I don't know, I should have included the link in my post, but I can't find it now.
Gordon Smith wrote: > > > I checked it and double checked it..... very frustrating. . > > Can you please explain exactly what you saw that made you believe that > setTextFormat() is a method of TextArea? If there is a documentation > problem, I would like to get it fixed so that others aren't similarly > confused. > > Gordon Smith > Adobe Flex SDK Team > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *Doug McCune > *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Error: Call to a possibly undefined method > setTextFormat > > setTextFormat is not a method of TextArea. setTextFormat is a method > of TextField. TextArea is not the same as TextField. TextArea is a > Flex control. TextField is a base Flash player control. TextArea uses > a TextField control internally. If you were to subclass TextArea you > could access the protected variable textField, which is the TextField > control within TextArea. Then you could call textField.setTextFormat > from within your extended class. > > Doug > > On 1/17/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I checked it and double checked it..... very frustrating. . > > > > Sherif Abdou wrote: > > There is no setTextFromat property in the TextArea > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:info1%40reenie.org>" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:info1%40reenie.org>> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:58:06 AM > > Subject: [flexcoders] Error: Call to a possibly undefined method > > setTextFormat > > > > Why am I getting: " Error: Call to a possibly undefined method > > setTextFormat" ? > > > > I did a search on google and got zero results for "Error: Call to a > > possibly undefined method setTextFormat" > > I totally do not understand why I am the only person in the > history of > > the world who is getting this error. > > > > Feedback IS a TextArea, and setTextFormat IS a method of TextArea > so it > > makes no sense at all. > > > > var formatter:TextForma t= new TextFormat() ; > > formatter.bold= true; > > formatter.size= 30; > > feedback.setTextFor mat(formatter) ; > > > > <mx:TextArea id="feedback" width="230" fontWeight=" bold" text="" > x="350" > > y="100" > > > > > </mx:TextArea > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! > Mobile. Try > > it now. > > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20 > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20>> > > > > > > > >
