Yes, this is what I was hoping for. And even though it is not now available, I wonder, Gordon, if you are at liberty to tell us about the future? Is Graphics.drawText() be something that might get added?
-eric --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the original poster was looking for something like > > > > graphics.drawText("Hello", format); > > > > But there are (alas!) no APIs in the Graphics class that know how to > render a text string. Only TextField knows how to do that. > > > > Gordon Smith > > Adobe Flex SDK Team >