Here is an example, in Java, showing how to use Transform to generate a flash file that displays a text field. For more examples, detailed information on Flash concepts and How-Tos take a look at the Cookbook available on the Flagstone web site.
int uid = 1; int layer = 1; final String str = "The quick, brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." final Color color = WebPalette.BLACK.color(); final String fontName = "Arial"; final int fontSize = 24; final int fontStyle = java.awt.Font.PLAIN; // Load the AWT font. final AWTDecoder fontDecoder = new AWTDecoder(); fontDecoder.read(new java.awt.Font(fontName, fontStyle, fontSize)); final Font font = fontDecoder.getFonts().get(0); // Create a table of the characters displayed. final CharacterSet set = new CharacterSet(); set.add(str); // Define the font containing only the characters displayed. DefineFont2 fontDef = font.defineFont(uid++, set.getCharacters()); // Generate the text field used for the button text. final TextTable textGenerator = new TextTable(fontDef, fontSize * 20); DefineText2 text = textGenerator.defineText(uid++, str, color); // Set the screen size to match the text with padding so the // text does not touch the edge of the screen. int padding = 1000; int screenWidth = text.getBounds().getWidth() + padding; int screenHeight = text.getBounds().getHeight() + padding; // Position the text in the center of the screen. final int xpos = padding / 2; final int ypos = screenHeight / 2; MovieHeader header = new MovieHeader(); header.setFrameRate(1.0f); header.setFrameSize(new Bounds(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight)); // Add all the objects together to create the movie. Movie movie = new Movie(); movie.add(header); movie.add(new Background(WebPalette.LIGHT_BLUE.color())); movie.add(fontDef); movie.add(text); movie.add(Place2.show(text.getIdentifier(), layer++, xpos, ypos)); movie.add(ShowFrame.getInstance()); movie.encodeToFile("example.swf");