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// Create a TextFormat object.

var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

// Specify formatting properties for the TextFormat object:

my_fmt.font = "Arial";

my_fmt.bold = true;

my_fmt.leading = 4;

// The string of text to be displayed

var textToDisplay:String = "Macromedia Flash Player 7, now with improved text

metrics.";

// Obtain text measurement information for the string,

// wrapped at 100 pixels.

var metrics:Object = my_fmt.getTextExtent(textToDisplay, 100);

// Create a new TextField object using the metric

// information just obtained.

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 50, 50-

metrics.ascent, 100, metrics.textFieldHeight);

my_txt.wordWrap = true;

my_txt.border = true;

// Assign the text and the TextFormat object to the TextObject:

my_txt.text = textToDisplay;

my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);

TextFormat.indent

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_fmt.indent:Number

Description

Property; an integer that indicates the indentation from the left margin to the first character in

the paragraph. The default value is

null, which indicates that the property is undefined.

Example

The following example creates a text field and sets the indentation to 10.

this.createTextField("mytext",1,100,100,100,100);

mytext.multiline = true;

mytext.wordWrap = true;

mytext.border = true;

var myformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

myformat.indent = 10;

mytext.text = "this is my first test field object text";

mytext.setTextFormat(myformat);