ActionScript Warning #3551

AS3

Error:

3551

ActionScript Warning: 3551: Appending text to a TextField using += is many times slower than using the TextField.appendText() method.

ActionScript Error Description:

I love this ActionScript Warning. This is not technically an ActionScript Error instead it is a warning that helps you code better. It is very clear and easily deciphered. This states that you should not use the old way to add text to a text field but rather use the new TextField.appendText() method. This improves performance dramatically and will prevent the user from getting the 15 sec. timeout. (Error #1502: A script has executed for longer than the default timeout period of 15 seconds.)

Fix:

Use TextField.appendText() instead of +=.

Bad Code:

var something:String = "Happy ";

var somethingElse:String = "Birthday";

myTF_txt.text = something;

myTF_txt.text += somethingElse;

Good Code:

var something:String = "Happy ";

var somethingElse:String = "Birthday";

myTF_txt.text = something;

myTF_txt.appendText(somethingElse);