User Guide

1258 ActionScript classes
Example
The following example illustrates how you can return the number of characters in a specified
TextSnapshot object. To use this code, place a static text field that contains the text
"TextSnapshot Example" on the Stage.
var my_mc:MovieClip = this;
var my_snap:TextSnapshot = my_mc.getTextSnapshot();
var count:Number = my_snap.getCount();
var theText:String = my_snap.getText(0, count, false);
trace(count); // 20
trace(theText); // TextSnapshot Example
See also
getCount (TextSnapshot.getCount method), getSelectedText
(TextSnapshot.getSelectedText method)
getTextRunInfo (TextSnapshot.getTextRunInfo
method)
public getTextRunInfo(beginIndex:Number, endIndex:Number) : Array
Returns an array of objects that contains information about a run of text. Each object
corresponds to one character in the range of characters specified by the two method
parameters.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 7 - The SWF file must be published for Flash
Player 6 or later, and must be played in Flash Player 7r19 or later.
Parameters
beginIndex:Number - The index value of the first character in the range of characters.
endIndex:Number - The index value of the last character in the range of characters.
NOTE
Using the getTextRunInfo() method for a large range of text can return a large object.
Macromedia recommends limiting the text range defined by the
beginIndex and endIndex
parameters.