Text format and HTML code (TextField vs TextArea)

[GrEnDeL]

I have used a TextField and formated the text inside with setTextFormat, but when I watch the htmlText field I see no html tags. But if I use the TextArea component I can see the html code in the text field but I cannot format the text with setTextFormat.

I need to format the text (like a rich edit component with bold, italic, underline buttons, etc) and send the html code result (a XML post, for example).

How can I give format to a TextArea? Why I cannot see the html tags in the htmlText field of TextField? Ideas? Thanks!

[Cerulean]

The first time that you set the text format you need to use setNexTextFormat() instead of setTextFormat(). After you first declare it this way, you can then use setTextFormat() from there on out.