import fl.controls.*;//text area component

import flash.net.*;

import flash.text.*;

Load html text into TextArea component:

private function loadCaseOverviewText():void {

var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeTextLoadHandler);

urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;

urlLdr.load(new URLRequest(“text_assets/advertising_overview.html”));

}//loadCaseOverviewText

private function completeTextLoadHandler(event:Event):void {

var str:String = event.target.data as String;

textAreaCMP.htmlText = str;

}//completeTextLoadHandler

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Position scrollbar back at top of TextArea component when new content is loaded or a new section is navigated to using:

textAreaCMP.verticalScrollPosition = 1;

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Set padding in TextArea component:

textAreaCMP.setStyle(“textPadding” , 10);

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Disable carat (bar) cursor from showing when rolling over textArea component:

textAreaCMP.drawFocus (false);

if(textCaption != null){

removeChild(textCaption);

}//remove if it exists

textCaption = new TextField();

var font:Verdana = new Verdana(); //linkage name in library

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

format.font = font.fontName;

format.color = textColorVar;

format.size = infoFontSize;

format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;

textCaption.x = thumbnailWidth + textBorder; 

textCaption.y = imageHeight + headingHeight;

textCaption.width = stage.stageWidth – thumbnailWidth;

textCaption.height =  200; //don’t need height if autosize single or multiline text

textCaption.multiline = true;

textCaption.wordWrap = true;//must be set else cuts off

//textCaption.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

textCaption.antiAliasType = flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;

textCaption.selectable = false;

textCaption.embedFonts = true;

addChild(textCaption);

textCaption.defaultTextFormat = format;

textCaption.text = imageCaptionArray[tempCounter];

}//addTextCaption

NOTES:

To autosize height do not specify a height but must include autosize:

textCaption.wordWrap = true;

textCaption.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

textCaption.x =  textBoxXPos; 

textCaption.y = textBoxYPos;

textCaption.width = stageWide – textBoxXPos;

//textCaption.height =  stageHigh – textBoxYPos;//not allowed with autoSize
For width autosize leave out width obviously.