genericTextField(inputAddressTextField, 50 , 4, 200 , 20 , true, 0xcc0000 , true, 0xcc99ff , true , 0xffffff); 

//obj,x,y,width,height,bg,bgColor,border,borderColor,selectable,textColor

//NOTE: just use 0 (zero) for bg and border color if false, and for sizes if autosizing

inputAddressTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT; //any specifics

header.addChild(inputAddressTextField);

formatTextStyle(inputAddressTextField , 14)

private function genericTextField(whichField:TextField , xpos:Number, ypos:Number , fieldWidth:Number , fieldHeight:Number , bgBool:Boolean, bgColor:uint , borderBool:Boolean , borderColor:uint , selectableBool:Boolean , txtColor:uint){

whichField.x = xpos

whichField.y = ypos;

whichField.width = fieldWidth;

whichField.height = fieldHeight;

whichField.background = bgBool;

whichField.backgroundColor = bgColor;

whichField.border = borderBool;

whichField.borderColor = borderColor;

whichField.selectable = selectableBool;

whichField.textColor = txtColor;

}//genericTextField

private function formatTextStyle(whichField:TextField , txtSize:Number):void{ //Set the stylesheet property before setting the content.

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); //should have separate formatting function

format.size = txtSize;

format.font = “_sans”;

format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;

whichField.defaultTextFormat = format;

}//addStyleSheet