package {

    import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import flash.text.engine.ContentElement;
	import flash.text.engine.TextBlock;
	import flash.text.engine.TextElement;
	import flash.text.engine.GraphicElement;
	import flash.text.engine.GroupElement;
	import flash.text.engine.TextLine;
	import flash.text.engine.ElementFormat;
	import flash.text.engine.FontDescription;
	
	public class GroupElementExample extends Sprite {
		
		public function GroupElementExample():void {
			
			var redBox:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
			redBox.graphics.beginFill(0xCC0000, 1.0);
			redBox.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 20, 20);
			redBox.graphics.endFill(); 
			
			var format:ElementFormat = new ElementFormat();
			var fontDescription:FontDescription = new FontDescription("Arial");
			format.fontSize = 16;
			format.fontDescription = fontDescription;
			
			var str1:String = "This red box is a GraphicElement ";
			var str2:String = " in the middle of two TextElements, " +
			" which together make " +
			"up a GroupElement in a TextBlock that is broken into three lines.";
			
			var textElement1:TextElement = new TextElement(str1,format);
			var graphicElement:GraphicElement = new GraphicElement(redBox,redBox.width,redBox.height, format);
			var textElement2:TextElement = new TextElement(str2, format);
			var groupVector:Vector.<ContentElement> = new Vector.<ContentElement>();
			groupVector.push(textElement1, graphicElement, textElement2);
			var groupElement = new GroupElement(groupVector);
			var textBlock:TextBlock = new TextBlock();
			textBlock.content = groupElement;
			createTextLines(textBlock);
		}
		
		private function createTextLines(textBlock:TextBlock):void 
		{
		
			var yPos = 20;
            var line_length:Number = 450;
            var textLine:TextLine = textBlock.createTextLine (null, line_length);
 
            while (textLine)
            {
                addChild(textLine);
                textLine.x = 15;
                yPos += textLine.height+8;
                textLine.y = yPos;
                textLine = textBlock.createTextLine(textLine, line_length);
            }
		}
	}	
}