Return TextField from extended TextField class

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Hi

I’m trying to return a TextField from a class and then display it on stage… but I’m having problem to get it to show up on stage?

Help appreciated!

TFCreator.as:



	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.text.*;

	public class TFCreator extends TextField
	{
		
		// TextField
		private var tf:TextField;
		
		// Properties
		private var txt:String;
		private var instancename:String;
		private var color:Number;
		private var autosize:String;
		private var multilinee:Boolean;
		private var wordwrap:Boolean;
		
		// Default TextFormat
		private var dfrmt:TextFormat;
		private var dfrmt_font:String;
		private var dfrmt_color:Number;
		private var dfrmt_size:Number;
		
		// External TextFormat
		private var efrmt:TextFormat;

		public function TFCreator(txt:String = "Text", instancename:String = "Instance", color:Number = 0x333333, autosize:String = "LEFT", multilinee:Boolean = false, wordwrap:Boolean = false, dfrmt_font:String = "Arial", dfrmt_size:Number = 11, dfrmt_color:Number = 0x333333):void
		{

			// Init Properties
			this.txt = txt;
			this.instancename = instancename;
			this.color = color;
			this.autosize = autosize;
			this.multilinee = multilinee;
			this.wordwrap = wordwrap;
			
			// Init Default Textformat
			this.dfrmt_font = dfrmt_font;
			this.dfrmt_size = dfrmt_size;
			this.dfrmt_color = dfrmt_color;
			
			// Create TextField
			createTextfield();
			
		}
		
		private function createTextfield():TextField
		{
			
			// New TextField
			this.tf = new TextField();
			
			// Set Default TextFormat
			setDefaultTextformat();
			
			// Set Properties
			this.tf.text = this.txt;
			this.tf.name = this.instancename;
			this.tf.textColor = this.color;
			setAutosize(this.autosize);
			setMultiline(this.multilinee);
			setWordwrap(this.wordwrap);
			
			trace("Textfield created");
			
			// Add TextField to Displaylist
			//addChild(this.tf);
			**return this.tf;**
			
		}

                // Getters & Setters......

         }
}

and test on timeline:



import TFCreator;

var ttxt:String = "Halloooo?";

var t1:TFCreator = new TFCreator(ttxt,"inst1",0x666666,"LEFT",false,false,"Arial",13,0x333333);
addChild(t1);
t1.x = 200;
t1.y = 300;
//t1.selectable = false;
t1.setText("Baaaaa");
trace(t1.getText());
//t1.setAutosize("CENTER");
trace(t1.getAutosize());
trace(t1);
getChildByName("inst1");

It seems to work ok it just wont show up on stage.