thanks Jonathan for some reason i get this error when i change to your code...
ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property formatter not found on
flash.text.TextField and there is no default value.
----- Original Message -----
From: jonathan howe
To: Flash Coders List
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]
var formatter:TextFormat = _selectedBox.getTextFormat();
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi all im tring to write a button that changes the format of a textbox
> from normal to italic and back again. I have written the below code but i
> cannot seam to get it to work!
>
> var formatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
>
> if (formatter.italic == false)
> {
> formatter.italic = true;
> }
> else
> {
> formatter.italic = false;
> }
>
> _selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter);
>
> So my question is how do i read the properties of a textbox in order to
> create an if statment to change the properties?
>
> SM
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