Perfect! Thank you so much... Thank You Dan Vega
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > text.percentWidth=100 > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Dan Vega > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:04 PM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] popup window > > > > I understand the width as a percentage but in as3 you can't do that because > its looking for a number. > > > If i do > > var text:Text = new Text(); > text.width = 100%; > > I get an error. > > Is there a way to figure out available space? > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Sid Maskit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two things. First, a label can only display a single line. If you want > multiline text, you should use a Text component. Second, Text components > automatically wrap if, and only if, they have their width set. I believe you > can set it to a percentage, and it will still wrap, but you have to set it > to something. > > On a side note, this may seem like a hack, but how else can the system know > what it should do? > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dan Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:24:50 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] popup window > > I have a popup window (a quick about win) and I am having an issue. How can > I add a bunch of text to the title windows content area. If I just add the > text it runs off the screen. I can set the width but that seems like a bit > of a hack to me. I know im probably just missing something dumb here. > > private function showAbout(event: MouseEvent) :void { > // the popup window > _popup = new TitleWindow( ); > _popup.title = "About this component"; > _popup.width = 400; > _popup.height = 200; > _popup.showCloseBut ton = true; > _popup.addEventList ener(CloseEvent. CLOSE,closeAbout > Window); > > var label:Label= new Label(); > label.text = "************ ********* ********* ********* > ********* ********* ****" + > "************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ****" + > "************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ****" + > "************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ****" + > > > _popup.addChild( label); > _popup.autoLayout = true; > > PopUpManager. addPopUp( _popup,container ); > PopUpManager. centerPopUp( _popup); > } > > > Thank You > Dan Vega > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.danvega. org <http://www.danvega.org> > > > > > > >
