Outlining text in flash

Question

Hello,
In Flash, is there an option for outlining a text? For
example, I type a word & want to outline the word with 1px in
black.
I think it's called Stroke but I can't find it
Thanks!

Answer 1

Oh...that xtypeof is a leftover of the API....you can get rid
of the
'if' declaration altogether (or replace "xtypeof" with
"typeof").
Patrick
Patrick B wrote:
> Hi raxx22,
>
> There is no specific function to do this but you can
emulate it
> using the Glow filter. This is an excerpt from my API
but you should be
> able to adapt it to your own needs:
>
> public function set keyline(keylineColour:Number) {
> keylineColour=assert(keylineColour,'number',true,false);
> if (xtypeof(keylineColour)=='number') {
> var color:Number = keylineColour;
> var alpha:Number = 100;
> var blurX:Number = 1.5;
> var blurY:Number = 1.5;
> var strength:Number = 100;
> var quality:Number = 2;
> var inner:Boolean = false;
> var knockout:Boolean = false;
> var klFilter:GlowFilter=new GlowFilter(color, alpha,
blurX,
> blurY, strength, quality, inner, knockout);
> var filterArray:Array=this._field.filters;
> filterArray.push(klFilter);
> this._field.filters = filterArray;
> }//if
> }//set keyline
>
> Obviously, you'll need to update the _field reference to
your own text
> field, and don't forget to import the filter classes.
>
> Patrick
>
> raxx22 wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> In Flash, is there an option for outlining a text?
For example, I type
>> a word & want to outline the word with 1px in
black.
>> I think it's called Stroke but I can't find it
>>
>> Thanks!
>
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