Re: FN-FORUM Scrolling text within Flash

date posted 1st May 2001 11:06

create a text box, add a couple of arrowy thangs and place actionscript on
them to alter the scroll of the text until it hits maxscroll or 0. cant
remember the exact code offhand but you get the idea.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Pinchbeck" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: "Freelancers Net" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM Scrolling text within Flash


> Hi,
> I know this is a Flash thread and there are, it seems quite a few who
would
> think oh no not another Flash site, but the client insisted and I haven't
> got a problem with Flash so long as it's used in the manner it was
intended.
> I must admit though I don't like hanging around for huge Flash sites.
That's
> why, when I started building this site, I thought it's best to utilise the
> load movie command and try to keep each movie under 30k. There's about 15
in
> all.
> Anyway the main reason for submitting is this, does anyone have a good and
> simple way of setting up scrollable text within a Flash movie.
> I used some within a movie using a dynamic text box. This is a little
crude
> I think, as you can't really apply any formatting as such to the text,
it's
> just one size, font and colour. The other thing that worried me a bit was,
> when I went to show the client what I had done so far, there was no text
> showing. Whether this was his computer I don't know, because I have tested
> it on three separate computers and it was OK. But I don't have a reason
for
> this.
> Here's a link to a basic test Flash 5 file (19KB)
> www.ez-zone.co.uk/download.htm, which is part of the whole site. Each
> technical movie is loaded under a main frame with navigation. It would be
> interesting to see whether anyone could see a better way to use the
> scrolling text. The spare area on the right will have a number of animated
> technical drawings. They wanted everything to be shown on the screen at
once
> with no scrolling in the browser, as it was intended to adapt this for a
CD
> presentation.
> Any ideas?
> Steve
> e: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> w: www.ez-zone.co.uk
>
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