RichTextEditor

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]" backgroundGradientColors="[#8E4343, #8E4343]">

                 <mx:Script>

        <![CDATA[

            private var richText:String = "Enter text into the <b>RichTextEditor control</b>, then click a <b><font color='#0050AA'>button</font></b> to display your text as <i>plain text</i>, or as <i>HTML-formatted</i> text.";

        ]]>

    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Style>

        .white{

            color: #ffffff;

            fontWeight: bold;

        }

    </mx:Style>

   

    <mx:RichTextEditor titleStyleName="white" id="rte" title="RichTextEditor" width="70%" height="242"

        borderAlpha="0.15" creationComplete="rte.htmlText=richText;"   x="123.5" y="10"/>

    <mx:TextArea id="rteText" width="70%" height="50"  x="123.5" y="260"/>

    <mx:HBox x="258" y="318">

        <mx:Button color="black" label="Show Plain Text" click="rteText.text=rte.text;"/>

        <mx:Button color="black" label="Show HTML Markup" click="rteText.text=rte.htmlText;"/>

    </mx:HBox>

</mx:Application>