I have tried this, but it doesn't seem to be working. Here's what I am doing:
override public function renderShape(graphics:Graphics):void
{
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix()
matrix.createBox(1, 1, 0, this.center.x, this.center.y ); //
center is the vertex of an angle
graphics.beginBitmapFill(this.bitmapData, matrix);
graphics.endFill();
}
// use bright colors for debugging.
private function generateBitmapData():void
{
this._textField.text = this.angle + "º";
this._textField.textColor = 0xFF0000;
this._textField.background = true;
this._textField.backgroundColor = 0x0000FF;
_bitmapData = new BitmapData(this._textField.textWidth,
this._textField.textHeight, false, 0x00FF00);
_bitmapData.draw(this._textField);
}
private function get bitmapData():BitmapData
{
if (_bitmapData == null)
this.generateBitmapData();
return _bitmapData;
}
Note that the "real" renderShape() also draws a pie wedge to the canvas - and
the wedge is visible. As an aside, though,
I am also having trouble with drawing the pie wedge - the wedge works fine, but
if I try to draw just the arc of the
wedge, then I find that the arc deforms into a closed shape: the two end points
are connected by a line. If I omit
beginFill() and endFill() calls, relying only on lineStyle(), then connecting
line goes away, but I start seeing strange flood
fills. Reading about Graphics, I see that endFill() plays a role in getting
draw commands pushed onto draw stack. I also
see that the fill specified by beginFill() et al. persists until another
beginFill() call. Is there some mantra for turning off
fill?
Thanks!
-Eric
--- In [email protected], "Doug McCune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You can draw a TextField to a BitmapData object (using the draw() method)
> and then use graphics.beginBitmapFill and pass in that BitmapData (make sure
> to specify the right matrix for where to start the fill). But no, as far as
> I know there is not way to do it directly, I often use BitmapData as an
> intermediary to do stuff like that.
>
> Doug
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Eric Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to write/draw text directly to a Graphics object? For
> > that matter is there
> > anyway to draw text (single line of static text) into a Canvas? I suspect
> > that the answer is "no",
> > having searched and searched... but maybe there's some obscure utility
> > class that I've
> > overlooked.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > -Eric
> >
> >
> >
>
