TextArea component CS3

I've searched the net, joined Safaribooksonline, bought Colin
Moocks Essential Actionscript 3.0 & Actio0nscript 3.0 cookbook
and nowhere can I find out how to apply an imported css stylesheet
to a CS3 TextArea component. I used to do this all the time in AS2
and it worked a treat. The only help I can find in the CS3
authoring tool and in live docs relates to AS2 which causes errors
in my AS3 class. I'm building a custom TextAreaManager class for my
general use. If anyone knows how to do it please let me know.
Thanks
Dave Towers

Try this example. It's about altering the context menu of the main application, but it might as well work for single components.
Good luck,
Michiel

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A few questions about using an XML file to add text into a TextArea component set as html

I'm using AS2 in Flash CS3.
I have a TextArea component in the stage that's loading its text from an XML and I've been able to use the ul and li tags to create lists. However, when I try to include a nested list it just inserts a line break between the nested list and the main list rather than indent it further. Is there a solution for this issue?
Failing that, how would I be able to add non-breaking spaces into the XML so they will render inside the TextArea component? I've tried and   without success. I scoured the net for some help with this and found some information about modifying the font embedding xml file with a new entry for the non-breaking space and that didn't work either, so that leaves me somewhat stumped.

flash doesn't handle nested lists (as you now know). you can work-around that limitation using css and creating your own indent styles. css have a marginLeft property you can use.

TextArea component AS3

I'm having trouble both working out or finding out how to
apply an imported css file to the CS3 TextArea component. I've
frequently done this in AS2 using Flash 8, but that code no longer
works. If anyone knows could you please let me know. Here's the AS2
code I've used previously:
private function loadCss(){
var myStyle = new TextField.StyleSheet();
myStyle.load(this.CssPath+".css"); // the CssPath variable
here was supplied within an object passed through to the
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Thank you Anirudh,
I have been using the TextArea component because it has code to handle scrollbars, and in Flash this component is a wrapper for a TextField object. As far as I can see this is not the case in Flex, and my AS3 code sets almost all of the TextField attributes, so I probably can't use Flex and the Flash Builder anyway. At least not without throwing all my code away.
Besides, the .swf file generated seems to be much bigger than in Flash.

Autoscrolling a TextArea Component

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Is there a way to get a TextArea to automatically scroll down when text is added to it?
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RossRitchey wrote:
where my_ta is the name of the TextArea component (AS2)
my_ta.vPosition = my_ta.maxVPosition;
for AS3:
my_ta.verticalScrollPosition = my_ta.maxVerticalScrollPosition;
Thanks dude. That worked perfectly. I'm using AS2.0 at the minute and CS3.
I was trying textarea.scrollTop = textarea.scrollHeight;
but it wasnt working
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TextArea component - not giving scroll bar

I'm using Flash CS3, exporting to Flash Player 7.0, using
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I have a TextArea component in a movie clip that is not
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display in the defined area.
In fact the scroll bar doesn't even show if I set the
vScrollPolicy to true....
Another programmer in my group is also using - in another
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a dynamic text field - that worked at one point then now is not
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Make sure that you have the ScrollBar component also in your
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ad 1. sorry but in my instance true is set by default to word
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( its just an example):
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/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/02/07/bsp-howto-show-a-progress-bar-for-limiting-text-input

Formatting Tags appearing in TextArea Component

I'm having an issue with TextFormat tags that are appearing
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Basically, I'm trying to grab the text from a textArea
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Because I want to retain formatting, I have the textArea set
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Thanks! That helps although the simptoms are new.
This was working on Flash Player 8, the version in which they
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Code Snippet:
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I'm finding it not possible to attach a style sheet to a
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maybe accessing the TextAreas' textField..??.

You'll need to roll out your own TextArea to get around the
error. Something
like this:
package
import fl.core.UIComponent;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import fl.controls.TextArea;
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super();
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