ActionScript 3.0 :: Scan Textfield For Keyword And Apply Formatting
Jul 14, 2011
I was interested in searching through text in a textfield, and applying text formatting to keywords. For example, every time the word 'the' appears, apply a text format that changes it to green and 14pt. Here is an example of a format and text applied to a textfield. How would I go about searching through the textfield and applying this format only to specific words? my_txt.text = 'The cat jumped over the house.'
/// my format I want to apply
with (_lt_fmt) {
align = 'left';
blockIndent = 0;
[Code]....
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