After discovering that the font type changes on the slider change event. I tried to create a slider event manually on runtime.
It worked! but the font size did not change accordingly.
So i tried to call it assyncronously via setTimeout.
And it worked… Butifully.. erhmm

Im used to ASP.Net which is a sickening technology.
So i thought i would try to look at Flash + Flex and some other alternatives to extend my skillset.
And i think that Flash as a proven technology has an advantage over MS’s upcoming Silverlight.

I think i can make a class that hides the below hackish approach.
But..Hello Adobeee
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import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
MySlider.value = 52;
this.addChild(ta);

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;

setTimeout(function(){slydaChange(new SliderEvent(”Slider”, 0, “MySlider”, “SliderEvent”))}, 0);
MySlider.value = 33;

MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);

function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}
NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

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import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 22;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
this.addChild(ta);

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;
MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);
function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}

NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

This is better i think

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import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum skipsome..”);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 12;

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;
MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);
function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}

NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

I managed to get this working (on PC).
But… the correct font did not appear before i changed the size via the slider or the number stepper.
Can anyone explain??

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import fl.events.*;

//S1_Frame.text = “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
//ta.text = “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “;
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 12;

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;
MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);
function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}

NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

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