NAME

SWF::TextField - SWF TextField class

SYNOPSIS

	use SWF::TextField;
	$textfield = new SWF::TextField([flags]);

DESCRIPTION

Unlike SWF::Text objects, TextFields cannot be rotated, scaled non-proportionally, or skewed. However, TextFields can be used as form entries and they can use browser-defined fonts.

==head1 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)

Add $string to TextField. Text is appended to the existing text.

$textfield->align(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)