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Description
Method; sets the specified Element property on selected object(s) in the document. This
method does nothing if there is no selection.
Example
The following example sets the width of all selected objects to 100 and the height to 50:
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("width", 100);
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementProperty("height", 50);
document.setElementTextAttr()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.setElementTextAttr( attrName, attrValue [, startIndex [,
endIndex]] )
Parameters
attrName A string that specifies the name of the TextAttrs property to change.
attrValue The value to which to set the TextAttrs property. For a list of property names
and expected values, see “Property summary for the TextAttrs object” on page 456.
startIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the first character that is affected.
This parameter is optional.
endIndex An integer value that specifies the index of the last character that is affected. This
parameter is optional.
Returns
A Boolean value: true if at least one text attribute property is changed; false otherwise.
Description
Method; sets the specified textAttrs property of the selected text items to the specified
value. For a list of property names and allowable values, see “Property summary for the
TextAttrs object” on page 456. If the optional parameters are not passed, the method sets the
style of the currently selected text range, or the whole text field if no text is selected. If only
startIndex is passed, the method sets that character’s attributes. If startIndex and
endIndex are passed, the method sets the attributes on the characters starting from
startIndex up to, but not including, endIndex. If paragraph styles are specified, all the
paragraphs that fall within the range are affected.