package {
    
	import flash.text.engine.*;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	
	public class TabStopExample extends Sprite {
		
		public function TabStopExample():void {
			var container:Sprite = new Sprite(); 
			
			var english:ElementFormat = new ElementFormat(); 
			english.fontDescription = new FontDescription("Arial"); 
			english.fontSize = 16;
			english.locale = "en"; 
			
			var tabStops:Vector.<TabStop> = new Vector.<TabStop>();	
			tabStops.push(
				new TabStop(TabAlignment.START, 20),
				new TabStop(TabAlignment.CENTER, 120),
				new TabStop(TabAlignment.DECIMAL, 220, "."),
				new TabStop(TabAlignment.END, 320)
			); 
	
			var textBlock:TextBlock = new TextBlock();
			textBlock.content = new TextElement(
				"\tstart\tcenter\tdeci.mal\tend\n" +		
				"\tl\tl\t3.4\tl\n" +
				"\tlm\tlm\t234.56\tlm\n" +
				"\tlmn\tlmn\t12345678.34567\tlmn\n"
				, english); 
			textBlock.tabStops = tabStops;
			var y:Number = 60;
			var previousTextLine:TextLine = null; 
			var textLine:TextLine;
			var i:int;
			var tabOrigin:Number = 100;
			for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
				textLine = textBlock.createTextLine(previousTextLine, 1000, 0); 
				textLine.x = 20;
				textLine.y = y; 
				
				container.addChild(textLine); 	
				
				y += 25; 
				previousTextLine = textLine; 
			}
			addChild(container);		
		}
	}
}