Hmm, I see what you mean, but there's a lot else going on in that
application, do you see it also in that simple test swf you posted? I can
have a co-worker open it in windows and email me a PNG24 (jpg's a bad idea
for diagnosing this sort of problem)...

-Josh

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:37 AM, giannif17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You can see it on both the timecodes on the bottom scrubber in this
> screen shot of a video player.
> http://therichardsonnyc.com/images/screenshot.jpg
>
> I'll look at on other PCs when I get back in my office tomorrow.
>
> When I use TextField, it goes away.
>
> Thanks
>
> --- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I definitely can't seen anything, but I'm also on a Mac. Sorry if
> this is a
> > dumb question, but have you taken a screenshot on windows and checked it
> > thoroughly with Photoshop to make sure it's really there? It may be an
> > optical illusion. Do you see it on several different windows
> machines? What
> > about across browsers on the one machine?
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:06 AM, giannif17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, a plain UITextField has the same white box.
> > > Here's a link:
> > > http://therichardsonnyc.com/images/TestFlex.swf
> > >
> > > I can't even see it on my mac.
> > >
> > > If I used getStyle(), I'd have to do that for every property I wanted
> > > to set on the TextFormat object.
> > > textFormat.bold = css.getStyle("fontWeight");
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help, Alex.
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does a plain UITextFIeld also have the white box?  Can you post a
> > > simple test case?
> > > >
> > > > Instead of reading the factory, why not just call getStyle() on  the
> > >  cssstyledecl.  We have equivalent code in UITextField
> > > >
> > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > On Behalf Of giannif17
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:25 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Regular TextField styling.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There is a subtle translucent white box surrounding my Label
> > > > component. You can hardly see it, but it's there. It's pretty much
> > > > invisible on my mac, but on my pc you can see it more clearly. Our
> > > > designers are quite picky about it. A good comparison is a
> canvas with
> > > > backgroundColor white, and backgroundAlpha ".01".
> > > >
> > > > I don't see a ready event for the factory on
> CSSStyleDeclaration, all
> > > > the properties I need are actually in a protected var called
> > > > overrides, because when the stylesheet loads, setStyle is called.
> > > > There won't ever be a factory. If I could just get at that overrides
> > > > property...
> > > >
> > > > Any help is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > --- In
> > >
> [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>>,
> > > Alex
> > > Harui <aharui@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > UITextField is just a subclass of TextField. What doesn't it do
> > > > correctly? I'm not sure what you mean by transparent box.
> > > > >
> > > > > If factory is null, you should run that code when the factory is
> > > > ready. There should be an event for that.
> > > > >
> > > > > From:
> > >
> [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> > > >
> > >
> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> > > >]
> > > > On Behalf Of giannif17
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:10 PM
> > > > > To:
> [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com<flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>
> > > >
> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Regular TextField styling.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The UITextFields that are used in Flex Text components have some
> > > > > rendering issues that the basic ActionScript TextFields don't
> have.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to use TextField, and set its style based on a style that's
> > > > > available in the StyleManager, but can't make the connection.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is what I did, it works in my test app, but not in my
> production
> > > > > app, because the factory is null (I'm loading the CSS swf at
> runtime).
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there another way to achieve this:
> > > > > var css:CSSStyleDeclaration =
> > > > > StyleManager.getStyleDeclaration(".myTextField");
> > > > > var f:Function = css.factory;
> > > > > var styleObj:Object = new f();
> > > > > var s:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
> > > > > var fmt:TextFormat = s.transform(styleObj);
> > > > > var tf:TextField = new TextField();
> > > > > tf.defaultTextFormat = fmt;
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm hoping there's a simple way to do this that I'm just
> overlooking.
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, and the UITextFields have a slight transparent box around them
> > > > > when using embedded fonts. If anyone knows how to fix that, I'd
> > > > > definitely prefer that solution.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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