Change line-height in OpenLaszlo Flash/SWF10 Runtime

When you’re using OpenLaszlo by compiling to flash/swf10 Flash, the lineheight attribute within the text class is readonly. That’s sometimes problematic, if you getting strict specifications from your designer for create a website or GUI (graphic user interface). The designer wants that you do implement all the typographic specification that he gives you, pixel by pixel.

For this case, i’ve searched for a workaround to change the lineheight within text fields.
The result is the following class:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<library>
	<class name="lineHeightText" extends="text" multiline="true">
		
		<switch>
			<unless property="$as3">
				<method name="setLineHeight" args="newLineHeight:Number =0">
				<![CDATA[
					Debug.error("setLineHeight is not supported");
				]]>
				</method>				
			</unless>
		    <otherwise>
				<passthrough>
					import flash.text.*;
				</passthrough>
				
				<method name="setLineHeight" args="newLineHeight:Number =0, refreshHeight:Boolean =true">
				<![CDATA[
				
					// get an reference of this text
					var test = this.getDisplayObject();
					
					// set new line-height
					var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
					format.leading = newLineHeight-test.lineheight;
					
					// set line-height in the sprites
					test.lineheight = newLineHeight;
										
					// make this textfield bigger
					if(refreshHeight) this.setAttribute("height", newLineHeight*test.textfield.numLines);
					
					// set the new format
					test.textfield.setTextFormat(format);					
					test.textfield.defaultTextFormat = format;
								
				]]>
				</method>
				
			</otherwise>
		</switch>
		
	</class>
</library>

The usage is very simple:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<canvas name="lineHeight" width="100%" height="100%">
		
	<include href="./lineHeightText.lzx" />
	
	<lineHeightText fontsize="11" fgcolor="#000000" bgcolor="#abcdef" x="10" y="10" name="textarea1" width="200" selectable="true">
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	</lineHeightText>
	
	<lineHeightText fontsize="11" fgcolor="#000000" bgcolor="#abcdef" x="220" y="10" name="textarea2" width="200" selectable="true">
		<handler name="oninit">
		<![CDATA[
			this.setLineHeight(20);
		]]>
		</handler>
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	</lineHeightText>	

</canvas>

I hope this can help somebody.
If you find some errors, or have some questions or tips, write me..

Sourcecode: OpenLaszlo - LineHeight.zip (616)