Well, not always... When I instantiate a control with an MXML tag, the width property returns the correct number. When I instantiate a control via ActionScript, the width property always returns 0. What am I doing wrong?
Here's the code <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application layout="absolute" width="100%" height="100%" frameRate="12" pageTitle="Text Control width test" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; creationComplete="init()"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.controls.Text; [Bindable] internal var debugMsg:String; // used for displaying text our textArea at the bottom of the application internal function init():void { // output widths of text control created via MXML debugMsg += "textViaMXML.width = " + textViaMXML.width + "\n"; debugMsg += "textViaMXML.measuredWidth = " + textViaMXML.measuredWidth + "\n"; debugMsg += "textViaMXML.textWidth = " + textViaMXML.textWidth + "\n"; // now we create a Text via actionscript var textViaAS:Text = new Text(); textViaAS.text = "Text Control created via ActionScript"; textViaAS.y = 40; textViaAS.setStyle('horizontalCenter',0); application.addChild(textViaAS); textViaAS.validateNow(); // really just for kicks, it doesn't seem to fix the problem... // output widths of text element created via ActionScript debugMsg += "textViaAS.width = " + textViaAS.width + "\n"; debugMsg += "textViaAS.measuredWidth = " + textViaAS.measuredWidth + "\n"; debugMsg += "textViaAS.textWidth = " + textViaAS.textWidth + "\n"; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Style> Text { fontFamily: Verdana; fontSize: 16pt; } TextArea.debugTextArea { fontFamily: Courier; fontSize: 12pt; } </mx:Style> <mx:Text id="textViaMXML" text="Text Control created via MXML" horizontalCenter="0"/> <!-- a textArea for display messages from AS --> <mx:ApplicationControlBar id="debugControlBar" dock="false" width="100%" bottom="0"> <mx:TextArea id="debugTextArea" styleName="debugTextArea" width="100%" height="120" editable="false" text="{debugMsg}" /> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> </mx:Application> -- 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/
