package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;

    public class TextField_alwaysShowSelection extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_alwaysShowSelection() {
            var label1:TextField = createCustomTextField(0, 20, 200, 20);
            label1.text = "This text is selected.";
            label1.setSelection(0, 9);
            label1.alwaysShowSelection = true;

            var label2:TextField = createCustomTextField(0, 50, 200, 20);
            label2.text = "Drag to select some of this text.";
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x; result.y = y;
            result.width = width; result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;

    public class TextField_caretIndex extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_caretIndex() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 100);
            tf.wordWrap = true;
            tf.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            tf.text = "Click in this text field. Compare the difference between clicking without selecting versus clicking and selecting text.";
            tf.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, printCursorPosition);
        }

        private function printCursorPosition(event:MouseEvent):void {
            var tf:TextField = TextField(event.target);
            trace("caretIndex:", tf.caretIndex);
            trace("selectionBeginIndex:", tf.selectionBeginIndex);
            trace("selectionEndIndex:", tf.selectionEndIndex);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_condenseWhite extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_condenseWhite() {
            var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(0, 0, 200, 50);
            tf1.condenseWhite = false;
            tf1.htmlText = "keep    on\n\ttruckin'";
            
            var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(0, 120, 200, 50);
            tf2.condenseWhite = true;
            tf2.htmlText = "keep    on\n\ttruckin'";
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.border = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
    import flash.text.GridFitType;

    public class gridFitTypeExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function gridFitTypeExample()
        {
    var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    format1.font="Arial";
    format1.size=12;

    var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(0,0,format1,"NONE",TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT,GridFitType.NONE);
    
    var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(0,30,format1,"PIXEL",TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT,GridFitType.PIXEL);

    var tf3:TextField = createCustomTextField(300,60,format1,"SUBPIXEL",TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT,GridFitType.SUBPIXEL);

        }
        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number,y:Number,fm:TextFormat,tl:String,tfs:String,gft:String):TextField 
        {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x=x;
            result.y=y;
            result.embedFonts=true;
            result.antiAliasType=AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
            result.text="This text uses a gridFitType of " + tl;
            result.autoSize=tfs;
        result.gridFitType=gft;
            result.setTextFormat(fm);
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.StyleSheet;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_text extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_text() {
            var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 400, 22);
            tf1.htmlText = "<b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>";

            // htmlText: <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b></FONT></P>
            trace("htmlText: " + tf1.htmlText);
            // text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
            trace("text: " + tf1.text);
            
            var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 50, 400, 22);
            tf2.styleSheet = new StyleSheet();
            tf2.htmlText = "<b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>";
            // htmlText: <b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>
            trace("htmlText: " + tf2.htmlText);
            // text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
            trace("text: " + tf2.text);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

    public class selectableExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function selectableExample()
        {
    var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10);
    tf1.text="This text can be selected";
    tf1.selectable=true;

    var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 30);
    tf2.text="This text cannot be selected";
    tf2.selectable=false;
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number):TextField 
       {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;

    public class TextField_caretIndex extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_caretIndex() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 100);
            tf.wordWrap = true;
            tf.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            tf.text = "Click in this text field. Compare the difference between clicking without selecting versus clicking and selecting text.";
            tf.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, printCursorPosition);
        }

        private function printCursorPosition(event:MouseEvent):void {
            var tf:TextField = TextField(event.target);
            trace("caretIndex:", tf.caretIndex);
            trace("selectionBeginIndex:", tf.selectionBeginIndex);
            trace("selectionEndIndex:", tf.selectionEndIndex);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;

    public class TextField_caretIndex extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_caretIndex() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 100);
            tf.wordWrap = true;
            tf.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            tf.text = "Click in this text field. Compare the difference between clicking without selecting versus clicking and selecting text.";
            tf.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, printCursorPosition);
        }

        private function printCursorPosition(event:MouseEvent):void {
            var tf:TextField = TextField(event.target);
            trace("caretIndex:", tf.caretIndex);
            trace("selectionBeginIndex:", tf.selectionBeginIndex);
            trace("selectionEndIndex:", tf.selectionEndIndex);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
    import flash.text.GridFitType;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;

    public class sharpnessExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function sharpnessExample()
        {
    var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    format1.font="Arial";
    format1.size=24;
    var lTxt:String = "The quick brown fox";

    var tf1:TextField=createCustomTextField(0,lTxt,format1,-400);
    var tf2:TextField=createCustomTextField(30,lTxt,format1,0);
    var tf3:TextField=createCustomTextField(60,lTxt,format1,400);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(y:Number,fldTxt:String,format:TextFormat,fldSharpness:Number):TextField 
       {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.y=y;
            result.text=fldTxt;
            result.embedFonts=true;
            result.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            result.antiAliasType=AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
            result.gridFitType=GridFitType.PIXEL;
            result.sharpness=fldSharpness;
            result..setTextFormat(format);
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.StyleSheet;

    public class TextStylesheetExample extends Sprite {
        var myLabel:TextField = new TextField();
        var labelText:String = "Hello world.";
        var newStyle:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();

        public function TextStylesheetExample()
       {
            var styleObj:Object = new Object();
            styleObj.fontWeight = "bold";
            styleObj.color = "#660066";
            newStyle.setStyle(".defStyle", styleObj);

            myLabel.styleSheet=newStyle;
            myLabel.htmlText=labelText;
            addChild(myLabel);
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.StyleSheet;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_text extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_text() {
            var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 400, 22);
            tf1.htmlText = "<b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>";

            // htmlText: <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"><b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b></FONT></P>
            trace("htmlText: " + tf1.htmlText);
            // text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
            trace("text: " + tf1.text);
            
            var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 50, 400, 22);
            tf2.styleSheet = new StyleSheet();
            tf2.htmlText = "<b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>";
            // htmlText: <b>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</b>
            trace("htmlText: " + tf2.htmlText);
            // text: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
            trace("text: " + tf2.text);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_textColor extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_textColor() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 300);
            tf.text = "This will be red text";
            tf.textColor = 0xFF0000;            
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_textHeight extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_textHeight() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 150);
            tf.text = "Sample text";
            
            trace("textWidth: " + tf.textWidth); // textWidth: 55.75
            trace("textHeight: " + tf.textHeight); // textHeight: 13.450000000000001
            trace("width: " + tf.width); // width: 100
            trace("height: " + tf.height); // height: 150
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.border = true;
            result.background = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_textHeight extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_textHeight() {
            var tf:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 150);
            tf.text = "Sample text";
            
            trace("textWidth: " + tf.textWidth); // textWidth: 55.75
            trace("textHeight: " + tf.textHeight); // textHeight: 13.450000000000001
            trace("width: " + tf.width); // width: 100
            trace("height: " + tf.height); // height: 150
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.border = true;
            result.background = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
    import flash.text.GridFitType;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;

    public class thicknessExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function thicknessExample()
        {
    var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    format1.font="Arial";
    format1.size=24;
    var lTxt:String = "The quick brown fox";

    var tf1:TextField=createCustomTextField(0,lTxt,format1,-200);
    var tf2:TextField=createCustomTextField(30,lTxt,format1,0);
    var tf3:TextField=createCustomTextField(60,lTxt,format1,200);
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(y:Number,fldTxt:String,format:TextFormat,fldThickness:Number):TextField 
       {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.y=y;
            result.text=fldTxt;
            result.embedFonts=true;
            result.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            result.antiAliasType=AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
            result.gridFitType=GridFitType.PIXEL;
            result.thickness=fldThickness;
            result.setTextFormat(format);
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;

    public class TextField_type extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_type() {
            var tfDynamic:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 20);
            tfDynamic.type = TextFieldType.DYNAMIC;
            tfDynamic.text = "hello";

            var tfInput:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 45, 100, 20);
            tfInput.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            tfInput.text = "world";
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.background = true;
            result.border = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;

    public class useRichTextClipboard extends Sprite
    {
        public function useRichTextClipboard()
        {
    var format1:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    format1.font="Courier";
    format1.bold=true;

    var tf1:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 200, 20);
    tf1.type=TextFieldType.INPUT;
    tf1.useRichTextClipboard=true;

    var tf2:TextField = createCustomTextField(220, 10, 200, 20);
    tf2.text="1.Text loses format";
    tf2.setTextFormat(format1);
    tf2.useRichTextClipboard=false;

    var tf3:TextField = createCustomTextField(220, 50, 200, 20);
    tf3.text="2.Text includes format";
    tf3.setTextFormat(format1);
    tf3.useRichTextClipboard=true;
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField 
       {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.background = true;
            result.border = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;

    public class TextField_wordWrap extends Sprite {
        public function TextField_wordWrap() {
            var tfWrap:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 10, 100, 100);
            tfWrap.wordWrap = true;
            tfWrap.text = "(wordWrap = true):\nThis is very long text that will certainly extend beyond the width of this text field";

            var tfNoWrap:TextField = createCustomTextField(10, 150, 100, 100);
            tfNoWrap.wordWrap = false;
            tfNoWrap.text = "(wordWrap = false):\nThis is very long text that will certainly extend beyond the width of this text field";
        }

        private function createCustomTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField {
            var result:TextField = new TextField();
            result.x = x;
            result.y = y;
            result.width = width;
            result.height = height;
            result.background = true;
            result.border = true;
            addChild(result);
            return result;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
 
    public class TextField_appendTextExample extends Sprite {
         
        public function TextField_appendTextExample() {
            var outputText:TextField = new TextField();
            var today:Date = new Date();
                
            outputText.x = 10;
            outputText.y = 10;
            outputText.background = true;
            outputText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
 
            outputText.text = "WHAT TIME IS IT?" + "\n\n";
 
            if((today.day == 0) || (today.day == 6)) {
                outputText.appendText("It's the weekend.");
                outputText.appendText("\n\n");
           
            } else {
                outputText.appendText("The time is: ");
                outputText.appendText(today.toLocaleTimeString() + ".\n\n");  
            }

            outputText.appendText("Number of characters including line breaks and spaces so far: ");
            outputText.appendText(outputText.length.toString() + "\n");
            outputText.appendText("Number of lines in the outputText: ");
            outputText.appendText(outputText.numLines.toString());   

            this.addChild(outputText);
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.geom.Rectangle;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.display.Shape;

    public class TextField_getCharBoundariesExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();    
        private var spotlight:Shape = new Shape();
        
        public function TextField_getCharBoundariesExample() {
            
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10; 
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.selectable = false;
            myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            
            myTextField.text = "Selected a character from this text by clicking on it."

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
            
            this.addChild(myTextField);    
            this.addChild(spotlight);
         }

        private function clickHandler (e:MouseEvent):void {
            var index:int = myTextField.getCharIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);
 
            if (index != -1) {
                 var frame:Rectangle = myTextField.getCharBoundaries(index);

                spotlight.graphics.clear();    
                spotlight.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFF00, .35);
                spotlight.graphics.drawRect((frame.x + 10), (frame.y + 10), frame.width, frame.height);            
                spotlight.graphics.endFill();
            }
        } 
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.geom.Rectangle;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    
    public class TextField_getCharIndexAtPointExample extends Sprite {
        private var firstTextField:TextField = new TextField();    
        private var secondTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        
        public function TextField_getCharIndexAtPointExample() {

            firstTextField.x = 100;
            firstTextField.y = 100; 
            firstTextField.width = 260;
            firstTextField.height = 20;
            firstTextField.border = true;
            firstTextField.background = true;
            firstTextField.selectable = false;
            
            firstTextField.text = "Selected a character from this text by clicking on it."

            firstTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);

            this.addChild(firstTextField);    
            this.addChild(secondTextField);
         }

        private function clickHandler (e:MouseEvent):void {
            var index:int = firstTextField.getCharIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);

            if (index != -1) {
                secondTextField.x = mouseX;
                secondTextField.y =  70;
                secondTextField.border = true;
                secondTextField.selectable = false;
                secondTextField.background = true;
                secondTextField.textColor = 0xFF0000;
                secondTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
                secondTextField.text = firstTextField.text.charAt(index);    
            }
        } 
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
    import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;

    public class TextField_getFirstCharInParagraphExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var originalFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        private var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); 
        
        public function TextField_getFirstCharInParagraphExample() {
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10; 
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.wordWrap = true;
            myTextField.width = 300;
            myTextField.height = 300; 
            myTextField.background = true;
             
            myTextField.appendText("The TextField class is used to create display objects for "
                        + "text display and input. All dynamic and input text fields in a SWF file " 
                        + "are instances of the TextField class. You can use the TextField class "
                        + "to perform low-level text rendering. However, in Flex, you typically use "
                        + "the Label, Text, TextArea, and TextInput controls to process text. "  
                        + "You can give a text field an instance name in the Property inspector "
                        + "and use the methods and properties of the TextField class to manipulate it with ActionScript. "
                        + "TextField instance names are displayed in the Movie Explorer and in the Insert "
                        + "Target Path dialog box in the Actions panel.\n\n"  
                        + "To create a text field dynamically, use the TextField constructor.\n\n"
                        + "The methods of the TextField class let you set, select, and manipulate "  
                        + "text in a dynamic or input text field that you create during authoring or at runtime.\n\n");

            originalFormat = myTextField.getTextFormat(0);

            newFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.RIGHT;

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
  
            this.addChild(myTextField);
        }

        private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
            var clickIndex:int = myTextField.getCharIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);
                  
            if(clickIndex != -1) {
                var paragraphFirstIndex:int = myTextField.getFirstCharInParagraph(clickIndex);
                var paragraphEndIndex:int = paragraphFirstIndex + ((myTextField.getParagraphLength(clickIndex) - 1));
            
                if (myTextField.getTextFormat(paragraphFirstIndex).align == originalFormat.align) {
                     myTextField.setTextFormat(newFormat, paragraphFirstIndex, paragraphEndIndex);
                }else {
                     myTextField.setTextFormat(originalFormat, paragraphFirstIndex, paragraphEndIndex);
                }
            } 
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.display.DisplayObject;
    
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    
    public class TextField_getImageReferenceExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        
        public function TextField_getImageReferenceExample()
        {
            var myText1:String = "<p>Here is an image we want to mainpulate: <img src='image.jpg' id='testimage'></p>";

            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.width = 250;
            myTextField.height = 250;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.multiline = true;

            myTextField.htmlText = myText1;
            
            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
            
            this.addChild(myTextField);
        }
 
        private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
            var imageRef:DisplayObject = myTextField.getImageReference("testimage");
 
            imageRef.rotation += 90;
            imageRef.x = 125;
            imageRef.y = 125;
            imageRef.alpha = 0.25;      
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

    public class TextField_getLineIndexAtPointExample extends Sprite {
        private var poem:TextField = new TextField();
        private var poemCopy:TextField = new TextField();
        
        public function TextField_getLineIndexAtPointExample() {
            poem.border = true;
            poem.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            poem.x = 10;
            poem.wordWrap = false;

            poemCopy.height = 250;
            poemCopy.width = 270;
            poemCopy.y = 230;
            poemCopy.x = 10;
            poemCopy.background = true;
            poemCopy.border = true;
            poemCopy.wordWrap = false;
            
            poem.appendText("Let me not to the marriage of true minds\n"
                              + "Admit impediments. love is not love\n"
                              + "Which alters when it alteration finds\n"
                              + "Or bends with the remover to remove:\n"
                              + "O no! it is an ever-fixed mark\n" 
                              + "That looks on tempests and is never shaken;\n"
                              + "It is the star to every wandering bark,\n"
                              + "Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.\n"
                              + "Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks\n"
                              + "Within his bending sickle's compass come:\n"
                              + "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,\n"
                              + "But bears it out even to the edge of doom.\n"
                              + "If this be error and upon me proved,\n"
                              + "I never writ, nor no man ever loved.");

           poem.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); 

           this.addChild(poem); 
           this.addChild(poemCopy);
        }
    
        private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
                var index:int = poem.getLineIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);
                var s:String;

                s = poem.getLineText(index);
                poemCopy.appendText(s + "\n");
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

    public class TextField_getLineIndexOfCharExample extends Sprite 
    {
        public function TextField_getLineIndexOfCharExample()
        {
            var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
            
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.width = 200;
            myTextField.background = true;  
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.wordWrap = true;
            myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

            myTextField.appendText("The TextField class is used to create display objects for "
                + "text display and input. All dynamic and input text fields in a SWF file" 
                + "are instances of the TextField class. You can use the TextField class "
                + "to perform low-level text rendering. However, in Flex, you typically use "
                + "the Label, Text, TextArea, and TextInput controls to process text. "  
                + "You can give a text field an instance name in the Property inspector "
                + "and use the methods and properties of the TextField class to manipulate it with ActionScript. "
                + "TextField instance names are displayed in the Movie Explorer and in the Insert "
                + "Target Path dialog box in the Actions panel.\n\n");

            var index:int = myTextField.getLineIndexOfChar(100);
            myTextField.appendText("100th character is in line: " +  (index + 1) + "\n");
            index = myTextField.getLineIndexOfChar(500);
            myTextField.appendText("500th character is in line: " + (index + 1));

            this.addChild(myTextField);
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    public class TextField_getLineLengthExample extends Sprite {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var countLines:TextField = new TextField();  

        public function TextField_getLineLengthExample() {
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.width = 350;
            myTextField.height = 150;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            
            myTextField.appendText("Click on the lines to count its number of characters:\n\n");
            myTextField.appendText("This is a short line.\n");
            myTextField.appendText("This is a longer line than the last line.\n\n");
            myTextField.appendText("This one is even longer than the one before. It has two sentences.\n");

            this.addChild(myTextField);

            countLines.border = true;
            countLines.x = 10;
            countLines.y = 180;
            countLines.height = 30;
            countLines.width = 200;
            countLines.background = true;
            countLines.selectable = false;

           this.addChild(countLines);    

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
        }

        private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
            var index:int = myTextField.getLineIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);
        
            if (index != -1) {
            var lenght:int = myTextField.getLineLength(index);

            countLines.text = "Number of characters in the line is: " + lenght.toString();
            }
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextLineMetrics;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.text.AntiAliasType;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
 
    public class TextField_getLineMetricsExample extends Sprite {

        public function TextField_getLineMetricsExample() {
            var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
            var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); 

            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.wordWrap = false;
            myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            
            myTextField.appendText("A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;\n");
            myTextField.appendText("How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.\n\n");

            newFormat.size = 14;
            newFormat.font = "Arial";
            newFormat.italic = true;
            myTextField.setTextFormat(newFormat, 67, 139);
               
            var metrics1:TextLineMetrics = myTextField.getLineMetrics(0);
             
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics ascent for the line 1 is: " + metrics1.ascent.toString() + "\n");
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics descent is: " + metrics1.descent.toString() + "\n");
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics height is: " + metrics1.height.toString() + "\n"); 
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics width is: " + metrics1.width.toString() + "\n\n");

            var metrics2:TextLineMetrics = myTextField.getLineMetrics(1);
             
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics ascent for the line 2 is: " + metrics2.ascent.toString() + "\n");
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics descent is: " + metrics2.descent.toString() + "\n");
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics height is: " + metrics2.height.toString() + "\n"); 
            myTextField.appendText("Metrics width is: " + metrics2.width.toString() + "\n");

            addChild(myTextField);
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    public class TextField_getLineOffsetExample extends Sprite {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var countField:TextField = new TextField();
        
        public function TextField_getLineOffsetExample() {
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.width = 150;
            myTextField.height = 300;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.wordWrap = true;

            countField.height = 20;
            countField.width = 200;
            countField.x = 10;
            countField.y = 320;
            countField.selectable = false;
            
            myTextField.appendText("The TextField class is used to create display objects for "
                        + "text display and input. All dynamic and input text fields in a SWF file " 
                        + "are instances of the TextField class. You can use the TextField class "
                        + "to perform low-level text rendering. However, in Flex, you typically use "
                        + "the Label, Text, TextArea, and TextInput controls to process text. "  
                        + "You can give a text field an instance name in the Property inspector "
                        + "and use the methods and properties of the TextField class to manipulate it with ActionScript.");

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
        
            this.addChild(myTextField);
            this.addChild(countField);
        }
    
            private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
                var c:String;
                var index:int;
                
                index = myTextField.getLineOffset(3);
                c = myTextField.text.charAt(index);
                countField.text = "The first character of line 4 is: " + c;
            }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;
 
    public class TextField_getLineTextExample extends Sprite {
           
        public function TextField_getLineTextExample() {
           var poem:TextField = new TextField();
           var lineResult:String = ""; 
           var pattern:RegExp = /love/i;

            poem.x = 10;
            poem.y = 10;
            poem.background = true;
            poem.wordWrap = false;
            poem.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            
            poem.text = "Let me not to the marriage of true minds\n"
                              + "Admit impediments. love is not love\n"
                              + "Which alters when it alteration finds\n"
                              + "Or bends with the remover to remove:\n"
                              + "O no! it is an ever-fixed mark\n" 
                              + "That looks on tempests and is never shaken;\n"
                              + "It is the star to every wandering bark,\n"
                              + "Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.\n"
                              + "Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks\n"
                              + "Within his bending sickle's compass come:\n"
                              + "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,\n"
                              + "But bears it out even to the edge of doom.\n"
                              + "If this be error and upon me proved,\n"
                              + "I never writ, nor no man ever loved.\n\n";

            for (var i:int = 0; i < poem.numLines; i++) {

                var s:String = poem.getLineText(i);
                        
                if(s.search(pattern) != -1) {
                    lineResult += (i + 1) + " ";
                }
            }

            poem.appendText("Love was found in lines: " + lineResult);
             
            this.addChild(poem);                      
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    public class TextField_getParagraphLengthExample extends Sprite {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var countField:TextField = new TextField();

        public function TextField_getParagraphLengthExample() {
            myTextField.x = 10;
            myTextField.y = 10;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.border = true;
            myTextField.wordWrap = true;
            myTextField.width = 300;
            myTextField.height = 280;
            
            myTextField.appendText("The TextField class is used to create display objects for "
                        + "text display and input. All dynamic and input text fields in a SWF file" 
                        + "are instances of the TextField class. You can use the TextField class "
                        + "to perform low-level text rendering. However, in Flex, you typically use "
                        + "the Label, Text, TextArea, and TextInput controls to process text. "  
                        + "You can give a text field an instance name in the Property inspector "
                        + "and use the methods and properties of the TextField class to manipulate it with ActionScript. "
                        + "TextField instance names are displayed in the Movie Explorer and in the Insert "
                        + "Target Path dialog box in the Actions panel.\n\n"  
                        + "To create a text field dynamically, use the TextField() constructor.\n\n"
                        + "The methods of the TextField class let you set, select, and manipulate "  
                        + "text in a dynamic or input text field that you create during authoring or at runtime.");

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
            
            countField.x = 10;
            countField.y = 300;
            countField.height = 50;
            countField.width = 250;
            countField.background = true;
            countField.selectable = false;

            this.addChild(myTextField);
            this.addChild(countField);
        }

        private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
            var index:int = myTextField.getCharIndexAtPoint(e.localX, e.localY);
            
            if(index != -1) {
                var beginParag:int = myTextField.getFirstCharInParagraph(index);
                var paragLength:int = myTextField.getParagraphLength(index);
                var endParag:int = beginParag + paragLength;
                var sCount:uint = 0;

                for (var i:int = beginParag; i <= endParag; i++) {
                    if ((myTextField.text.charAt(i) == "s") || (myTextField.text.charAt(i) == "S")) {
                        sCount++; 
                    }

                countField.text = "Paragraph length is: " + paragLength.toString() + "\n" 
                        + "Number of 's' characters in the paragraph: " + sCount.toString();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}