         var font = null;
         public var lineheight = 11;
 
-        public var colorstring:String = "#000000";
+        public var textcolor = 0;
         public var text:String = "";
 
         public var resize:Boolean = true;


            //multiline resizable fields adjust their height
            if (this.sizeToHeight) {
                this.setHeight(this.textfield.height);
            }

            //this.textfield.cacheAsBitmap = true;
        }


         * @param Number c: The color for the text -- from 0x0 (black) to 0xFFFFFF (white)
         */
        public override function setColor ( col:* ):void {
            if (col != null) {
                this.textcolor = col;
                this.__setFormat();
                this.setText( this.text );
            }
