- movieclip
- style

- getText
- setText
- updateText
- addText
- clearText
- getID
- toString

movieclip

(MovieClip) Movieclip that contains the textfield.

style

(TextFormat) Instance of TextFormat object. See Flash docs for further information.

getText

description: returns the textfield instance of a textfield movieclip.

Example 1: outputs by default apContainer_mc location: "_level0.apContainer_mc.apText0_mc.apText0_txt"

			
				var myText:Text = new Text();
				txt_mc = myText.setText("Hello World");
				trace(myText.getText());
				

Example 2: You can also send a textfield movieclip as a parameter to output the containing textfield.

				myText.getText(someOtherText_mc)
				

usage:

myText.getText();

myText.getText(text_mc);

parameters:

• text_mc (MovieClip) Textfield movieclip made with AnimationPackage.

returns: TextField

setText

description: create a textfield movieclip. You can easily animate textfield movieclips since they are only textfields inside movieclips. All textfields will be centered inside their movieclip.

Example 1: Create a textfield, positioned at 0,0.

			
				var myText:Text = new Text();
				myText.setText("Hello World");
				

Example 2: create and format a textfield, using an embeded font. Note: you need to create a font symbol in your library and name the identifier to "arialblack".

				var myTF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
				myTF.font = "arialblack";
				myTF.color = 0xff0000;
				myTF.size = 20;
				var myText:Text = new Text();
				myText.setText("Hello World", 100, 100, myTF);
				

Example 3: Same like above, just using the setter properties.

				var myTF:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
				myTF.font = "arialblack";
				myTF.color = 0xff0000;
				myTF.size = 20;
				var myText:Text = new Text();
				myText.style = myTF;
				myText.setText("Hello World",100,100);
				

usage:

myText.setText(txt);

myText.setText(txt, x, y);

myText.setText(txt, x, y, style);

parameters:

• txt (String) Text to be displayed in the textfield.
• x (Number) Coordinate point. Defaults to 0.
• y (Number) Coordinate point. Defaults to 0.
• style (TextFormat) Instance of TextFormat object. See Flash docs for further information.

returns: MovieClip

updateText

description: updates the text inside an already via setText() created textfield movieclip. (like yourTextfield.text = txt)

usage:

myText.updateText(txt);

parameters:

• txt (String) Text to be displayed in the textfield.

returns: Void.

addText

description: adds a text inside an already via setText() created textfield movieclip. (like yourTextfield.text += txt)

usage:

myText.addText(txt);

parameters:

• txt (String) Text to be displayed in the textfield.

returns: Void.

clearText

description: clears a text inside an already via setText() created textfield movieclip. (like yourTextfield.text = "")

usage:

myText.clearText();

returns: Void.

getID

description: returns a unique ID of the instance. Usefull for associative arrays.

usage: myInstance.getID();

returns: Number

toString

description: returns the name of the class.

usage: myInstance.toString();

returns: String