RE: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield

2006-07-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
, July 17, 2006 2:12 PM >>To: Flashcoders mailing list >>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield >> >>yes, I supposed the same... but, if I code like this: >> >> loadVariables("artlist.txt", _root.lists.submain); >> var middle =

Re: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield

2006-07-17 Thread MetaArt
yes, I supposed the same... but, if I code like this: loadVariables("artlist.txt", _root.lists.submain); var middle = _root.lists.submain.height; _root.ctrl = middle; the ctrl textfield stay empty, and an action based on this value don't start... TextField.textHeight don't retrieve any value..

RE: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield

2006-07-17 Thread Palmer, Jim
t; Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:48 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield > > > TextField.textHeight > > A lot of answers can be found in Flash's built-in help. > > 1. Type TextField into the actions w

RE: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield

2006-07-17 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
TextField.textHeight A lot of answers can be found in Flash's built-in help. 1. Type TextField into the actions window and select it. 2. In Flash 7, hit the Lookup button. In Flash 8, right click and choose "View Help" 3. Expand the TextField folder and look through all the properties of TextF

Re: [Flashcoders] the height of a dynamic textfield

2006-07-17 Thread Matthias Dittgen
Hi Enrico, the best working solution I know, is to encapsulate the textfield into a MovieClip. Then you insert your text into the textfield and afterwards you determine the height of the MovieClip. Have fun, Matthias remark: I think, this is one of the questions that is asked all the time and a