Comments on: Restricting the number of characters a user can type into a TextInput component in Flash using ActionScript 3.0 http://actionscriptexamples.com/2008/12/22/restricting-the-number-of-characters-a-user-can-type-into-a-textinput-component-in-flash-using-actionscript-30/ A bunch of ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 examples* Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:56:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter deHaan http://actionscriptexamples.com/2008/12/22/restricting-the-number-of-characters-a-user-can-type-into-a-textinput-component-in-flash-using-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Peter deHaan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:48:25 +0000 http://actionscriptexamples.com/?p=295#comment-228 Daniel Rodriguez, As far as I know there isn't a way to make text selectable, but not cause scrolling in a text field. The <code>maxChars</code> property only applies when a user is typing content in, it doesn't apply when you set the text using ActionScript. You could try trimming the content to a certain number of characters by using the <code>substr()</code> or <code>substring()</code> methods: <pre lang="actionscript3"> ti.text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."; trace("substring():", ti.text.substring(0, ti.maxChars)); trace("substr():", ti.text.substr(0, ti.maxChars)); </pre> Peter Daniel Rodriguez,

As far as I know there isn’t a way to make text selectable, but not cause scrolling in a text field. The maxChars property only applies when a user is typing content in, it doesn’t apply when you set the text using ActionScript.
You could try trimming the content to a certain number of characters by using the substr() or substring() methods:

ti.text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
trace("substring():", ti.text.substring(0, ti.maxChars));
trace("substr():", ti.text.substr(0, ti.maxChars));

Peter

]]> By: Daniel Rodriguez http://actionscriptexamples.com/2008/12/22/restricting-the-number-of-characters-a-user-can-type-into-a-textinput-component-in-flash-using-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Daniel Rodriguez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:03:59 +0000 http://actionscriptexamples.com/?p=295#comment-227 Hi Peter, There is a way to restrict the max number of characters in a dynamic text field? I'm loading a text from a data base, but in some cases the text is larger than the Dynamic Text Field and this made the text field scrollable and I don't want that, I could make the Text Field not selectable, but I want it to be selectable. May be is property I'm missing... an scrollable property or something Thanks! Hi Peter,
There is a way to restrict the max number of characters in a dynamic text field?
I’m loading a text from a data base, but in some cases the text is larger than the Dynamic Text Field and this made the text field scrollable and I don’t want that, I could make the Text Field not selectable, but I want it to be selectable.
May be is property I’m missing… an scrollable property or something
Thanks!

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