Hi Satu, Have you taken a look at TextFormat.getTextExtent() function? It sounds like that may be what you want. Documentation on the TextFormat class is available in livedocs.
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/00001840.html#40 09378 Regards, Doug --- In [email protected], "svktiilikainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > and yes, I already viewed your question which is close to what I was > seeking. In my case, I do not need dynamic size increase, just to > find out that contents are larger than the component can show. It > would also be great to be able to tackle, after setting the text, > the contents that CAN be shown, ie. the clipped contents. > > Satu > > --- In [email protected], "Leon Tanner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Satu, > > Is the question I am asking 'Dynamically increasing size of > container to > > fit all characters' of interest? I haven't got any solutions as > yet, > > but it may be useful... > > Leon > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of svktiilikainen > > Sent: 10 January 2006 09:16 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: How to determine the content length in > > mx:Text? > > > > OK, probably managed to solve this. I can always compare > > preferredHeight with height and preferredWidth with width, and > this > > seems to work for now. > > > > Satu > > > > --- In [email protected], "svktiilikainen" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > does anyone know how you can determine the length of text in > mx:Text > > > component before the component is drawn? > > > In other words, is it possible to find out that the to-be > contents > > of > > > a Text component are too big to fit into the component without > > > clipping? The Text component here is of fixed width & height, > > > multiline, and can contain basically any number of characters, > line > > > breaks etc. > > > > > > Satu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
