Matt, You need to set the img tag's id attribute: var tString:String = "<img src='com.myclasses.DropCap' id="DC0" style='padding:0px;margin:0px'/>Lorem ipsom yadda yadda...";
Then it's: myTextField.htmlText = tString; myTextField.DC0.txt.text = "Z"; HTH Regards, -Keith http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > -----Original Message----- > From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders- > boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Matt S. > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:06 PM > To: Flash Coders List > Subject: [Flashcoders] inserting an MC in a TextField (and speaking to it) > > So I want to do a dynamic drop cap in a text field, and I know I can do > this: > > var tString:String = "<img src='com.myclasses.DropCap' > style='padding:0px;margin:0px'/> Cras sit amet arcu. Vestibulum > condimentum risus ac metus. Vivamus in purus id leo molestie > convallis. Donec ipsum. Sed vulputate urna sed erat. Vivamus tellus > elit, accumsan non, sodales quis, semper sit amet, risus. Phasellus eu > augue sit amet libero facilisis pretium. Nullam urna massa, adipiscing > a, lobortis nec, vehicula ut, lorem. Ut imperdiet elit nec sapien. In > hac habitasse platea dictumst. Quisque congue. In a velit. Praesent > interdum purus a diam. Ut turpis justo, viverra quis, dignissim at, > aliquam sit amet, turpis. Morbi non lacus at lacus commodo dignissim. > Nulla in quam eu massa scelerisque elementum. Curabitur mollis egestas > leo. Morbi pulvinar nisl sed lacus. Quisque eu orci."; > > myTextField.htmlText = tString; > > > In which DropCap is an MC in the library with a Class of > com.myclasses.DropCap. > > What I cant figure out is, how (if its even possible) can I speak to > that Movieclip once its in the Textfield? I want to set the character > that appears in the DropCap, so do something like DropCap.txt.text = > "Z", but if I try that it throws an error. Does anyone know of a way > to make this work? > > tia, > > .matt > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
