ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

TextFormat Class

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// To maintain the proportions of the original bounding box,

// we can set _xscale to match _yscale:

theField_txt._xscale = 500;

See Also

MovieClip._yscale, TextField._height, TextField._xscale, the TextFormat class

TextFormat Class

retrieve or set a text field’s visual formatting

Flash 6

Constructor

new TextFormat()

new TextFormat(font, size, color, bold, italic, underline, url,

target, align, leftMargin, rightMargin, indent, leading)

Arguments

font An optional string specifying the font property’s initial value.

size An optional integer specifying the

size property’s initial value.

color An optional integer specifying the

color property’s initial value.

bold An optional Boolean specifying the

bold property’s initial value.

italic An optional Boolean specifying the

italic property’s initial value.

underline An optional Boolean specifying the

underline property’s initial value.

url An optional string specifying the

url property’s initial value.

target An optional string specifying the

target property’s initial value.

align An optional string specifying the

align property’s initial value.

leftMargin An optional nonnegative integer specifying the

leftMargin property’s initial

value.

righMargin An optional nonnegative integer specifying the

rightMargin