One of these should help you out... http://thanksmister.com/index.php/archive/flex-truncating-html-text/#more-613
http://www.frontenddeveloper.net/wiki/index.php?title=Truncate_HTMLText --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew" <fume...@...> wrote: > > Hi - > > I have a Label with truncateToFit set to true and a maxWidth. However, the > htmlText I assign is concatenated a la: > > ipText = '<b>' +endPointData.ipLabel+ '</b>: ' + endPointData.ipValue; > > I've researched online and found that truncateToFit() has problems dealing > with concatenated Strings; my text does not get truncated. > > Has anyone found a solution? > > Thank you for any tips. >