SWF::TextField(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation SWF::TextField(3)NAME
SWF::TextField - SWF TextField class
SYNOPSIS
use SWF::TextField;
$textfield = new SWF::TextField([$flags]);
DESCRIPTION
Unlike SWF::Text objects, TextFields cannot be rotated, scaled non-
proportionally, or skewed. However, TextFields can be used as form
entries and they can use browser-defined fonts.
NOTES:
TextField is implemented into Flash since Flash3.
Most of features for TextFields are available since Flash4.
Simple HTML-tags in TextField are possible since Flash5.
METHODS
new SWF::TextField([$flags]);
Creates a TextField object whose behaviour is dictated by "flags"
(see also SWF::Constants):
SWFTEXTFIELD_NOEDIT: Non-editable Textfiled
SWFTEXTFIELD_PASSWORD: Obscure user input with astricts.
SWFTEXTFIELD_DRAWBOX: Draw a border around TextField
SWFTEXTFIELD_MULTILINE: TextFiels may contain multiple lines
SWFTEXTFIELD_WORDWRAP: Warp text when text reaches TextField border
SWFTEXTFIELD_NOSELECT: TextField is not selected when user clicks on it
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_LEFT: Align text to the left
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_RIGHT: Align text to the right
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_CENTER: Align text to the center
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_JUSTIFY: Justify text
SWFTEXTFIELD_HTML: Add HTML markup string
SWFTEXTFIELD_HASLENGTH:
SWFTEXTFIELD_USEFONT: Want to embed font
SWFTEXTFIELD_AUTOSIZE:
Flags may be combined with the bitwise OR operation. For example:
my $t = new SWF::TextField(SWFTEXTFIELD_MULTILINE | SWFTEXTFIELD_WORDWRAP);
$textfield->addString($string)
$textfield->addUTF8String($UTF8string)
Add $string to TextField. Text is appended to the existing text.
$textfield->align($alignment)
$textfield->setAlignment($alignment)
Set the alignment of the text in the textfield. Possible values are
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_LEFT
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_RIGHT
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_CENTER
SWFTEXTFIELD_ALIGN_JUSTIFY
By default a SWF::TextField ist left aligned.
$textfield->setBounds($width, $height)
Sets the width and height of the textfield.
$textfield->setColor($red, $green, $blue [, $alpha])
Set the color of the text. An 8 bit value for each parameter. You
can use the hex or decimal notation. Even mixed.
$tf->setColor(0xcc,0,0x33);
$tf->setColor(204,0,51,255);
$textfield->setFont($font)
Sets an SWF::Font object -$font- to be used in the TextField.
$textfield->setPadding($padding)
Set TextField padding.
$textfield->setHeight($height)
Set the height of font in your textfield.
$textfield->setIndentation($indentation)
Set the indentation of the first line of a paragraph.
$textfield->setLeftMargin($left)
Sets the left margin of the textfield.
$textfield->setRightMargin($right)
Sets the right margin of the textfield.
$textfield->setMargins($left, $right)
Sets left and right margins of $textfield.
$textfield->setLineSpacing($linespacing)
Sets the space between lines.
$textfield->setName($name)
$textfield->setVariableName($name)
Assigns a name to the TextField which could be used to reference
the TextField within ActionScript.
$textfield->addChars($string)
$textfield->addUTF8Chars($UTF8string)
Adds characters to a font that will be available within a
textfield.
$textfield->setFlags($flags)
Set TextField behaviour by "flags" (see above new SWF::TextField)
For example:
$textfield->setFlags(SWFTEXTFIELD_PASSWORD);
$textfield->setLength($length)
Sets limit for user input size to $length.
$textfield->setFieldHeight($height)
Sets height limit for visible part of text field. If $height is set
to 0, the height is calculated by used font, see setHeight()
method.
AUTHOR
Soheil Seyfaie (soheil at users.sourceforge.net).
SEE ALSO
SWF, SWF::Action, SWF::Button, SWF::Constants, SWF::DisplayItem,
SWF::Font, SWF::Movie, SWF::MovieCip, SWF::Text
perl v5.14.2 2010-10-10 SWF::TextField(3)
