ActionScript 3.0 :: TextField And TextArea Component Are Very Limited In Displaying And Formatting HTML Pages
Mar 25, 2009
i'm working on a game project and i got some trouble with displaying stuff in the game Launcher. everything is in AS3. I'm actually looking to achieve almost the same results as the World of Warcraft launcher with a news section. the way i think to work it is that i create either a textArea component or a textfield and display html page in it. This html page could contain text, image and flash SWF.
but here's the problem, textField and textArea component are very limited in displaying and formating HTML pages. So i don't know if i should continue to search and try developping this way or find another way for displaying dynamic stuff that can be easily updated.
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Sep 19, 2011
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element.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, changeName);
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Code:
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Oct 24, 2011
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May 14, 2009
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PHP Code:
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First, I would like to format the text... bold, font size, etc...Second, I would like to concatenate the first and last name to appear on the same line without space in between caused by two text fields. I tried the following, but it didn't work.
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Feb 29, 2012
I am trying to use a text area to display some text on a mobile AIR app. It works fine whenever I am using the phone emulator on my desktop to debug, however whenever I put the app on my phone, the text displays, then disappears. I've also noticed that if I lock the screen and unlock, the text will display just fine when I come back.
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<s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
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[code]....
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Ok, so I have a dynamic textfield and I have css applied to it, it works fine.
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pro_text.styleSheet = newStyle;[/AS]
[Code]...
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