Setting dynamic text colors 1

[kentara]

Okay, I thought this would be easier, but I must be missing something. I have a dynamic text box with an instance name of "messagebox". I want to change the color of the text in this box. However, my code isn't working.

Here is my code:

textCol = new TextFormat();
textCol.color = 0xFFCC00;
textCol.underline = true;
messagebox.setTextFormat(textCol);

Any ideas? Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,
kentara

 

[kentara]

I solved this by using this.createTextField to create the text box instead of drawing a text box on the stage.

i.e., by adding this before the rest of the code:

this.createTextField ("messagebox", 0, 163, 534, 247, 18);

Isn't there any way to specify style property changes to text boxes that are drawn on the stage?

kentara

 

[oldnewbie]

Either set the properties in the textfield property inspector to start with...

Or...

myText.text = "Oldnewbie";
myText.textColor = 0xFF0000;

Or html tags...

myText.html = true;
myText.htmlText = "<font color='#00cc00' face='Arial'>Here is a link to <font color='#00ccff'><u><a href='

http://i-technica.com'>

my website</a></u></font></font>";




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