Проверьте этот код, у меня он работает:

Код AS3:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextFieldType;
[SWF(width="320", height="240", frameRate="24", backgroundColor="#CCCCCC")]
public class TestProject extends Sprite
{
private const MARGIN:int = 20;
private var field:TextField;
public function TestProject()
{
if (stage) init();
else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}
private function init(event:Event = null):void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
field = new TextField();
field.border = field.background = true;
field.backgroundColor = 0x222222;
field.width = stage.stageWidth - MARGIN * 2;
field.height = stage.stageHeight - MARGIN * 2;
field.x = field.y = MARGIN;
field.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("_typeWriter", 16, 0xEEEEEE);
field.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
field.text = "Введите текст";
addChild(field);
}
}
}