Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 - Manual (Page 461)

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Text object
text.autoExpand
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.autoExpand
Description
Property; a Boolean value. For static text fields, a value of
true causes the bounding width to expand to show all text.
For dynamic or input text fields, a value of true causes the bounding width and height to expand to show all text.
Example
The following example sets the
autoExpand property to a value of true :
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].autoExpand = true;
text.border
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.border
Description
Property; a Boolean value. A value of
true causes Flash to show a border around text.
Example
The following example sets the
border property to a value of true :
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].border = true;
text.description
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.description
Description
Property; a string that is equivalent to the Description field in the Accessibility panel. The description is read by the
screen reader.