It did work, actually, in terms of inserting it into the TextField, i guess because the class name effectively functions as the Library identifier. However, your tip regarding "ID" did the trick for communicating with it, since I still couldnt modify it, the way I had it. :)
thanks, .matt On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Keith Reinfeld <keithreinf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Matt, > > I s'pose I focused too much on the second part of your question in my > previous message. So anyway, if this > >> src='com.myclasses.DropCap' > > actually works then more power to ya! > > If not: > > ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference: > > src: Specifies the URL to an image or SWF file, or the linkage identifier > for a movie clip symbol in the library. > > So, if you have a movieclip in your library with a linkage identifier of > 'DropCap' (associated with a class 'com.myclasses.DropCap') you would use: > > var tString:String = "<img src='DropCap' id="DC0" > style='padding:0px;margin:0px'/>Lorem ipsom yadda yadda..."; > myTextField.htmlText = tString; > myTextField.DC0.txt.text = "Z"; > > > Regards, > > -Keith > http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders