Dynamic Text Boxes
ok, I got a few small, nigley problems with these damn text boxes and I'm hoping someone else has experienced them and found a solution.
Problem 1: I use two seperate dynamic text boxes each formatted differently (text size and colour) that refer to the same variable from a text file. Both of them have no trouble reading the text, but sometimes the second text box adopts the formatting of the first. very annoying and I've no idea why it does this. I don't want to have to refer to another variable with exactly the same data as the first.
Problem 2: Text wrapping in dynamic text boxes....some of my dynamic text boxes have a few paragraphs of text in. Sometimes, the second or third paragraph of text doesn't wrap but disapears beyond the boundary of the box. If I zoom in and out of the movie, it will often correct itself???
Any ideas greatly appreciated.
O.
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Posted on: 06-21-2002, 07:17 AM
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