change font size textfield drawn on stage

Question

I've place a dynamic textfield on stage with some fake text in it and gave it the instance my_textArea. Now I want to change the font size so I've used this code:

var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.size = 10;
my_textArea.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);
my_textArea.html = true;
my_textArea.htmlText="This is a test";

But it doesn't resize the text. It changes it to 'This is a test', but the font size is exactly the same as it was originally (30).

It does work when I create the textfield through actionscript, but I also want to apply it to a dynamic textfield which I've already placed on stage.

What am I doing wrong?

kglad · Accepted Answer

As you can see in the fla file, I've embedded both Times New Roman fonts. The regular and bold version. The code you suggested doesn't work. It only works when using normal text. Not when I'm using htmlText and set html to 'true'. But then of course bold tags don't work. Perhaps it's not possible to use textFormat with htmlText?

the code i suggested works. just replace your code with the code i suggested. don't change anything.

and again, if you're going to use the code in your message #2, you need to (correctly) embed both fonts and you'll need to use setTextFormat with two textformat instances or use a stylesheet.

kglad · Answer

use setNewTextFormat to apply a textformat to a textfield's future text. use setTextFormat to apply a textformat to a textfield's already assigned text:

var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.size = 10;
my_textArea.setNewTextFormat(myTextFormat);
my_textArea.html = true;
my_textArea.htmlText="This is a test";

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