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leothelion76
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March 29, 2009
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textlayout and ActionScript

  • March 29, 2009
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hi,
i have some data that is generated from a database and loaded into flash, my problem is that this data should change when a user chooses product. how can i have the data inside the created textflow using as3? below are some of the code i user

plese help so that i can update or even delete this textflow
span.text = ms[index].pdescription; // is the text loaded for the first time ? i need to be able to change this text
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rdermer
Adobe Employee
April 2, 2009
You'll have to downcast the return of getFirstLeaf to a SpanElement.

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a_circulo
Participating Frequently
October 22, 2009

that's true, this is a simple way to do that:

(yourTextFlow.getFirstLeaf() as SpanElement).text = "new text";

yourTextFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();

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rdermer
Adobe Employee
April 2, 2009
You'll have to downcast the return of getFirstLeaf to a SpanElement.

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Adobe Employee
rdermer
Adobe Employee
March 31, 2009
How about remembering the textFlow somewhere and when you want to change the text write this:
textFlow.getFirstLeaf().text = "My New Text"
textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllContainers();

There are a many APIs for manipulating the elements in the TextFlow. Check out the docs.
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leothelion76Author
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April 2, 2009
Thanks,

but textFlow.getFirstLeaf().text = "My New Text" is a read only property !!!

the only way i found is to keep track of the span element and update its text

spant.text="new text"
textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllContainers();

but the problem is when creating more than one textflow element in the same document



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