this is old bug of flash in flash8 it's not that present tho i guess I've seen it few times anyways, simple touching that property before actual use helps. as simpel as trace(txt._height) make textfield report correct value
2006/11/13, Muzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Create a second textfield (hidden) that is as wide as the original, is only one line high and does not autosize, dump the text in it and grab its maxscroll value. regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "grimmwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:09 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] frustrated with textFields: getting height while textisn't fully 'there' > This is totally driving me crazy. > > I'm creating a textfield as a sub to another clip, setting it's width, > making it autosized, giving it a stylesheet. I then toss in it's > htmlText. > > I just want to know if the darn thing is one or more lines. Trouble is > it's not reporting back properly...it seems as if it's just in the > middle of adjusting itself or something, as if I trace out a lot of > stuff, it works out fine. But I shut off tracing, and it stops > working. > > For example: > > var mTitle:TextField = mcTxt.createTextField("mc_title", 6, tR.x+20, > tR.y-14, 230, 0); > mTitle.autoSize = "right"; > mTitle.wordWrap=true; > mTitle.selectable=false; > mTitle.html = true; > mTitle.border=true; > mTitle.multiline = true; > mTitle.styleSheet =_global.gPrefs.CSS; > mTitle.htmlText = title; > > fontsize = 30; // i know this > lCnt = (mTitle.textHeight/fontSize); > > Sometimes lCnt works and sometimes it doesn't -- and I'm tracing out > all elements. > > I've even tried to do something like > while(mTitle.htmlText!=title){ > trace("not there"); > } > > But that doesn't work either. > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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