Wow, that was fast, I didn't even manage to finish the cigarette :)
And it works. Now, should I use the interval or is there a more
elegant way to know that the component is ready? You were mentioning
"refresh".
Thanks a ton buddy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Freiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try getting the rect later (Put a button somewhere and click it after
> everything is finished loading) to make sure the UITextField doesn't
just
> need to be refreshed first. If that doesn't work, I'd file a bug if
I were
> you.
>
> - Dan Freiman
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM, b_alen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It seems a bit ridiculous but it's true. Not just that you have
to use
> > all sorts of hacks to get access to good old TextField (IUITextField)
> > in Flex in order to even think of accessing characters' Rectangles.
> > Once you do manage to cut your way through, you get a very nasty
> > disappointment that IUITextField.getCharBounds() works perfectly in
> > Flex Web apps, but returns some bizarre incorrect values when running
> > on AIR.
> >
> > If anyone has any suggestion, I'd really appreciate it very much.
> > We're in terrible deadline and this is one of the crucial
functionalities.
> >
> > var tf:TextAreaExtended = new TextAreaExtended();
> > tf._textField.text = "dsfsdf sfd sf dsf sfdsd fdsfdsfdsfdsfdsf fds";
> > addChild(tf);
> > var rect:Rectangle = tf._textField.getCharBoundaries(20);
> >
> > // I get values for rect.left something like 0.58888888888888888
> > // same goes for other rect properties, very weird.
> >
> > // extended TextArea which gives access to TextField
> > package
> > {
> > import mx.controls.TextArea;
> > import mx.core.IUITextField;
> >
> > public class TextAreaExtended extends TextArea
> > {
> > public function TextAreaExtended()
> > {
> > createChildren();
> >
> > }
> >
> > public function get _textField():IUITextField{
> > return textField;
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> >
>
