getTextExtent and HTML text

I just read that using getTextExtent to get the width and height of a dynamic text field will not take into account the html text.

Is there any work arounds for this?

I want to use HTML text but my layout will be screwed up and some text fields will be too short if there are BR tags.

a thought occured to me when I was reading this.

go through the text in the text field and take out all "<br>" and replace it with newline (its a new string constant) ie:

code:

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//ttext is the text your searching though (take the space out of the < br> below

tarray = ttext.split("< br>");

ttext = "";

for (var i = 0;i<=tarray.length-1;i++) {

	if (ttext != "") {

		ttext = ttext+newline+tarray[i];

	} else {

		ttext = tarray[i];

	}

}

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That will work for breaks, but I also need it for <a href>

I hacked it by creating a dummy text field which i set the text of, read the textHeight and textWidth, and the create a new text field based on that. with the hieght and width that i read from the dummy.

i am very dissapointed flash doesn't support getTextExtent for html text.

just a note about the above code. it appears it is the indetical funtionality to:

code:

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ttext = ttext.split("< br>").join(newline);

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I didn't do enough R&D.....

Thanx to jbum^