Save text of textarea and reuse it to replace text in textarea

Question

hi everyone
Is it possible to save text of textarea in some variable or so and with its textformat (more than one color) and then reuse it to replace text in textarea?
I tried saving htmlText of textarea but the problem is when i replace it in textarea <p> tags causes problem. There will always be another extra line.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks alot for any help.
Regards

Answer 1

If anyone wants to view <p> tags problem try following. Just click on text and then move your down arrow key, cursor will go to next line.
import fl.controls.TextArea;
var txtHTML:TextArea = new TextArea();
txtHTML.move(0,0);
var default_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    default_format.font = "Arial";
    default_format.bold = false;
    default_format.align = "center";
    default_format.color = 0xFFFF00;
    default_format.size = 14;
var field:TextField = txtHTML.textField;
    field.defaultTextFormat = default_format;
    field.setTextFormat(default_format);
    field.alwaysShowSelection = true;
    field.background = true;
    field.type = 'input';
    field.multiline = true;
    field.backgroundColor = 0x777777;
    field.embedFonts = true;   
    txtHTML.htmlText = '<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="_sans"
SIZE="14" COLOR="#FFFF00" LETTERSPACING="0"
KERNING="0">ASDF</FONT></P>';
    field.x = 0;
    field.y = 0;   
    field.width = 400;
    field.height = 200;
    field.text = "";
addChild(txtHTML);
Regards