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5 Responses to Displaying a background color on a Label control in Flash

1. Geert says:

   February 16, 2009 at 2:11 am

   What’s this
   import fl.controls.Label ???

   If I use
   import mx.controls.Label;

   I get
   1178: Attempted access of inaccessible property textField through a reference with static type mx.controls:Label.

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   • Peter deHaan says:

     February 18, 2009 at 9:11 am

     Geert,

     The fl.controls.Label is the Flash Authoring/ActionScript 3.0 Label control.
     The mx.controls.Label is the Flex SDK/ActionScript 3.0 Label control.

     Peter

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2. Bruce says:

   April 8, 2009 at 12:06 pm

   try using the namespace mx_internal

   use namespace mx_internal;  // don't forget to import it
   (l.mx_internal::getTextField() as UITextField).background = true;
   (l.mx_internal::getTextField() as UITextField).backgroundColor =0xDDDDDD

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3. Chris says:

   October 8, 2009 at 4:03 pm

   thanks Peter , it helps me a lot

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4. NOOK says:

   January 16, 2011 at 3:08 pm

   Hello Peter.
   I’m a newbie in actionscript\flex, so can u hepl me with that please?
   I need to change background colour of the Label, I try to use Your script, and got an error:
   1151: Conflict in myLabel on the internal namespace

   What I do wrong?
   Thanks.

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