Hi Michael, Take a look at the TextFormat method getTextExtent(). It's useful for working out how much space text takes up, and copes with non-fixed-width. Beware, though, that if you are using embedded antialiased fonts the getTextExtent() calculations are very slightly off (as the calculations are done using the non-antialiased version of the font).
HTH, Ian On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Sebastian. I'll try this. The only concern I have is that the > font populating the TextField isn't fixed width, so I can't really be > sure what that cutoff point is, unless it could be suggested otherwise. > I mean, if the font was fixed width, I would know that a specific amount > of characters going across equals 1 line, and multiplied by so many > lines. But, the font not being fixed width could have one line equal to > say 100 lowercase i's or maybe only 67 m's. > > Any thoughts on that? > > - MM > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
