When you say replace do you mean like this?
var formatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
formatter.italic = !currentFormat.italic;
_selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter);
SM
----- Original Message -----
From: Cory Petosky
To: Flash Coders List
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]
Replace that with:
formatter.italic = !currentFormat.italic;
The conditionals aren't necessary in that situation. :)
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> YAY! It works! Thank you! :o)
>
> Wont work with embedFonts = true thought! :o(
>
> Onwards and upwards!
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> SM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jonathan howe
> To: Flash Coders List
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]
>
>
> Okay, but in the simple example, you are using it for both:
>
> Okay, but formatter should not be treated as a property of _selectedBox.
> _selectedBox has no property named formatter.
>
> This is the offending line:
>
> if (_selectedBox.formatter.italic == false)
>
> You already have set formatter to the value of
_selectedBox.getTextFormat();
> Thus your conditional should read:
>
> if (formatter.italic == false)
>
> To simplify it to keeping formatter separate from the current format,
let's
> rewrite:
>
> var currentFormat:TextFormat = _selectedBox.getTextFormat();
> var formatter:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
>
> if (currentFormat.italic == false)
> {
> formatter.italic = true;
> }
> else
> {
> formatter.italic = false;
> }
>
> _selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter);
>
>
> -jonathan
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Stuart (FunkDaWeb) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > formatter is a blank variable and has nothing to do with reading the
text
> > propperties its used for setting them! I need to figure out how to tell
if a
> > text field is set to italic or not! once i can do this i can fix the if
> > statement!
> >
> > do you have any idea how to do this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > FUI - New code is this....
> >
> > var formatter:TextFormat = _selectedBox.getTextFormat();
> >
> > if (_selectedBox.formatter.italic == false)
> > {
> > formatter.italic = true;
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > formatter.italic = false;
> > }
> >
> > _selectedBox.setTextFormat(formatter);
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jonathan howe
> > To: Flash Coders List
> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Reading properties of a textbox [AS3]
> >
> >
> > 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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