User Guide

1204 TextArea component
TextArea.text
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).
Edition
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textAreaInstance.text
Description
Property; the text contents of a TextArea component. The default value is "" (an
empty string).
Example
The following example places a string in the text property of the my_ta TextArea instance,
and then traces that string to the Output panel.
You must first add an instance of the TextArea component to the Stage and name it
my_ta;
then add the following code to Frame 1.
/**
Requires:
- TextArea instance on Stage (instance name: my_ta)
*/
var my_ta:mx.controls.TextArea;
my_ta.text = "The Royal Nonesuch";
trace(my_ta.text); // traces "The Royal Nonesuch"