If you want to format text in field using old html tag here is simple list of possible tags:
- <a> hyperlink. Has two parameters:
- target - target window
- href - url (or event!)
- <b> - text betwen those tags will be bold
- <br> - breaks line
- <font> - describes font:
- color - color of the text. Must be in hex (with # at the begining)
- face - font name
- size - font size
- <img> allows to embed image (or swf) like in html site. Here is a list of supported properties:
- src - source of media
- width - width of rectangle where media is placed (always in px)
- height - height of rectangle where media is placed (always in px)
- align - horizontal alignment. Left or right. Specifies on which side text will flow around the image
- hspace - horizontal margin around media. By default it is 8px
- vspace - vertical margin around media. By default it is 8px
- id - identifier for embedded media. Used to controll it
- checkPolicyFile - connected to the security policy. Used with flash swf file embedded
- <i> - text between those tags will be italic.
- <li>, <ul>, <ol> - lists. ordered and dotted
- <p> - paragraph. Supports only two attributes:
- align - specifies if text block is aligned to left/right/center or justify
- class - connects with CSS class
- <span> - inline part of text that allows only one attribute:
- class - classname from CSS
- <u> - text between those tags will be underlined
Complete description in Adobe's API: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/text/TextField.html#htmlText
