textfield formatting with actionscript 5

[jefargrafx]

can this be done...

I've placed a textfield in a MC and can change the color, but can I change the font, size, format, etc? in actionscript 5?

I've found references on the web for doing this with MX,

But I'm not interested in upgrading right now?

any ideas
thanks jef

 

[rgstewart]

If you use HTML formatting in the textfield (enable the option in the TEXT OPTIONS panel) you can change the font, colour and size of text, use bold/italic, and make text links. Have a look at the MM TechNote:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/htmltext.htm

 

[jefargrafx]

yes, you are right, but I'm setting up one textfield to define all the text labels on a application.

I'm using a string for the label like

youformMC.label01MC.labelTXT = "My Label 01"
youformMC.label02MC.labelTXT = "My Label 02"

where labelTXT is the textfield

I'd rather apply some formating to the parent MC to format the textfield

this will change the color to yellow

onClipEvent (load) {
cCircle = new Color(this);
cCircle.setRGB(0xFFFF00);
}


I guess this is really changing the parent clips color and not the textfield...the textfield changes just becuase it's in the MC

anu ideas
jef

 

[rgstewart]

Why not just set the text in the textfield manually? Are there different formatting styles for the text?