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Document object
Last updated 5/2/2011
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; sets the specified
Element property on selected object(s) in the document. This method does nothing if there
is no selection.
Example
The following example sets the width of all selected objects to 100 and the height to 50:
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("width", 100);
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("height", 50);
document.setElementTextAttr()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.setElementTextAttr(attrName, attrValue [, startIndex [, endIndex]])
Parameters
attrName A string that specifies the name of the TextAttrs property to change.
attrValue The value to which to set the TextAttrs property. For a list of property names and expected values, see
the Property summary table for the TextAttrs object .
startIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the first character that is affected. This parameter is optional.
endIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the last character that is affected. This parameter is optional.
Returns
A Boolean value:
true if at least one text attribute property is changed; false otherwise.
Description
Method; sets the specified
textAttrs property of the selected text items to the specified value. For a list of property
names and allowable values, see the Property summary table for the TextAttrs object . If the optional parameters are
not passed, the method sets the style of the currently selected text range, or the whole text field if no text is selected. If
only startIndex is passed, the method sets that character’s attributes. If startIndex and endIndex are passed, the method
sets the attributes on the characters starting from startIndex up to, but not including, endIndex. If paragraph styles are
specified, all the paragraphs that fall within the range are affected.
Example
The following examples set the
fillColor, italic, and bold text attributes for the selected text items:
var success = fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("fillColor", "#00ff00");
var pass = fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("italic", true, 10);
var ok = fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("bold", true, 5, 15);