'nother concept -- biggest box

This one might seem a little weird; it's Flash-based, but it
can be  
conceptualized as director since it's not the code I'm
having a  
problem with, but the concept.

I've got a page with three columns, where each column is a
class.  
i've got a static array 'columns' that they all share and
where each  
adds 'this' to it's position.

What I want to have happen is, after each column adds it's
textfield,  
they each draw a box that is even but larger than the
largest  
textfield; ie if box 1 and 3 have short text, but col 2 has
long  
text, all three columns draw to match the text in col 2.

Here's sort of what I'm doing, which doesn't always work;
nColumns  
and boxHeight are static variables that are seen by the
class



function drawBox(tHt:Number) {
		boxHeight = getBoxTop(tHt);
		for(var i in nColumns){nColumns[i].drawThisBox()};
	}
	
function getBoxTop(tHt) {
		var trueHt = (topOffset + tHt +(2*buffer));
		trace(trueHt);
		
		if(trueHt>fakeBox.bottom &&
fakeBox.bottom<864){
			while(trueHt>fakeBox.bottom &&
fakeBox.bottom<864){
				fakeBox.bottom +=30;
				trace(fakeBox + " : bottom : " +
fakeBox.bottom);
				//var tRect = new Rectangle(0, topOffset, myWidth,
boxHeight);
				//trace("boxHeight: " + boxHeight + " 
tRect bottom: " +  
tRect.bottom);
				if(fakeBox.bottom>742){
					fakeBox.bottom = 742;
					break;
				}
			}
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