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).