Hi, Stuart,
Based on the error message sounds like maybe you are trying to access
_selectedBox.formatter or something else invalid. Can you repaste your new
code after the change?
-jonathan
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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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