# createTextField issue

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-issue/191300
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 19, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-issue/191300 "2006-06-19T14:04:46Z")
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### Author: ![budbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@budbuck](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/budbuck)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-issue/191300/1 "2006-06-19T14:04:46Z")

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I’m trying to create rows of information in Flash using createTextField in a dynamically attached movieclip. I have the autoSize property set to “center” to account for varying lengths of text. However when I try to obtain the height of the current textbox so I can set the \_y property of my next record, Flash doesn’t seem to be recognizing the autoSize property and returns the same height for each record. I added a second frame in the movieclip I’m attaching with a “trace(this.\_height)”… The correct height property is shown.

Does anyone know how I can get the height property right away after creating the textbox?