Thanks pamela,

Did not quite got what you mean "on the forground property" - I try to
addChild to the marker itselt but the marker
will not take it. Thanks

On Oct 13, 9:33 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Tom-
>
> You could try:
> 1) creating a Sprite, adding both the image and text to that Sprite,
> and specifying that Sprite as the icon?
> or
> 2) calling addChild on the foreground property of the Marker object.
>
> Try #2 first, as that'll be much easier.
>
> - pamela
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM, tomcattyy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Pamela,
>
> > I am currently using custom icon and I just need to place a simple
> > character together with the icon (just like a label did to the
> > original marker). I remember label can not be used when using icon and
> > I want to identify them so user can  match the details showing in the
> > datagrid which is below the google map. Thanks for helping.
>
> > Mark
>
> > On Oct 13, 9:07 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi Tom-
>
> >> I'm not sure exactly what visual effect you're going for, but you have
> >> several options.
>
> >> Use label property in MarkerOptions (for just a few 
> >> characters):http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/MarkerOptio...
>
> >> Use icon property in MarkerOptions to define custom 
> >> DisplayObject:http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/CustomShape...
>
> >> Create a custom overlay to show text (tooltips 
> >> example):http://gmaps-samples-flash.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/TooltipOver...
>
> >> - pamela
>
> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:56 AM, tomcattyy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > Hello everyone,
>
> >> > I am trying to add a text desc together with marker, I first try to
> >> > addChild from the marker but it seemed marker did not allow that. So I
> >> > am thinking if I can add text onto overlay with latlng info. Is there
> >> > a sample or reference I can refering to? Thanks- Hide quoted text -
>
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