RE: [Flashcoders] Measuring width of some text

2006-12-26 Thread Perdue, Blake 
Strangely, the TextField.textWidth property returns different values on
different systems. 

On WIN IE v6.0.2900 Service Pack 2 with Flash Player Version 8,0,24
textWidth is consistently larger than on WIN IE v6.0.2800 Service Pack 1
with Flash Player 8,0,22.

Are the different values of textWidth the result of different IE/Service
Pack versions, or the result of different Flash Player minor versions? 



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Just a txt.textWidth should do the trick


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Subject: [Flashcoders] Measuring width of some text


I need to measure the width of some text. Here's the function I'm using:

 

private function getTextWidth(txt,fontSize) {

var fmt=new TextFormat();

fmt.font='Univers 67 CondensedBold';

fmt.size=fontSize;

fmt.autoSize='left';

var metrics=fmt.getTextExtent(txt);

return metrics.textFieldWidth;

}

 

This function is not predictable - for the same text, it returns
different
numbers on different OSes or flash player versions:

-  works fine in IE/FF for flash player 6

-  doesn't work in Mac Safari for flash player 6

-  works fine in IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack 1

-  doesn't work for IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack
2

 

Is there another function I can use, or another way to go about
measuring
the width of some text?

 

Blake Perdue | 212.522.1292 | AIM: blakepCNN

 

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RE: [Flashcoders] Measuring width of some text

2006-12-22 Thread Van De Velde Hans 
Just a txt.textWidth should do the trick


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Perdue,
Blake
Sent: donderdag 21 december 2006 22:28
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Measuring width of some text


I need to measure the width of some text. Here's the function I'm using:

 

private function getTextWidth(txt,fontSize) {

var fmt=new TextFormat();

fmt.font='Univers 67 CondensedBold';

fmt.size=fontSize;

fmt.autoSize='left';

var metrics=fmt.getTextExtent(txt);

return metrics.textFieldWidth;

}

 

This function is not predictable - for the same text, it returns different
numbers on different OSes or flash player versions:

-  works fine in IE/FF for flash player 6

-  doesn't work in Mac Safari for flash player 6

-  works fine in IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack 1

-  doesn't work for IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack
2

 

Is there another function I can use, or another way to go about measuring
the width of some text?

 

Blake Perdue | 212.522.1292 | AIM: blakepCNN

 

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Re: [Flashcoders] Measuring width of some text

2006-12-21 Thread Arindam Dhar 
getTextExtent() is really unpredictable and it works properly only with flash 
player ver 7 or higher. Adobe document says its been deprecated since flash 
player 8, but i dont think so and their doc must have wrongly said so.
   
  anyway, heres another approach where textWidth and textHeight properties of 
textField have been utilised.
   
  var my_str:String = Sample text;
var fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
function getTextWidthAndHeight(txt, fmt, fontsize) {
 fmt.font = Arial;
 fmt.bold = true;
 fmt.size = fontsize;
 this.createTextField(dummyTF, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 1, 1, 100, 
100);
 dummyTF.text = txt;
 dummyTF.setTextFormat(fmt);
 var o = new Object();
 o.Width = dummyTF.textWidth;
 o.Height = dummyTF.textHeight; 
 removeMovieClip(dummyTF);
 return o;
}
var dimensionInfo = getTextWidthAndHeight(my_str, fmt, 12);
this.createTextField(newTField, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 100, 100, 
dimensionInfo.Width+4, dimensionInfo.Height+4);
newTField.border = true;
newTField.wordWrap = true;
newTField.text = my_str;
newTField.setTextFormat(fmt);
   
  Hope this helps, and plz give the feedback.
   
     Arindam
  

Perdue, Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I need to measure the width of some text. Here's the function I'm using:



private function getTextWidth(txt,fontSize) {

var fmt=new TextFormat();

fmt.font='Univers 67 CondensedBold';

fmt.size=fontSize;

fmt.autoSize='left';

var metrics=fmt.getTextExtent(txt);

return metrics.textFieldWidth;

}



This function is not predictable - for the same text, it returns
different numbers on different OSes or flash player versions:

- works fine in IE/FF for flash player 6

- doesn't work in Mac Safari for flash player 6

- works fine in IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack 1

- doesn't work for IE/FF for flash player 8 using Service Pack
2



Is there another function I can use, or another way to go about
measuring the width of some text?



Blake Perdue | 212.522.1292 | AIM: blakepCNN



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