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blainejoubert on 08/04/09


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class String text to length long add of TextField end Clipper replaceText


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Text String Clipper class

 / Published in: ActionScript 3
 
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  1. /**
  2.     Text String Clipper class
  3.     author: Blaine Joubert
  4.     version: 0.1
  5.     modified: 04/08/2009
  6.    
  7.  
  8. 	Adds a ... to the end of a text string if its too long
  9.  
  10. 	To use: Import Class then use
  11. 	var textClip:TextClipper = new TextClipper (cutOffCharLength, textFieldName, textFieldCharLength, textContent)
  12.  
  13. */
  14.  
  15. package {
  16.     import flash.display.*;
  17.     import flash.text.*;
  18.  
  19.  
  20. 	public class TextClipper extends MovieClip {
  21.  
  22. 		//--------------------------------------
  23. 		// PUBLIC VARIABLES
  24. 		//--------------------------------------
  25.  
  26. 		public var _cutOffCharLength:int
  27. 		public var _textFieldName:TextField
  28. 		public var _textFieldCharLength :int
  29. 		public var _textContent:String
  30.  
  31. 		//--------------------------------------
  32. 		// CONSTRUCTOR
  33. 		//--------------------------------------
  34.  
  35. 		public function TextClipper(cutOffCharLength:int, textFieldName:TextField, textFieldCharLength:int, textContent:String ):void {
  36.  
  37. 			_cutOffCharLength       =  cutOffCharLength;
  38. 			_textFieldName   		=  textFieldName;
  39. 			_textFieldCharLength 	=  textFieldCharLength;
  40. 			_textContent     		=  textContent;
  41.  
  42. 			Init();
  43.  
  44. 		}
  45.  
  46. 		public function Init():void {
  47.  
  48.  
  49.  
  50. 			if (_textFieldCharLength >= _cutOffCharLength) {
  51.  
  52. 					_textFieldName.replaceText(_cutOffCharLength, _textFieldCharLength, "...");
  53.  
  54. 				}else {
  55.  
  56. 					_textFieldName.text =  _textContent
  57. 			}
  58.  
  59. 		}	
  60. 	}
  61.  
  62. }

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