Comments on: TextField.html default in F8 different than F7

By: mleonard

mleonard — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:43:41 +0000

I have just upgraded from Flash 7 to Flash 8 and have come across both this difference and the tabIndex bug in the View class. I also have a large component library which extends the Flash V2 components so I guess thats why we have both found the same issues. If I find any more issues I’ll let you know.

By: joeflash

joeflash — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:31:35 +0000

I guess the point I was trying to make is that the html property is not the only property set by the property inspector that that gets negated when exporting to Flash 8; I’ve observed it happening with Bold and Italic settings as well. Which means that implementation of authortime textfields in Flash 8 is buggy (unless it’s a feature they never told us about?

By: Derek Vadneau

Derek Vadneau — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:18:49 +0000

Bobby666,
Sorry if I sounded like an ass. I had blinders on and missed the connection. Thanks for helping out.

By: Bobby666

Bobby666 — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:14:07 +0000

“If you create an instance of a dynamic textfield on the stage and give it a bold formatting in the property inspector, when published to flash 8 it will ignore the bold property and show the text as normal; published to flash 7 it shows up bold as it should. Which is making me a little hesitant to publish in flash 8, to be sure.”

sorry I was bit OT, I just tried to help the fella with his problem. (JoeFlash)

I’d agree that it’s a bit confusing with the change, especially when you regularly export to different FP’s.

By: Derek Vadneau

Derek Vadneau — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:30:21 +0000

“use setTextFormat on the specific textField, and all will be fine.”

No, that wouldn’t work. setTextFormat will not change the html property nor will it fix the publising to Flash Player 8 so that the DEFAULT setting is the same as Flash Player 7 and 6. You would need to set the html property to false, but that’s not the point at all.

I know how to get around the bug, but it’s still a bug.

By: Bobby666

Bobby666 — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:22:27 +0000

use setTextFormat on the specific textField, and all will be fine.

By: joeflash

joeflash — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:36:59 +0000

I’ve encountered another interesting bug related to flash 7/8 publishing of textfields. If you create an instance of a dynamic textfield on the stage and give it a bold formatting in the property inspector, when published to flash 8 it will ignore the bold property and show the text as normal; published to flash 7 it shows up bold as it should. Which is making me a little hesitant to publish in flash 8, to be sure.

Makes me wonder how many other bugs around the TextField object there are in Flash 8?