TextScrap.toString()

Question

Given that the TextScrap.toString() method causes a compiler error - how do I convert a TextScrap instance into a simple text string?

(flashx.textLayout.edit.TextScrap)

Here is an example of code that won't compile:-

private function copy():void

{

var scrap:TextScrap=txt.copy(); //returns a TextScrap instance.

Clipboard.generalClipboard.clear();

Clipboard.generalClipboard.setData(ClipboardFormats.TEXT_FORMAT,scrap.toString()); // This line won't compile.

Clipboard.generalClipboard.setData('TextScrap',scrap);

}

It's for adobe AIR - but that's not relevant to the issue, which is that scrap.toString() causes an error:-

Error: Call to a possibly undefined method toString through a reference with static type flashx.textLayout.edit:TextScrap.

So is it possible to get a string representation of TextScrap ?

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks to 'mrapcznski's post. Now I can convert the TextScrap to text(String).

import flashx.textLayout.tlf_internal;
use namespace tlf_internal;

var theScrap:TextScrap = pasteOperation.textScrap;

var pasteText:String = String(theScrap.tlf_internal::endMissingArray[0].text);

Above didn't work for my TLF 2.0 code.

This is how it worked there.

     var theScrap:TextScrap = pasteOperation.textScrap;
     var pasteText:String = TextConverter.export(theScrap.textFlow,
                            TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT,
                            ConversionType.STRING_TYPE).toString();

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