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Either follow steps 1 - 5 (Which I did with your example and it works) or use the instructions in the "Note:" (Which I didn't try). --- In [email protected], "tchredeemed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you add a TextField to the screen? > > I tried using the same example from the dynamic help, but nothing is > appearing... > > package assets { > import flash.display.Sprite; > import flash.text.TextField; > import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize; > import flash.text.TextFormat; > > public class RMText extends Sprite { > private var label:TextField; > private var labelText:String = "Hello world and welcome to the show."; > > public function RMText() { > configureLabel(); > setLabel(labelText); > } > > public function setLabel(str:String):void { > label.text = str; > } > > private function configureLabel():void { > label = new TextField(); > label.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; > label.background = true; > label.border = true; > > var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); > format.align = 'left'; > format.font = "Verdana"; > format.color = 0xFF0000; > format.size = 10; > format.underline = true; > > label.defaultTextFormat = format; > addChild(label); > } > } > } > > > ------------------------------------ > > This does not seem to do anything... For some reason when I add this > to the screen I cannot see anything, but I am not sure why, as I > copied it directly from dynamic help... > > Any ideas? (UITextField causes the same issue)... >
