Simple textformat won't work

[sirugo]

The following setting of textformat does not change any of the text's properties:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcX", 0);
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 200, 0, 200, 20);
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = "Verdana";
tf.size = 30;
tf.color = 0xff0000;
tf.align = "right";

tfX.setTextFormat(tf);
mcX.tfX.text = "Hi";


Why?

 

[thatrenowned]

I believe you have to set it as a 'new' text format, so just edit your code to be:

tfX.set[b]New[/b]TextFormat(tf);

 

[sirugo]

Thanks but no difference!

 

[kennethkawamoto]

[tt]//
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcX", 0);
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 200, 0, 200, 20);
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = "Verdana";
tf.size = 30;
tf.color = 0xff0000;
tf.align = "right";
mcX.tfX.setNewTextFormat(tf);
mcX.tfX.autoSize = true;
mcX.tfX.text = "Hi";
//[/tt]

thatrenowned was right but you also have to specify the target correctly. I added "autoSize"; otherwise your 30px text won't fit in 20px TextField!

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[sirugo]

Works!
Thanks!

 

[sirugo]

But...the tf-align makes no difference!
I tried "center", "left", "right" with different values of the width (i.e 300) at
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 200, 0, 300, 20);

 

[sirugo]

OK, solved it.
Changed autosize to "center" instead of true, then removed the align property:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcX", 0);
mcX.createTextField("tfX", 0, 0, 0, 300, 10);
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.font = "Verdana";
tf.size = 18;
tf.color = 0x0a7a23;
tf.bold = true;
mcX.tfX.setNewTextFormat(tf);
mcX.tfX.autoSize = "center";
mcX.tfX.text = "Hi";

 

[kennethkawamoto]

mcX.tfX.wordWrap = true;

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[sirugo]

Oh, I wouldn't want word-wrapping here...
=)

Thanks anyway.