Aligning a button's label

Question

Hi,
I'm struggling around with getting a button's label aligned
to the left or right side. What I did was dropping a button
component to the stage, removed it and added the following script
on the timeline:
import fl.controls.Button;
var myButton:Button = new Button();
myButton.label = "Hello World!";
myButton.setSize( 300, 50 );
myButton.setStyle( "textAlign", "left" );
addChild( myButton );
Whatever I tried, the label is always centered (also with
TextFormat, TextFormatAlign etc, etc.)
I'm just using Flash CS3 IDE, so no Flex. I saw it working
somewhere on the net scripted with MXML.
So my question is: Is this doable without the use of Flex and
are there some limitations regarding Flash CS3 components?

Answer 1

Check out this example page for Tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/button_component_as3/#section7
You might have to fake it if you wish to use the Pre-Built
Button Component by putting in space characters as in " Hello
World!" or a transparent element to offset the text like a graphic
or alpha 0 shape. The component is set to scale-9 and auto-center.
- Also might try to alter the autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER
to LEFT to see if resets the starting x position of the component's
text-field.