Cannot use text:TextField with dynamic text in 3.2

Question

Hi,<br /><br />I have a multi-lang app which uses English LTR and Hebrew-Arabic RTL.<br />I am using a properties file for each language, and I get the<br />right item using resourceManager getString.<br /><br />Until 3.2 I had to reverse the order of the words in each item when using<br />Hebrew (or Arabic for that matter).<br /><br />In 3.2 with the new Text layout framework, this is not needed (MAJOR IMPROVEMENT) but I cannot get it to work with dynamic text only static text.<br /><br />of course all works great if I upgarde to flex 4.0, and use the textBox component, but I do not want to do that, so late in the development phase of the application.<br /><br />Here is a small mxml which shows the problem:<br /><br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><br /><mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"<br />   xmlns:TryComps="appComponents.*" xmlns:text="flash.text.*"><br />   <mx:Style source="css/flashTypeStyles.css"/> <br />   <mx:Script><br />     <br />       import mx.resources.ResourceManager;<br />     <br />   </mx:Script><br />     <mx:Label text="Using text:TextField FIXED : THIS WORKS"/><br />        <!-- some text in hebrew if you dont see it you probably dont have it insalled --><br />     <text:TextField text="&#1506;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497;&#1514; &#1499;&#1493;&#1514;&#1489;&#1497;&#1501; &#1502;&#1497;&#1502;&#1497;&#1503; &#1500;&#1513;&#1502;&#1488;&#1500;"/><br />        <mx:Label text="Using text:TextField DYNAMIC :  THIS DOES NOT WORK"/><br />     <text:TextField text="{resourceManager.getString(Locales.LOCALE_BUNDLE,'BI_DIRECTIONAL_TEXT')}"/><br />     <br /></mx:Application><br /><br />Any one has an idea ???<br />The 'BI_DIRECTIONAL_TEXT' is an entry in the property file which has the same value as the static text above.<br /><br />The run time error I get is : <br />TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />Eli7

Answer 1

If you look thru the TextField class in the help documents you will find all of the properties you can manipulate.  One property is the wordWrap property which will keep you text from going off the side of the textfield.  Another is multiline which will allow the textfield to have more than one line.  And another is the autoSize property which will make your textfield adjust to fit the amount of text loaded into it.