Would TextFormat.getTextExtent() be of help..? (I know it says 'deprecated' in Flash 8 - that's a documentation error.)
Ian On 5/2/06, Ash Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have always found that setting the textfield to autosize = "left" and filling it one letter at a time checking the width at each loop works. Then when it goes over the max width, trim it by one letter and display the field. Just set the alpha to 0 or something to hide it while you do the loop then set it back to 100 when it is done. This way you can also dynamically control when to show "more" links based on if there is still text left in the "buffer" or original text string that hasn't been sliced and thrown in the field.
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