problem solved using textfield and textformat objects.
here are the modifications :
this.elementText = new TextField();
textFormat = new TextFormat();
...
...
var conteneur : UIComponent = new UIComponent();
conteneur.addChild(this.elementText);
this.addChild(conteneur);
for the curious ones, a textfield must be added to a uicomponent before adding
it to a canvas, as canvas only accept uicomponents.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "ouaqa" <abenef...@...> wrote:
>
> Hello fellow flexcoders.
> I'm stuck at a critical point while developing my application.
> Here's the context :
>
> A user can add and style text to a postcard (being a Canvas).
> The text can then be modified and rotated.
> The rotation is handled by a library performing well on pictures.
>
> The text is a UITextField object, the style is a TextFormat Object.
> Both are handled in a global container (extending the Canvas class).
>
> The fonts are embedded in a font library.
>
> On creation, it seems that the font is not loaded (the text is still shown
> with the usual boring police). Therefore , the font is not embedded and
> rotation makes the text disappear.
>
> I'm not sure what my problem exactly is, and this is why I'm calling for your
> help & knowledge.
>
> bellow is the definition of the font library :
>
> [Bindable]
> public final class FontsLibrary
> {
> // public static var fontLib : Array = new Array(); doesn't work
>
> /**
> * The verdana font from the assets library
> */
> [Embed(source="../assets/fonts/verdana.TTF" , fontName="verdana" ,
> mimeType='application/x-font-truetype')]
> public static var verdana:Class;
>
> //assigning font to static attribute
> // public static var verdana : FontAsset = new LCVerdana ();
> // fontLib.push (verdana) ;
>
> .....
>
>
>
>
> Bellow is the constructor of my text element
>
> public function LCTextElementField( AText : String = "" , AColor : int = -1 ,
> ASize : int = -1)
> {
> super();
>
> var afont : Font = new FontsLibrary.RAVIE();
>
> this.elementText = new UITextField();
> textFormat = new TextFormat();
>
> if (AColor != -1)
> { this.textFormat.color = AColor ; }
>
> if (ASize != -1)
> { this.textFormat.size = ASize ; }
> else
> { this.textFormat.size = 30 ; }
>
> this.textFormat.font = afont.fontName;
>
> this.elementText.defaultTextFormat = textFormat ;
>
> this.elementText.embedFonts = true;
> this.elementText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
> this.elementText.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED ;
>
> if (AText == "" )
> { this.elementText.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"; }
> else
> { this.elementText.text = AText ; }
>
> this.addChild(this.elementText);
> }
>
> As you can see the code is pretty basic. At the moment, I set the police to
> RAVIE, so I can notice rapidly if the changes have been set.
>
> Any help, advice, anything would be of great use. I'm running short on ideas.
>
