Flash / Flex / ActionScript/TextField/Input Field

Formatting user input

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.text.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   public function Main(  ) {
     var boldFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(  );
     boldFormat.bold = true;
     var italicFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(  );
     italicFormat.italic = true;
     var t:TextField = new TextField(  );
     t.text = "lunchtime";
     t.setTextFormat(italicFormat, 0, 5);
     t.setTextFormat(boldFormat, 5, 9);
     t.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
     t.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, textInputListener);
     addChild(t);
   }
   private function textInputListener (e:TextEvent):void {
     var t:TextField = TextField(e.target);
     e.preventDefault(  );
     t.replaceText(t.caretIndex, t.caretIndex, e.text);
     var regularFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(  );
     regularFormat.bold   = false;
     regularFormat.italic = false;
     t.setTextFormat(regularFormat,
                     t.caretIndex,
                     t.caretIndex+e.text.length)
     var newCaretIndex:int = t.caretIndex + e.text.length;
     t.setSelection(newCaretIndex, newCaretIndex);
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Making a User Input Field

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.text.TextField;
 import flash.text.TextFieldType;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   public function Main(  ) {
     var field:TextField = new TextField(  );
     field.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
     field.border = true;
     field.background = true;
     addChild(field);
   }
 }

}

       </source>