Why isn't my TextField multiline? AS2

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Why isn't my TextField multiline? AS2
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Subject:	Why isn't my TextField multiline? AS2
Group:	Flashcoders
From:	Alistair Colling
Date:	7 May 2008

Hi there, thanks for checking this.

I'm generating a textfield from within a custom class but I can't
seem to make it multiline, I can see the border of the textfield is
the right size my text only appears on the first line and also my
carriage returns "\r" are having no effect.
I've tried a number of options for properties of the textfield but I
cant seem to get it to work.

Any suggestions thankfully received this is taking lots of time for a
simple thing!
Cheers,
Ali

Here's the code from within my class:

var oline:MovieClip = mainMC.monkey.bubble.outline
var tmpBox:MovieClip = mainMC.monkey.bubble.createEmptyMovieClip
("text_mc", 1);
var tmpField:TextField = tmpBox.createTextField("my_txt", 1,
oline._x, oline._y, oline._width, oline._height);
tmpField.selectable = false;
tmpField.border = true;
tmpField.embedFonts = true;
tmpField.type = "dynamic";
tmpField.multiline = true;
tmpField.text = Q.monkeyStr;
tmpField.setTextFormat(myM);
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