getBounds() - Does it work with textfields?

programming flash
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I’m trying to get the height of the (external) text in textfields to display them veritcally on top of eachother with a space in between

at the moment I am adding the textfields with predefined heights, so if item1 is 2 lines and item2 is 4 lines then there is a lot of space between item1 and item2

any suggestions?

ActionScript Code:
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]**var**[/COLOR] my_tf = [COLOR=#000000]**new**[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]TextField[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

my_tf.[COLOR=#0000FF]text[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#FF0000]“Hello”[/COLOR];
my_tf.[COLOR=#000080]appendText[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]" world!"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];[COLOR=#808080]*// my_tf.text == “Hello world!” *[/COLOR]
my_tf.[COLOR=#000080]x[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#000080]100[/COLOR];
addChildCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR];

addChild[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]createRectShape[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]my_tf.[COLOR=#0000FF]getBounds[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR], 0xFF0000[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

[COLOR=#000000]function[/COLOR] createRectShape[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]rect:Rectangle, [COLOR=#0000FF]color[/COLOR]:uint[COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]:Shape [COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000]var[/COLOR] rectShape:Shape = [COLOR=#000000]new[/COLOR] ShapeCOLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
rectShape.[COLOR=#000080]graphics[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]lineStyle[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=#0000FF]color[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
rectShape.[COLOR=#000080]graphics[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]drawRect[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]rect.[COLOR=#0000FF]left[/COLOR], rect.[COLOR=#000080]top[/COLOR], rect.[COLOR=#0000FF]width[/COLOR], rect.[COLOR=#0000FF]height[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#0000FF]return[/COLOR] rectShape;
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]
[/LEFT]