I used a try catch block to handle my error...worked well. So I don't use the 'ol Try - catch too often and forgot about using it for my situation.
On 4/1/11 7:02 PM, "Creighton, Gerry" <gcreigh...@discmakers.com> wrote: > So I¹m trying to place a textField at the end of a title by getting the > bounds of the last character in the title string BUT > This is all dynamic and there is one title that has ³ é² as the last > character. Flash doesn¹t like this. > How can I get the following code to work in this instance? I¹m pulling what¹s > left of my hair out. > I tried escaping and unescaping but no go. > > <code> > var charI:String = String(_albumTitle.charAt(_albumTitle.length-1)); > var charInt:int = _albumTitle.indexOf(charI); > > var frame:Rectangle = _albumTF.getCharBoundaries(charInt); > > //_releaseDateTF is the textField I¹m positioning at the end of the title > which also may wrap to a second line > //so I can¹t just get the width of the textField to place my _releaseDateTF > > _releaseDateTF.x = (frame.x+frame.width)+4;//get last character position > _releaseDateTF.y = frame.y+1;//get last character position > > </code> > > Thanks, > > -Gerry > _______________________________________________ > 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
