# Changing font of a text window
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 3, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530 "2003-08-03T19:01:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dudeman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dudeman)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/1 "2003-08-03T19:01:23Z")
How would I dynamically change the font / size / bold of a text box? I made a script that would work, but the font/size/bolding would have to be entered first… check it out
[http://members.lycos.co.uk/dudeman26/pop](http://members.lycos.co.uk/dudeman26/pop) up test.fla
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/2 "2003-08-03T19:16:21Z")
[AS]\_root.createTextField(“myTextField”, 100, 150, 20, 150, 16);
with (myTextField) {
autosize = true;
border = true;
size = 12;
text = “This is dummy text”;
}
myformat = new TextFormat();
with (myformat) {
bold = true;
size = 14;
font = “Arial”;
}
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“btn”, 101);
with (btn) {
lineStyle(1.5, 0x666666, 100);
beginFill(0x999999, 100);
moveTo(100, 20);
lineTo(130, 20);
lineTo(130, 36);
lineTo(100, 36);
endFill();
}
btn.onPress = function() {
myTextField.setTextFormat(myformat);
};
```auto
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/3 "2003-08-04T16:20:22Z")
Theres an error w/ ‘with’ : [AS]Error: A ‘with’ action failed because the specified object did not exist.[/AS]
In my example I want it to be changed real-time by the user, so basicly they insert their font options in a little textbox, download it and try it out… thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/4 "2003-08-04T17:11:14Z")
> \*Originally posted by dudeman \*
> \*\*In my example I want it to be changed real-time by the user, so basicly they insert their font options in a little textbox, download it and try it out… thanks \*\*
What options you want?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/5 "2003-08-04T17:38:54Z")
It says inside the check button… edit inside the window and you will see.
So basicly its font/size/bolding…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/6 "2003-08-04T18:19:29Z")
here
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/7 "2003-08-04T18:26:04Z")
Ahaha thanks… smart one, I gotta hand it to you 😛
Let me just incorporate the change to take place when the check it clicked
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-font-of-a-text-window/27530/8 "2003-08-04T18:28:18Z")
welcome :thumb:
i was having trouble with the radiobutton