Flash :: Dynamic Text In Buttons

Dynamic Text For Multiple Buttons W/ Scroll Buttons/bar
HELP! I know a similar question to this has appeared multiple times before, but here is my situation:

i have four buttons, each of which will load a a separate text file into a dynamic text field (ie: button A to textfield 1, button B to textfield 1).

The other trick is, this also has a custom scroll bar. (I would rather just use an up and down arrow, but if i have to use a bar as well, I will not be too distraught.)

Is there a way that I can have all the text files loads in a dynamic text field PLUS have a scroll bar to aid with scrolling.

Any help would be greatly appriciated. I have been trying to figure this out for about a week now, and am still no where.

peter /slqu.net

ps: i am a designer, and for some reason, programming, even of the most simple nature, still eludes me. so please take pity me

XML Loading, Dynamic Buttons, Dynamic Text Fields...
My last thread kind of died, I guess, so here's another one that I hope will get me some help; it has an updated FLA attached and what I think to be some better descriptions of my problems... I know I'm totally indebted to whomever will help, but this is an emergency and I need some timely advice.

so here's the FLA, XML, and some sample images: kirupaTest2.zip

1. I pretty much have the enlarged pictures loading I guess, which was my major problem before, but it doesn't matter because I can't get the code to "know" which of the dynamic thumbnails has been clicked (by "know", I mean return an index value, say 0 through 7 if there are 8 projects, that I can use to access that particular project in the array of 8 projects in the rest of the code)... So if the third movieclip thumbnail were clicked, I'd like "2" to come up somehow... I've tried this code, which is kind of lame, I know, based off of the idea of each of the thumbnail movieclips' names ending in their index number:

ActionScript Code:
//"this" is the button that was pressed; would return a string ending in//thumberMC_<number of whichever movieclip thumb was clicked>var: testString:String = this; //storing how many characters are in the string above...var: stringNumb:Number = testString.length;//using that value to take off the last string (hopefully the number)var: finalString = testString.charAt(stringNumb);

And that didn't work. (The code above was entered around line 71 in the layer "actions"; it's gone now)

2. An even bigger problem is I have some containers being drawn dynamically from height and width values pulled from an XML file. When I test the code that creates the objects using hard-coded values, it works fine; say if I put 481 in for the width and 375 for the height. But if I try to do it (sort of) dynamically like:

ActionScript Code:
var picHeight:Number = projects[5].bigPics[0].picHeightvar picWidth:Number = projects[5].bigPics[0].picWidth

it gets all screwed up; please try it for yourself in the supplied FLA. It's hard to describe what goes wrong; some things are drawn, and others aren't. I think it's because the objects are trying to draw before they have the data to draw with. This can be seen at lines 129 and 130.

3. Lastly, there's a dynamic textfield I'm trying to create that never shows up for some reason. Again, you could see in the FLA (in the "createDrawer" function around line 424).

If I can clarify, please let me know.

Using Buttons To Change The Text File A Dynamic Text Field Loads?
I have a text field that loads text from a text document which works great for the news section of my site. However, is there a way I can keep that same text field and change it's content based on what button is pressed? For instance, if someone is viewing the "news" section of my site, and then they click on the "links" button, can I unload news.txt and load links.txt into that text field?

[F8]Buttons, Buttons, Buttons Dynamic Text?
Hi

I've got a set buttons that are different instances of the same mc. I'd like to make labels for each button but I don't want to have to duplicate all the buttons in the library and add the labels separately.

I think I need to to this with Dynamic text but that as far as I've got with the searches I've done on Google.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Grr.. Text Buttons Using Dynamic Text Not Working
I studied this one tute, gaa I'm sorry but I can't recall who's. His suggestion for fuzzy text was to convert to dynamic (non selectable, single line, non-html). So I took the advice and presto! the text is crisp and clean and not too shabby looking. BUT...

Even though all the buttons were created exactly the same only some want to function as buttons. The ones that don't work
(a) won't function as a button period
(b) will flash the "hit" box again again as if it was a movie clip even though its not
(c) repeatedly play the sound clip to be used for the button

Also I had to switch from Verndana to Tahoma because it was cutting off the last letters of the text in the movie. (I dunno if thats relevent but still..)

I'm so annoyed! Then again.. when am I not when I'm fighting with my flash? hehe
Well I want the fonts to look crisp and clean and I still want them to function properly as buttons.

Does anyone have any idea why some of the dynamic text buttons are working and some aren't? Any better ideas?

Oh and one more questions if anyone knows.. IF I'm able to use the dynaminic text options, for clearer text, (assuming I can actually get it to work properly) do I have to use windows fonts much like I would when working with html or can I use my own nonstandard fonts?

Any help, as always, is very much appreciated. If this has already been answered in another forum I apoligize.. if you'd be so kind as to give me the linkage I'd be ever so grateful.. etc. etc.

I swear.. I love some of the things people do with flash, its really amazing, but I've been struggling for so long with simply getting my movies to work correctly.. grr.. I wonder if its all worth it trying to learn this.

Anyways.. much love and thanks..

Dynamic Text In Buttons?
How can I change text inside buttons dynamically?
When I place the text box on the main timeline it works just fine, but when I put it inside a button on the main timeline it doesn't.
I really don't understand why not...

Dynamic Text Instead Of Buttons?
Greetings//

First-off, I am using Flash 5.
I am wondering if it is possible to navigate through a flash movie using dynamic text. The functionality I am trying to achieve is identical to "Tell Target". Instead of using a long lists of buttons, I'd like to use scrolling dynamic text boxes. Is there javascript that will allow me to do this? If so, please provide it for me -- I'm a graphic designer, not a developer--so I'm relatively inexperienced with js.

Many thanks in advance.

Buttons And Dynamic Text
I have a simple .swf file now (click here)
->There is a button.
and if you click it, it opens a text file, at least it should
but I don't understand why it is not working.

1 - how do I get Different buttons to load different text in the same dynamic text field????

2- let's say that after editing the text in a dynamic text field, the text is too much to display, how do I get it scrollable?

3- why is the text on my button not clickable?

the text you see on the left is loaded in a dynamic field, like it should do with the popup. I have tried it ALL

PLZ help
thanks
RookY

Dynamic Text In Buttons?`
Is it possible to target dynamic text in a button?

I've had a hard time trying to do this:

button.dynamicClip. text = "Hello";

but it works fine with:

movieClip.dynamicClip.text = "Hello";

I can do a work around putting a button and dynamic text on different layers inside a movie clip, but I was wondering if there was an easier way to just target the text in a movie.

Thx

Dynamic Text On Buttons: Is It Possible?
Hey, i was wondering if you can place a dynamic textbox on a button, reuse that button throughout a movie and change the text for each btton through actionscript? I have tried and failed... i'm assuming it can be done though.

the way i tried was to make one button and its four states. I made one layer above the button (editing the button symbol) and placed a dynamic text box on top of the button, giving the text box an instance name

i placed several of copies of this button on the stage gave each button a unique instance name. i had hoped to be able to do something like this:

Code:
_root.buttonName.text = "HOME";
_root.button2Name.text = "LINKS";
you get the idea... but it doesnt work..

anyone know how to do this?

thanks,
-myk
-moo

Buttons And Dynamic Text
How could I add my own custom buttons in Flash Mx instead of using the preinstalled "scrollbar" in the "components" meun in flash. What code do I put on them to make them work and scroll my text up and down? Can someone show me how to set all this up?
Thanks!!
Mike

Dynamic Text In Buttons?
I am learning more about flash but I haven't been able to use dynamic text in a button.

what I want if for the font that I use in flash to maintain its "crisp-ness". Like using pixel fonts. How does that work...any help out there would be appreciated?

thanks

Dynamic Text In Buttons: Possible?
Is it possible to update dynamic text in a Button?

Example:
buttonInstanceName.label = "text"; where "label" is the variable name of a dynamic text field within the button

Do I need to give the text field an instance name and refer to it as buttonInstanceName.textFieldName.label ?

My goal is to reuse the button rather than duplicating it 4 times with different text in each label.

Thanks

Buttons With Dynamic Text?
Heidi ho folks,
The difference between dynamic and static text is quite a lot, so i would like to know of any way to get dynamic text on my buttons, with it still being clickable where the text is.

what i really need is a dynamic text field to me a mailto, or a button with dynamic text.

Is that possible ? (without the dynamic text ****es up the button)

Xml: Buttons And Dynamic Text
i'm not a programmer so i need help with xml and actionscripting.. i posted this on other forums but figured it would get maximum exposure here. any help is much appreciated.

i'd like to create a reusable button that passes parameters to display/output text (dynamic text field) & images defined in an xml file. for example, when i click on button "a" it displays text & image for item "a".. when i click on button "b" it displays text & image for item "b". btw, i'd rather not use the textarea component since i don't know how to change the look of them.

my xml file looks like this:

PHP Code:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<cars>
<car name="Dodge">
<maker>Dodge</maker>
<info>Info on a Dodge car.</info>
<img>dodge.jpg</img>
</car>
<car name="Honda">
<maker>Honda</maker>
<info>Info on a Honda car.</info>
<img>honda.jpg</img>
</car>
</cars>

i'm sure this would be helpful to others as well.. i'm using mx 2004 but i'd like to keep it compatible with player 6. thanks again!

Dynamic Text In Buttons
Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I've a button with the instancename "steunen_btn".
In this button there's a dynamic textfield called "weergave".

Now when people select another language I want the buttons to change.
So I thought I make a button with the following AS in it:

Code:
on (press) {
_root.steunen_btn.weergave.text = "SOSTENGA";
}
This should change the text in the button to SOSTENGA right?

What am I doing wrong? Why isn't it working?

Thanx in advance,

Dynamic Text Buttons
Is there a limitation on how many dynamic text buttons you can have on a page?

The problem I'm having is on the last button I created (#18), it doesn't show the text of the button. I am referencing the variable from a text file. When I put the variable from another textbox, it shows the text but not the text from the correct variable. I double and triple checked to make sure I didn't have a typo in the variable. I also verified that the text color isn't white. Any suggestions???

Dynamic Text On Buttons
Hi,
I'm trying to dynamically create buttons, and was wondering if there is any way to set the text of a button using a dynamic text box.

Currently I have a button (instance "b"), within which is a dynamic text box with variable name "text". I am trying to set the text of this box as the movie loads. I can get it to work for movieclips but not for buttons. For buttons, I can only seem to set the variable globally, which isn't any help when using multiple instances of it as they all end up with the same name.

I use the code:
_root.b.text = "Home"; //for a button - DOESN'T WORK!
_root.mc.text = "Home"; // for a movieclip with instance name "mc" - WORKS!

This seems to work fine when using movieclips but doesn't work with buttons...any ideas?

Cheers, jlordy1

Dynamic Text (?) On Buttons
I posted in the FLASH NEWBIES forum and was directed here. I've attached a FLA which only has a button in it (17 kB)

My button has a tooltip/altTag box that it pops up in it's rollover state. I'd like to make the text that's in the MC (placed in the buttons OVER state) editable for each instance of the button.

It was suggested to me that I:

make a duplicate of the button and a duplicate of the movieclip for each time you want the button.

He also had this to say:

There is also ways to do this with text variables (actionscript method too but i cant remember at the moment) actionscript forum will know how though.

My whole reason for posing the question is to avoid what he's suggesting. I just want one button, many (text editable) instances.

I really appreciate any help.

Buttons And Dynamic Text
Ok, another newbee chimes in.

Is there a way to use dynamic text on a button? I have tried and it makes the area covered by the text un-clickable.

The reason I want do do this is to pass in the buttion labels and values as a delimited list, parse it in flash, and add display the buttons. There may be an easier way and any help would be appriciated.

Charlie

No Dynamic Text In Buttons?
after lots of tracing and testing and trying i came to this strange thing:

i create a mc-instance with a dynamic textfield, into witch i write some text "blah".
i give the mc and the textfield instancenames and trace the value of the textfield in the first frame:

trace (mcinst.txtinst.text);
the output is of course: "blah"

now i go to the properties of the mc and switch the behaviour from movie clip to button and test the same trace again. the output is:
undefined

why the hell is that? i don't want to do any workarounds with mcs in buttons and stuff like that, what am i doing wrong?

greez
ubersquid

[MX] Buttons And Dynamic Text
Ok.

To all the actionscript geniuses out there, i need help.
and im sure its really simple:

i have 5 buttons and 1 dynamic text field.
what sort of script do i use so that when i roll over each button, something different is displayed in the dynamic text box?

thanks!!

Dynamic Text In Buttons
Code:
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
url = [];
xValue = [];
yValue = [];
txt = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
url[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
xValue[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
yValue[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
txt[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
CreateButton(url[i], xValue[i], yValue[i], txt[i]);
}
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("buttons.xml");
/*---------*/
number = 0;
function CreateButton(url, xValue, yValue, txt) {
number++;
attachMovie("button", "button"+number, getNextHighestDepth());

this["button"+number]._x = xValue;
this["button"+number]._y = yValue;
this["button"+number].display_txt = txt;

this["button"+number].onRelease = function() {
getURL(url);
};
}

I am trying to get the text on the placed buttons to show up and for some reason they don't. I have traced the txt variable and that has worked but for some reason I can't get the "this["button"+number}.display_txt" to work. Any help?

Thanks, Kid C

Dynamic Text & Buttons
OK, lemme ask a quick question.

I have a MovieClip, and in that MovieClip I have buttons that will scroll back and forth. Also on the MovieClip I have a Dynamic Text Field. I'd like to make it so when a user scrolls over one of the buttons, it says something in the Dynamic Text Field. Sounds easy enough, right?

I've tried everything that should work logically. However, no luck.

Here's an example of my code:

Try #1:
_level0.button1.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay(2); // Makes it so it lights up on roll over
myText.text = "Testing"; // instance name of field and .text = "";
}

Try #2:
_level0.button1.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
textField = "Testing"; //Variable name and filling it in.
}

Those are just two. I've tried messing around with my heirarchy but still haven't succeeded.

Can anyone offer any help? Any feedback is appreciated.

Flash Version: MX

Help With Buttons And Dynamic Text
Hello.

I am trying to create a custom message bored type thing for a web page. Now I kind of understand what it is I need to do this. But I don't understand how to put this pieces together. I know I need an Input field and a dynamic text field and then possibly a .txt file. But... How do I get the text to show up in the dynamic text box? How do I script that submit button? I am sorry. have not worked with action scripts in awhile and I need a bit of a jump start. If someone could point me in the right direction or at least help a tad that would be great. Any help is appriciated. THANKS!!

Buttons With Dynamic Text In AS3?
I have been in the habit of making buttons with a dynamic text field. This way assigning a value to the var property of the text field would allow me to reuse the button symbol and assign different text to each.

In AS3 it looks like the text field Var property does not exist any longer.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a work around? I would like to avoid having to make a new symbol for each button.

The var property worked well because it allowed you to change the text field on different frames of a movie clip button. If each text field had the same Var name it would display the same text label.

Buttons & Dynamic Text
Hello All,

Can someone help me??

I have the following situation:

Layer "Technology" has a button on it called myButton, inside myButton, I have a Dynamic Text field called myText.

I am trying to change the text of myText (based on many examples found on the net) .. but I cannot get it to work

these are the scripts I have tried .. but they do not seem to do anything.

ActionScript Code:
on (press) {
myBtn.myText.htmlText = "test";
}

on (press) {
myBtn.myText = "test";
}

on (press) {
myText = "test";
}
... if anyone can help me .. thanks!!!

Kind regards,
Jake.

Dynamic Text And Buttons
I'm a complete noob to scripting and well flash all together, but I've decided to create a flash site for my clan, I've already created the images in photoshop and now I"m ready to peice it together and start coding, but that's the problem I don't know how to code. Here's what I want to do.

Ok, I have a navigation with a text box to the right of it. What I want to do is make the text box a dynamic field. When you click one of the options on the navigation it will change what's in the dynamic text box and load whatever they clicked. For exacmple.

I will have a members option on the navigation, when they click the members option it will load the members information in the text box, the txt file wil be something like members.txt, i'll probly end up using the xml dynamic text but when they've looked at the members information they can click news and in the textbox the members information will fade away or disappear doesn't matter and the news will pop up.

Can anyone tell me how to do this or give me a tutorial that will show me how to do it?

Dynamic Text Through Buttons
i want to press a button and have my dynamic text field change how would i set this up?

Thanks in Advance.

Dynamic Text Var And Buttons
I'm trying to pass a var to a button. I have a dynamic text box that will display the title of the button when I load a menu. It seems as though Flash does not allow the value of a variable to be passed to a dyanmic text box on a button. Anyone know about this?
Thanks.

Dynamic Text Box And Buttons
Using CS3. I have a world map on one layer. On the next layer I have a button with the following actions:

on(rollOver){
infoText="Anchorage:281 Servers";
}
on(rollOut){
infoText="";
}

On the next layer I have a dynamic text box name infoText. I have embedded my fonts that are needed.

I am getting no errors but when I test the movie, I see no text. Just the map and button. When I roll over the button the cursor turns to a hand but no text. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I need to finish this asap.

Thanks,
Lisa

Dynamic Text W/ CSS And Buttons
Hi

I'm having a bit of trouble with a couple of things with this flash file. I've only just started using flash mx and haven't used flash for years so bear with me

For some reason the CSS is not working in this application. If I take the script out and put it in it's own file it works fine but for some reason it's not working in the file I want it to.

The other thing is when the user clicks the 'General Information' tab I want the overstate to remain but instead it keeps reverting to the up state (the one with the grey background).

I'd apprecaite any help on this.

Lux

The files can be downloaded here www.keyconcept.co.uk/demo.rar

Dynamic Text Buttons?
I'm currently having a few problems with a button I am trying to create.

The button itself is made up of dynamic text and on mouseover the button flickers rather than defaulting to the standard hand symbol you would expect.

Any ideas guys?

Buttons With Dynamic Text
Hi

I'm wanting to know if its possible to have a dynamic text box thats rendered as HTML but also have selected words as buttons. I already know how to make URL links with dynamic text boxes but I want to perform a 'gotoAndPlay' action when a selected word is clicked.

Any Ideas?

Dynamic Text To Buttons?
hi flashgods,

i will create a button-model where i can load in a single textline from a variable. the goal is to use this button several times with just giving a new var every time.

Dynamic Text In Buttons?
i would like to create a model-button which i can use several times. the textline should come from a variable...

Dynamic Text And Buttons
I have made a dynamic text with buttons which retrieves txt files and show in dynamic text area

But when I change the format in dynamic area i.e bold,italics
the .txt files do not change

the code I am using for the buttons is:
"on (release) {
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("coap.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
// trace(success);
lyrics.html = true;
lyrics.htmlText = this.myNews;
}
};
}
"
Do you know what shall I do?

Thanks

Put Buttons On Dynamic Text..
Hello there.

Does anyone knows how can you convert dynamic text to buttons?

I have a box with dynamic text and i want to make some words buttons
to put some actions...

thank you,
www.filete.net

Dynamic Text On Buttons Using XML
as the title says I have a line of text coming from xml to be placed on buttons, however there is 3 lines of text and I want to be able to put a new line in to the text somehow

I've tried the old javascript /n & even
(can never remember what way it is) but ActionScript just puts is as one continous line of text on the button for instance rather than this

Sterling Corp
Foundation
Dec 2005

I get

Sterling Corp
Foundation Dec
2005

anyone know what a carriage return in Actionscript is?

(please don't tell me about multiline and wrap cause thats not an option, from 3 lines the 2nd line is one word long)

example of the XML

<interview name="Streling Corp Foundation Dec 2005" />

I tried

<interview name="Streling Corp Foundation
Dec 2005" />

but it didn't work, any helps appreciated

Dynamic Text And Buttons
I know this question must have been asked a million times on different forums but I can not find an answer even after doing a google search on the groups section.

I want nice clear text that doesn't blur on buttons and have tried using dynamic text. As you will no doubt know, this causes a conflict on mousover as it is not recognised as a button where the dynamic text sits. If it is not possilble to use dynamic text on buttons effectively, then that's ok, i'll just put up with blurry text, but I have seen great clear text on buttons in flash sites I have visited and wonder what am doing wrong.

There's a bag of toffees and a pickled egg for anyone who can answer this.

Dynamic Text Buttons
The only way ive seen to creat text buttons is to make a button symbol and inside that symbol put a static text box. I need to make dynamic text. What i want to do is when the user clicks a button, it reads band names from a file and creates a text button for each band in the file that will have its band name for the text on the button. then the user can click the band name button and it will create more text buttons with that bands album names as button text. is there a way to do this? if not, then another approach i want to take is to populate a listbox or combobox with band names from a file ( i cant figure out how to bring them in and populate the list), then when they chose one from there, it populates a second listbox/combobox with album names, and then they chose from there and it populates a 3rd with song names from the albums. help would be greatly appreciated. Im a noob but i learn fairly quickly, but i dont know a whole lot at this time so deatil would help, you can also reach me on aim if that'd be easier at jorwyn21.

Thanks in advance for any help!