User Guide

Document object 71
document.addNewText()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.addNewText( boundingRectangle )
Parameters
boundingRectangle
Specifies the size and location of the text field by providing locations in
pixels for
left, top, right, and bottom. The method applies the current text attributes. It
should be followed by calling
setTextString() to populate the new text box.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; inserts a new empty text field. See document.setTextString().
Example
The following example creates a new text field in the upper left corner of the Stage and then sets
the text string to
"Hello World":
fl.getDocumentDOM().addNewText({left:0, top:0, right:100, bottom:100});
fl.getDocumentDOM().setTextString('Hello World!');
document.align()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.align( alignmode [, bUseDocumentBounds ] )
Parameters
alignmode
A string that specifies how to align the selection. Valid values for alignmode are
"left", "right", "top", "bottom", "vertical center", and "horizontal center".
bUseDocumentBounds A Boolean value that, if set to true, causes the method to align to the
bounds of the document. Otherwise, the method uses the bounds of the selected objects. The
default is
false. This parameter is optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; aligns the selection. See document.distribute(),
document.setAlignToDocument(), and document.getAlignToDocument().