try [Bindable] private var msgString:String = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has been created </b>.
content.htmlText = "{msgString}" and make sure your acctName is not blank. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, valdhor <valdhorli...@embarqmail.com>wrote: > > > What do you mean by "That didn't work"? > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "fumeng5" <fume...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi -- > > > > I want to output a variable and hardcoded text in the htmlText property > of a Text component. > > > > Here's what I tried first: > > > > content.htmlText = "<b>The account " + this.acctName + " has been created > </b>." > > > > ('acctName' is a private var that has accessor methods to get/set it.) > > > > That didn't work, so I read thru the archives and found a solution that > didn't work either. > > > > [Bindable] > > private var msgString:String = "<b>The account " + {acctName} + " has > been created </b>. > > > > content.htmlText = "{msgString}" > > > > What am I missing here? Can anyone offer any helpful pointers? > > > > > -- /** * Pedro Sena * Systems Architect * Sun Certified Java Programmer * Sun Certified Web Component Developer */