Flash + Fonts: autosize textfield html fix
More fun with text. TextFieldAutoSize only appears to work when TextFields are set to MultiLine noWrap in the Text Tool properties editor, or in actionscript txt.multiline = true; txt.wordWrap =...
View ArticleFlash + Fonts: getCharBoundaries Tips, adding End Signs
One of the coolest things about Flash9 in my opinion is the increased power of the TextField, we are already seeing applications like Buzzword only really possible now, and Flash 10 promises even more...
View ArticleFlash and Fonts: Sharing Embedded Fonts with multiple swfs (...
Yet another day in the trenches debugging Embedded Fonts this time, using Embedded Font Assets in the Library, with multiple swfs that are a hierarchy like: mainSwfWithFonts.swf child.swf...
View ArticleFlash: CPU 50% 100% with TextFields FIX
Optimizing a file, just discovered TextFields can be a hidden CPU hog. It's particularly noticeable on Flash running on a Mac or on Webkit. This gives some insight into how I worked around it and might...
View ArticleFlash AS3 detect undesired line break in TextField wordWrap is true.
Flash inserts silent line breaks when you tell it wordWrap = true. Visually it's easy to see the break, but this new line is not reflected in either the htmlText or text, so how do you find it? Turns...
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