Techy

hi i always wanted to play with text in flash each charecter of text and lots more.well all this was not possible with previous versions.

see below one of the best use of “getCharBoundaries” of text field.

var sptChar:Array = [".", ","];
//create a textfield with name “box_txt”
box_txt.text= “hi may name is jasmeet singh sehgal. I love scpting and playing with objects.”;

function drawBox(x,y,wd,ht,spr) {
var boxHold:Sprite = new Sprite();
boxHold.name =”boxHold”;
var sh:Shape = new Shape();
boxHold.addChild(sh);

sh.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFF00, 1);
sh.graphics.drawRect(x,y,wd,ht);
sh.graphics.endFill();
spr.addChild(boxHold);
}
var wordCount:int;
function recurFunct(stInd:int,txtField:TextField,clickSprite:Sprite,run:Boolean=true):void {

var str:String = String(txtField.text);
var stWordInd:int = stInd;

var endWordInd:int = str.indexOf(” “, stInd);
if (!run) {
endWordInd = str.length;
}
var word:String = str.substr(stWordInd, endWordInd – stWordInd);
var spcChar:Boolean = false;
for (var i in sptChar) {
if (word.lastIndexOf(sptChar[i]) > -1) {
spcChar = true;
trace(word.lastIndexOf(sptChar[i])+” :: “+ word.length +” :: “+ sptChar[i] );
}
}
var spr1:Sprite = new Sprite();

spr1.name = “BOXSprite” + wordCount;
wordCount++;

var rect1:Rectangle = txtField.getCharBoundaries(stWordInd);
var rect2:Rectangle = txtField.getCharBoundaries(endWordInd-1);
if (spcChar) {
trace(“rec 2 new”);
rect2 = txtField.getCharBoundaries(endWordInd-2);
}
//spr1.drawBox(0, 0, w, h);
trace(rect2 +”–”+ spcChar+”–”+word.substr(7,1));
drawBox(0, 0, (rect2.x + rect2.width – rect1.x), rect1.height,spr1);
spr1.x = txtField.x+rect1.x;
spr1.y = txtField.y+rect1.y;

spr1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
spr1.buttonMode = true;
clickSprite.addChild(spr1);
// trace(stWordInd +”::” + word + “::” + endWordInd + ” :: ” + (rect2.x + rect2.width – rect1.x ))
var box1:Sprite = spr1.getChildByName(“boxHold”) as Sprite;
box1.alpha = 0.5;

if (str.indexOf(” “,endWordInd+1) != -1) {
recurFunct(endWordInd+1,txtField,clickSprite);
} else if (str.indexOf(” “,endWordInd+1) == -1 && run) {
recurFunct(endWordInd + 1,txtField,clickSprite,false);
wordCount = 0;
}
}
recurFunct(0,box_txt,this);
function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
trace(e.currentTarget.name);
}