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AS3 TextHandle Util - TextField made easy

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Very simple and basic TextHandle class, extends TextField... You can extend to fit your needs.

Basic usage:

var a:TextHandle = new TextHandle("some text");
addChild(a)

Optional params:

_size: uint ( default 22 ) - size of the textfiled

_color: uint ( default 0x000000, black ) - the color of the textfield

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  1. package {
  2.  
  3. 	import flash.text.TextField;
  4. 	import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
  5. 	import flash.text.Font;
  6. 	import flash.text.GridFitType;
  7. 	import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
  8. 	import flash.text.TextFieldType;
  9. 	import flash.text.TextFormat;
  10. 	import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
  11.  
  12. 	public class TextHandle extends TextField{
  13.  
  14. 		private var _format:TextFormat;
  15.  
  16. 		public function TextHandle(_label:String, _size:uint = 11, _color:uint = 0xFFFFFF) {
  17.  
  18. 			_format = new TextFormat();
  19. 			_format.font = "Verdana";
  20. 			_format.color = _color;
  21. 			_format.size = _size;
  22. 			_format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;
  23.  
  24. 			this.embedFonts = false;
  25. 			this.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
  26. 			this.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
  27. 			this.multiline = false;
  28. 			this.cacheAsBitmap = true;
  29. 			this.selectable = false;
  30. 			this.text = _label;
  31. 			this.defaultTextFormat = _format;
  32. 			this.setTextFormat(_format);
  33. 		}
  34.  
  35. 		public function get format():TextFormat{
  36. 			return _format;
  37. 		}
  38.  
  39. 		public function refresh():void{
  40. 			this.setTextFormat(_format);
  41. 		}
  42.  
  43. 	}//end
  44. }

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