Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS5 - Manual (Page 483)

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Chapter 44: TextRun object
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Description
The TextRun object represents a run of characters that have attributes that match all of the properties in the
TextAttrs
object . This object is a property of the Text object ( text.textRuns ).
Property summary
In addition to the properties available for use with the Text object, the TextRun object provides the following
properties:
textRun.textAttrs
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textRun.textAttrs
Description
Property; the
TextAttrs object containing the attributes of the run of text.
Example
The following example displays the properties of the first run of characters in the selected text field in the Output panel.
var curTextAttrs = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].textRuns[0].textAttrs;
for (var prop in curTextAttrs) {
fl.trace(prop + " = " + curTextAttrs[prop]);
}
textRun.characters
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textRun.characters
Property Description
textRun.characters A string that represents the text contained in the TextRun object.
textRun.textAttrs The TextAttrs object containing the attributes of the run of text.