actionscrip3 textfield sizeing end centering - actionscript-3

Question

I am trying to get some words from xml and put them an the stage side by side in the center of the stage. I achieved this by the code below. I auto resize textfield according to text inside. But this time there comes space between words. What I accomplish is to have autoresized and adjacent words without space between them. But I could not solve the problem.
Could you please help me to solve it.
Thanks in advance
var partsWidth=100;
var wordTf = new TextField();
wordTf.name =thispart;
wordTf.text =thispart;
wordTf.width=partsWidth;
xStartPoint=stage.stageWidth / 2 - (numberOfWords * partsWidth )/2;
wordTf.height=partsHeight;
wordTf.x= xStartPoint + (index * partsWidth) ;
wordTf.y=150;
wordTf.background=true;
wordTf.backgroundColor = 0xe3e3e3;
wordTf.border = true;
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.size = 16;
myFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
wordTf.setTextFormat(myFormat);
wordTf.autoSize=TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
addChild(wordTf);

Answer 1

you are setting the width explicit with wordTf.width=partsWidth;. this will override the autosize option. I would use the following code.
var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.size = 16;
myFormat.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
for each( var thispart:String in parts )
{
var wordTf = new TextField();
wordTf.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;
wordTf.name = thispart;
wordTf.text = thispart;
wordTf.height=partsHeight;
wordTf.background=true;
wordTf.backgroundColor = 0xe3e3e3;
wordTf.border = true;
wordTf.width = wordTf.textWidth + 4;
wordTf.y=150;
wordTf.x = container.width;
container.addChild(wordTf);
}
container.x = (stage.stageWidth - container.width) / 2;
addChild(container);
add your words to a separate sprite, and after all words added, add this sprite to the stage and center it.
The line
wordTf.width = wordTf.textWidth + 4;
is the important one. After setting the text, flash can calculate the width of the text. now set this text width (+4 is a fixed padding around the text in a text field you can't modify) as width of your textfield.