TextField  - AS3

    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;
        }
    }
}

var theTextField:TextField = new TextField();
theTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
theTextField.border = true;
theTextField.x = 10;
theTextField.y = 10;
theTextField.multiline = true;
theTextField.wordWrap = true;
addChild(theTextField);

  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();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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

    public class TextField_replaceSelectedTextExample extends Sprite {
        private var myTextField1:TextField = new TextField();
        private var myTextField2:TextField = new TextField();
        
        public function TextField_replaceSelectedTextExample() {
            myTextField1.x = 10;
            myTextField1.width = 300;
            myTextField1.height = 50; 
            myTextField1.background = true; 
            myTextField1.border = true;
            myTextField1.text = "Select the text you want to remove from the line.";
            
            myTextField2.x = 10;
            myTextField2.y = 60;
            myTextField2.width = 300;
            myTextField2.height = 50;
            myTextField2.background = true;
            myTextField2.border = true;
            myTextField2.text = "Select the text you want to replace with NEW TEXT.";
            
            myTextField1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseHandler1);
            myTextField2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseHandler2);
            
            this.addChild(myTextField1);
            this.addChild(myTextField2);
        }
        
        private function mouseHandler1(e:MouseEvent):void {
            myTextField1.replaceSelectedText("");
        }

        private function mouseHandler2(e:MouseEvent):void {
            if(myTextField2.selectionBeginIndex != myTextField2.selectionEndIndex) {
                myTextField2.replaceSelectedText("NEW TEXT");    
            }
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    
    public class TextField_replaceTextExample extends Sprite {

        public function TextField_replaceTextExample() {
            var outputText:TextField = new TextField();

            outputText.x = 10;
            outputText.y = 10;
            outputText.background = true;
            outputText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            
            outputText.appendText("This is the wrong heading");
            outputText.appendText("\n\n"); 
            outputText.appendText("This is the body of the text.");

            outputText.replaceText(0, 25, "THIS IS THE HEADING FOR EVERYONE");

            outputText.replaceText(12, 12, "CORRECT ");
            
            outputText.replaceText(27, 40, "");
            
           this.addChild(outputText);
         }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
    
    public class TextField_setSelectionExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();

        public function TextField_setSelectionExample() {
            myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            myTextField.text = "No matter where you click on this text field only the TEXT IN ALL CAPS is selected.";

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);

            this.addChild(myTextField);
        }

        private function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
            myTextField.setSelection(54, 70);
        }

        private function mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
            myTextField.setSelection(54, 70);
        }

    }
}

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

    public class TextField_setTextFormatExample extends Sprite {
        private var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
        private var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
        
        public function TextField_setTextFormatExample() {
            myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            myTextField.selectable = false;
            myTextField.background = true;
            myTextField.text = "No matter where you click on this text field only the TEXT IN ALL CAPS changes format.";

            myTextField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);

            newFormat.color = 0xFF0000;
            newFormat.size = 18;
            newFormat.underline = true;
            newFormat.italic = true;
                
            this.addChild(myTextField);
        }

        private function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
            var currentTextFormat:TextFormat = myTextField.getTextFormat(55);
            
            if(currentTextFormat.size != 18) {
                myTextField.setTextFormat(newFormat, 54, 70);
            }
            else {
                myTextField.setTextFormat(myTextField.defaultTextFormat);
            }    
        }    
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldType;
    import flash.text.TextFormat;
    import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
    import flash.events.Event;
    
    import flash.events.TextEvent;

    public class TextField_Event_changeExample extends Sprite {
        private var inputTextField:TextField = new TextField(); 
        private var headingTextField:TextField = new TextField(); 
        private var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
         
        public function TextField_Event_changeExample() {
            headingTextField.x = 10;
            headingTextField.y = 10;
            headingTextField.height = 30;
            headingTextField.width = 400;
            headingTextField.background = true;
            headingTextField.backgroundColor = 0xF5F5DC;
            headingTextField.selectable = false;
 
            inputTextField.x = 10;
            inputTextField.y = 70;
            inputTextField.height = 20;
            inputTextField.width = 230;
            inputTextField.background = true;
            inputTextField.border = true;
            inputTextField.maxChars = 40;
            inputTextField.wordWrap = true;
            inputTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;

            inputTextField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler);

            newFormat.bold = true;
            newFormat.size = 18;
            newFormat.color = 0xFF0000;
            newFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;

            headingTextField.defaultTextFormat = newFormat;

            this.addChild(inputTextField);
            this.addChild(headingTextField);
        }

        private function changeHandler(e:Event):void {
            headingTextField.text = inputTextField.text;
        }
    }
}

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.errors.IOError;
    import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
    import flash.events.TextEvent;
    import flash.media.Sound;
    import flash.media.SoundChannel;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;

    public class TextField_event_link extends Sprite
    {
        private var myMP3:Sound;
        public function TextField_event_link() {
            myMP3 = new Sound();
            var list:TextField = new TextField();
            list.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
            list.multiline = true;
            list.htmlText = "<a href=\"event:track1.mp3\">Track 1</a><br>";
            list.htmlText += "<a href=\"event:track2.mp3\">Track 2</a><br>";
            addEventListener(TextEvent.LINK, linkHandler);
            addChild(list);
        }
        
        private function playMP3(mp3:String):void {
            try {    
                myMP3.load(new URLRequest(mp3));
                myMP3.play();
            }
            catch(err:Error) {
                trace(err.message);
            }
            myMP3.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
        }
        
        private function linkHandler(linkEvent:TextEvent):void {
            playMP3(linkEvent.text);
        }
        
        private function errorHandler(errorEvent:IOErrorEvent):void {
            trace(errorEvent.text);
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.*;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.TextEvent;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    public class TextScrollExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextBox1:TextField = new TextField();
        private var myTextBox2:TextField = new TextField();
        private var myText:String = "Hello world and welcome to the show. It's really nice to meet you. Take your coat off and stay a while. OK, show is over. Hope you had fun. You can go home now. Don't forget to tip your waiter. There are mints in the bowl by the door. Thank you. Please come again.";

        public function TextScrollExample()
        {
            myTextBox1.text = myText;
            myTextBox1.width = 200;
            myTextBox1.height = 50;
            myTextBox1.multiline = true;
            myTextBox1.wordWrap = true;
            myTextBox1.background = true;
            myTextBox1.border = true;
            
            myTextBox2.x=220;
            myTextBox2.text="scrolled to line: " + myTextBox1.scrollV;

            addChild(myTextBox1);
            addChild(myTextBox2);
            myTextBox1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownScroll);
            myTextBox1.addEventListener(Event.SCROLL, scrollHandler);
        }

        public function mouseDownScroll(event:MouseEvent):void
        {
            myTextBox1.scrollV++;
        }
        public function scrollHandler(event:Event):void
        {
           myTextBox2.text="scrolled to line: " + myTextBox1.scrollV;
        }
    }
}

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.*;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.TextEvent;
    import flash.events.MouseEvent;

    public class TextInputExample extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextBox1:TextField = new TextField();
        private var myTextBox2:TextField = new TextField();

        public function TextInputExample()
        {
            myTextBox1.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
            myTextBox1.width = 200;
            myTextBox1.height = 20;
            myTextBox1.background = true;
            myTextBox1.border = true;
            
            myTextBox2.x=220;

            addChild(myTextBox1);
            addChild(myTextBox2);
            myTextBox1.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT,textInputHandler);
        }

        public function textInputHandler(event:TextEvent):void
        {
           myTextBox2.text=event.text;
        }
    }
}