I should mention why I thought it was a width/height issue.
UITextField and extending components (and some other components) in the Flex framework initialize to a width/height of 0... It really took me by surprise
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On 3/22/07, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I see, You need to add HelloWorld to the main DisplayList. import MyPackage.* var hw:HelloWorld = new HelloWorld(); addChild(hw); On 3/22/07, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jason, > > Try setting the width and the height of the Textfield. > > <http://www.pierinc.com> > > On 3/22/07, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Getting my feet wet with AS3, I just bought the AS3 cookbook and have > > learned a lot already - great book. I feel like an idiot asking this > > as > > I'm pretty good in AS2, but with AS3, I'm not getting a simple script > > working. I have the Flash 9 AS3 preview, trying to write a simple > > HelloWorld class (based on an example in the book) to show a > > TextField: > > > > //MyPackage.as > > package MyPackage > > { > > //do I actually need this one?: > > import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer; > > > > import flash.display.Sprite; > > import flash.text.TextField; > > > > public class HelloWorld extends Sprite > > { > > public function HelloWorld() > > { > > var message_txt:TextField = new TextField(); > > message_txt.text = "Hello World"; > > addChild(message_txt); //does not show! > > trace("constructor runs")//traces fine > > } > > } > > } > > > > Then in the .fla, I put: > > > > import MyPackage.* > > var hw:HelloWorld = new HelloWorld(); > > > > The constructor traces fine in the output window, but the TextField > > does > > not show. What have I done wrong? My Export settings in F9 As3 > > preview > > are for AS 3.0 and FP9. In later scripts, I tried moving the > > textfield, > > changing the color, changing the stage color to be sure it wasn't > > matching the textfield and this invisible, etc...(but it should show > > as > > black Times New Roman text by default anyway...) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Oh, and as a side note, I use FlashDevelop 2.0.1 and have my syntax > > set > > to AS3, but have notices code hinting doesn't always work or is > > sometimes incomplete - has anyone else noticed that? Maybe I just > > need > > to update it. > > > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America > > GT&O Learning & Leadership Development > > eTools & Multimedia Team > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > 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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