Thanks Daniel, that did help me out. Not as simple as getTextExtent, but it works. Shaun ____________________________
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mx.controls.Label truncates text if it doesn't fit. While this is not what > you're looking for, it should be good example code for you to edit to get > the behavior you want. > > Dan Freiman > nondocs.... <http://nondocs.blogspot.com> > > On 4/23/07, Shaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of an equivalent to the TextFormat.getTextExtent() > > method of AS2 in AS3? > > > > I have a fixed size box that I place text in. If the text doesn't fit, > > I want to programmatically adjust the font size so that it does (if > > possible). > > > > So does anyone know a way of getting the size of a string of text that > > accounts for the format/font of the text? > > > > Thanks, > > shaun > > > > > > >
