set fontStyle in dynamic text with a combobox

[bumblingTiki]

hello,

I'm trying to make a combobox so the user can change the fontstyle they input in a dynamic text field.

Right now it says that the properties of fontStyle and setStyle are undefined properties o f TextRenderer and Textfield.

This is what I have so far.

//change font style

fontStyleCombo.prompt = "Font Style";

fontStyleCombo.addItem({label:"Medium"});

fontStyleCombo.addItem({label:"Bold"});

fontStyleCombo.addItem({label:"Italic"});

fontStyleCombo.addItem({label:"Bold Italic"});

fontStyleCombo.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, setFontStyle);

function setFontStyle(evt:Event):void

{

     var fontStyles:Object = "Bold";

     if(fontStyleCombo.selectedIndex > -1)

     {

      fontStyles = fontStyleCombo.selectedItem.data;

     }

    var fontStyleFormat:TextRenderer = new TextRenderer();

    fontStyleFormat.fontStyle = fontStyles;

    inputTextRender01.setStyle(fontStyleFormat);

}

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

What class of object is the Textfield?  If it is a dynamic TextField then it doesn't have properties nor methods such as you are trying to implement.  For  TextField instance you should be using the setTextFormat method along with having defined the different formats to set.

[bumblingTiki]

Thanks. I ended up putting the styles in the font face combo box.

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome