Ahhh... You know, I hadn't considered the Style Sheet option. Maybe I'll
give that a try.
Thanks, guys!
--T
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM, David Hunter <davehunte...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> same here, never found a solution other than reapplying the textformat to
> the field after any change. if you use a css style sheet instead i don't
> think you have to reapply it, although i think there are some limitations
> with them that i can't remember. not sure how you use embedded fonts with a
> css sheet either although i'm sure its possible.
> best,
> david
>
> > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:33:44 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Settiing the default format of TextFields in
> CS3
> > From: z...@zehfernando.com
> > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> >
> > Not saying much, but: no normal workaround that I know. This is behavior
> > that has been in Flash since the AS2 days - certain properties (like
> > letterSpacing) are always lost with defaultTextFormat so you always need
> to
> > set it again. I always used something similar to your code.
> >
> > Zeh
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Todd Kerpelman <t...@kerp.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey, Flash Coders! Happy New Year!
> > >
> > > Quick question for you guys: I work a lot with dynamic TextFields that
> I
> > > design, format and lay out in the Flash CS3 authoring environment. The
> > > problem I frequently run into is that when I go ahead and change the
> text
> > > of
> > > these things in the code, most of the text formatting information is
> lost.
> > >
> > > As a work-around, I've gotten into the habit of calling a function like
> > > this
> > > in my constructors...
> > >
> > > private function initTextFields():void
> > > {
> > > for each (var formatMe:TextField in [titleTxt, headerTxt, legalTxt,
> > > storyTxt]) {
> > > var tf:TextFormat = formatMe.getTextFormat();
> > > formatMe.defaultTextFormat = tf;
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > This works, but I keep wondering if I'm doing unnecessary work. Is
> there
> > > any
> > > kind of "Keep the current formatting of any textfield I've created in
> the
> > > authoring environment" checkbox that I'm just missing somewhere?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --Todd
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