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Programming ActionScript 3.0 > Working with text > Displaying text > Modifying the text field contents

Modifying the text field contents

You can define dynamic text by assigning a string to the flash.text.TextField.text property. You assign a string directly to the property, as follows:

myTextField.text = "Hello World";

You can also assign the text property a value from a variable defined in your script, as in the following example:

package
{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.*;

    public class TextWithImage extends Sprite
    {
        private var myTextBox:TextField = new TextField();
        private var myText:String = "Hello World";

        public function TextWithImage()
        {
            addChild(myTextBox);
            myTextBox.text = myText;
        }
    }
}

Alternatively, you can assign the text property a value from a remote variable. You have three options for loading text values from remote sources:

• The flash.net.URLLoader and flash.net.URLRequest classes load variables for the text from a local or remote location.
• The FlashVars attribute is embedded in the HTML page hosting the SWF file and can contain values for text variables.
• The flash.net.SharedObject class manages persistent storage of values. For more information, see Storing local data.

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