Flash / Flex / ActionScript/TextField/border

Creating an Outline Around a Text Field

 
package {
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  import flash.text.TextField;
  public class Main extends Sprite {
    public function Main(  ) {
      var field:TextField = new TextField(  );
      field.border = true;
        field.borderColor = 0xFF00FF;  // Make the border violet.
        addChild(field);
    }
  }
}

Displaying text with a border and background

 
package {
  import flash.display.*;
  import flash.text.*;  // Import TextField and other classes
                        // in the flash.text package
  public class Main extends Sprite {
    public function Main (  ) {
      var t:TextField = new TextField(  );  // Create TextField object
      t.text = "Hello world";             // Set text to display
      t.background = true;           // Turn on background
      t.backgroundColor = 0xCCCCCC;  // Set background color to light gray
      t.border = true;               // Turn on border
      t.borderColor = 0x333333;      // Set order color to dark gray
      addChild(t);                   // Add text field to the display list
    }
  }
}

Resizable bottom border only

 
package {
  import flash.display.*;
  import flash.text.*;
  public class HelloWorld extends Sprite {
    public function HelloWorld (  ) {
      var t:TextField = new TextField(  );
      t.text = "Hello world, how are you?";
      t.background = true;
      t.backgroundColor = 0xCCCCCC;
      t.border = true;
      t.borderColor = 0x333333;
      t.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
      t.wordWrap = true;
      addChild(t);
    }
  }
}