Calculating Text Width In ActionScript And Flex

Question

I\'m trying to calculate how WIDE to make my button, based on the text that it will contain, and when I try to google for how to calcuate something as simplistic as the WIDT

Answer 1

Here's a way that works also:

var tempText:Text = new Text();
tempText.regenerateStyleCache(false);
var textWidth:int = tempText.measureText(*yourstring*).width;