User Guide

Text object 445
Description
Method; retrieves the specified range of text. If you omit the optional parameters startIndex
and
endIndex, the whole text string is returned. If you specify only startIndex, the method
returns the string starting at the index location and ending at the end of the field. If you
specify both
startIndex and endIndex, the method returns the string starts from
startIndex and goes up to, but does not include, endIndex.
Example
The following example gets the character(s) from the fifth character through the end of the
selected text field:
var myText = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].getTextString(4);
fl.trace(myText);
The following example gets the fourth through the ninth characters starting in the selected
text field:
var myText = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].getTextString(3, 9);
fl.trace(myText);
text.length
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.length
Description
Read-only property; an integer that represents the number of characters in the text object.
Example
The following example returns the number of characters in the selected text:
var textLength = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].length;
text.lineType
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.lineType