGap = 30;
bodyController.format = bodyTextContainerFormat;
bTextFlow.flowComposer.addController(bodyController);
addChild(bodyTextContainer);
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