Creating a bitmap copy of a TextFlow object without the caret [cursor]

I think I've just done something similar to what you need (except I'm adjusting the width of the bitmap according to that of the text), and so far I have seen no cursor

Here's the code. You'll need to adjust it depending on how many containers (Sprites) you are drawing the TextFlow to.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"                xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"                xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"                applicationComplete="init()">     <fx:Declarations>         <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->     </fx:Declarations>         <s:Group id="groupText" width="560" />         <fx:Script>         <![CDATA[             import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;             import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter;             import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;                         import mx.core.UIComponent;             private function init() : void             {                 var text : String = "Greek god gives mints.";                 var fontSize : int = 24;                                 //We create a textflow with some text and set it's font size, just as an example.                 var flow : TextFlow = TextConverter.importToFlow(text, TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT);                 flow.fontSize = 24;                                 //We'll use a single container (and consecuently a single controller)                 var container : Sprite = new Sprite()                 var controller : ContainerController = new ContainerController(container);                 flow.flowComposer.addController(controller);                                 //This is kind of weird, but I saw it in a TLF example, and it works.                 //It seems you have to "stretch" the container.                 controller.setCompositionSize(this.stage.stageWidth, this.stage.stageHeight);                 flow.flowComposer.compose();                                 //Set the text's actual width and height as the composition size.                 controller.setCompositionSize(controller.getContentBounds().width,                     controller.getContentBounds().height);                                 //Redraw.                 flow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();                                                 //As BitmapData's draw method takes an IBitmapDrawable,                 //we'll need to wrap the Sprite instance in an UIComponent.                 var tf : UIComponent = new UIComponent();                 tf.addChild(container);                                                 //Create an instance of BitmapData and "draw the container" into it.                 var bd : BitmapData = new BitmapData(controller.getContentBounds().width,                     controller.getContentBounds().height + 2, true, 0x000000);                 bd.draw(tf);                                 //Create a Bitmap with the text's data and add it to the application.                 var bmp : Bitmap = new Bitmap(bd);                 var ui : UIComponent = new UIComponent();                 ui.addChild(bmp);                                 this.groupText.addElement(ui);                        }         ]]>     </fx:Script> </s:Application>

Hope it helps,

Sebastián.