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[F8] Dynamically Created Input Boxes With Embedded Fonts?
As the title says, that's the problem. For starts I should say that everything I describe is created with actionscript, there's nothing on the stage prior to run-time. Anyhow... on my site a have a movieclip called login with 1 large static text field in it. There are 2 text boxes, username and password, which are input boxes but use embedded fonts. The problem here is that the fonts do not seem to embed if the text isn't set at start (all it takes is something like a single space, they just can't be empty). If they aren't set at run-time, the input box doesn't even allow me to write in it! Here's the snippit where I declare the whole login clip:

code:
function drawLogin(target) {
var login = target.createEmptyMovieClip("login", depth(target));
login.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 100, false, "none", "round", "miter", 255);
login.lineTo(400, 0);
login.moveTo(0, 15);
login.lineTo(400, 15);
login._x = 390;
login._y = main.rightPane._y - 20;
var loginMask = target.createEmptyMovieClip("loginMask", depth(target));
fillGradient(loginMask, [0xFFFFFF, 0x000000, 0xFFFFFF], "linear", "pad", [15, 100, 15], [0, 127, 255], Math.PI, login._x-1, login._y-1, 17, 402);
login.cacheAsBitmap = true;
loginMask.cacheAsBitmap = true;
login.setMask(loginMask);
var txt = login.createTextField("txt", depth(login), 3, -1, 300, 16);
txt.embedFonts = true;
txt.selectable = false;
txt.html = true;
txt.htmlText = "LOGIN Username: Password:";
navFormat.align = "left";
txt.setTextFormat(navFormat);
navFormat.color = 0x6e8193;
navFormat.font = "sansFont";
navFormat.size = 10;
var txt2 = login.createTextField("userName", depth(login),105, 0, 60, 15);
txt2.type = "input";
txt2.embedFonts = true;
txt2.border = true;
txt2.text = " ";
txt2.maxChars = 10;
txt2.restrict = "A-Za-z0-9";
txt2.condenseWhite = true;
txt2.setTextFormat(navFormat);
var txt3 = login.createTextField("password", depth(login), 222, 0, 60, 15);
txt3.type = "input";
txt3.embedFonts = true;
txt3.border = true;
txt3.text = " ";
txt3.maxChars = 10;
txt3.password = true;
txt3.restrict = "A-Za-z0-9";
txt3.condenseWhite = true;
txt3.setTextFormat(navFormat);
var loginBtn = login.createEmptyMovieClip("loginBtn", depth(login));
fill(loginBtn, 282, 0, 15, 70, 0x6e8193, 0x000000);
var loginText = loginBtn.createTextField("txt", depth(loginBtn), 3, 0, 64, 15);
loginText.selectable = false;
loginText.embedFonts = true;
loginText.text = "Login";
navFormat.color = 0x000000;
navFormat.align = "center";
loginText.setTextFormat(navFormat);
}

If you notice the first text field, the reason the text looks that way is because I placed the username and password input fields in between the words so I didn't have to create a ton of text fields. Now, like I said, I have to have any text at all in the fields before I run the thing. If not, I can't write in it at all. I do know that when a text box's text is changed, to have to reapply the textFormat with setNewTextFormat. So I guess I'm asking how I need to check to see if the text is changed. It's possible I guess for me to have the login movieclip run and onEnterFrame to see if the textBoxes are not equal to what they were the last frame, but it just seems overly complicated and I figured I'd ask before I potentially cobble something together and do it the hard way. Any ideas?

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EMBEDDED FONTS AND DYNAMIC TEXTFIELDS - Embedded Fonts, Css, Xml, Textfields, Dynamic
I'm dying here trying to figure this out for days.
Here's the scenario:

1) External script.as file dynamically imported to loader.swf file that creates a textfield (createTextField)
2) Content for the text field should be provided by an XML file
3) Content styled by external css file
4) Fonts need to be embedded so as to apply anti-alias

I can get the XML & CSS to apply to the text field, but can't get the content to use the embedded font. It usually comes back "undefined" if the embedded font works. Otherwise, when I comment out the embed font, the content work, but of course, not the anti-aliasing. Ugh. I've tried doing all kinds of forum searches, but nothing has clarified this for me. I'm intermediate at AS and this is something new to me. Any help will be GREATLY appreciated and I will send good juju your way.
Here's a sampling of some of the script I have been using:

ACTIONSCRIPT:

mf = new TextFormat();
mf.font = "arial_font";
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

this.createTextField("news_txt", 99, 50, 50, 450, 300);
news_txt.border = true;
news_txt.html = true;
news_txt.multiline = true;
news_txt.wordWrap = true;
news_txt.embedFonts = true;
news_txt.autoSize = true;
news_txt.setNewTextFormat(mf);

// Load CSS
var styles:TextField.StyleSheet = new TextField.StyleSheet();
styles.load("heading.css");

// Load XML apply to headingText
var banner_xml:XML = new XML();
banner_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
banner_xml.onLoad = function(success:Boolean):Void {
if (success) {
news_txt.styleSheet = styles;
news_txt.text = banner_xml;
} else {
trace("Error loading XML.");
}
};
banner_xml.load("heading.xml");

XML:

<story>
<title></title>
<mainBody>
<heading>Heading Text</heading>
<tagline>Clever tagline goes here</tagline>
</mainBody>
</story>

CSS:

heading {
color:#000000;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book", Arial, sans-serif;
display: block;

font-size: 50pt;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
letter-spacing: -5px;
}

tagline {
color:#000000;
font-size: 20pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book", Arial, sans-serif;
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
}

So, if I turn off the xml/css and use htmlText to create content for the text field, the text uses the embedded font and is anti-aliased. If I keep the xml/css but comment out embedFonts, then the content works but is not anti-aliased. I need both of these to work at the same time. PLEASE HELP!!

peace

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Dynamically Created TextFields
Hi
First off I'm sorry this seems to be a very old type of problem. I've spent the last two hours searching the forums for help with this but I just can't get it to work. As far as I can tell I'm doing exactly the same as other threads suggest.

I want to make a list of text items that I can dynamically update at runtime. So I have a MovieClip of a box to hold them and then some AS attached to the MC as follows:

Code:
public function addListItem(itemText:String)
{
var itemHeight = 15;

blackTextFormat = new TextFormat();
blackTextFormat.size = 12;
blackTextFormat.color = 0x000000;

numberOfItems++; // class level variable, starts at 0

this.createTextField("item" + numberOfItems, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0
((numberOfItems - 1) * itemHeight),
30, itemHeight);

with (["item" + numberOfItems])
{
autoSize = true;
text = itemText;
setTextFormat(blackTextFormat);

trace("The text from with(" + _name + ") = " + text + " and width = " + textWidth + " at " + _x + "," + _y);

} // end with() block for new text item properties
} // end function addListItem()
And then I use it as follows:

Code:
aMenuInstance.addListItem("Barry");
aMenuInstance.addListItem("George");
aMenuInstance.addListItem("Fred");
The containing box is displayed but there is no text on it. The strangest things are that:
1. I have another function that resizes the box around the text once the items have been added - that works perfectly
2. The trace statement in the with() block prints out the text strings (Barry, George & Fred) as expected but the _x, _y, _name & textWidth properties are either 0 or just not printed

What am I doing wrong here? I am using Flash MX 2004 and targeting Flash Player 6

Many thanks
Ross

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Populating Dynamic Textfields With Embedded Fonts
I have created a series of dynamic text fields that i want to populate from a database. I have this working without any problems. Problems arrise however when i want to embed the font which will appear in the textfield. Basically, once i set the embed command the fonts are not appearing at all. I have tried both the methods of including font via library linkage and dummy text field. Without the embed font code works fine. As soon as i put in this line of code nothing appears.

Code is as follows

this.createTextField("tfNewfield", 1, 80, 10, 150, 15);
tfNewfield.text = _global.titlo1;
tfNewfield.selectable = false;
tfNewfield.autoSize = true;
tfNewfield._highquality = 2;
tfNewfield._variable = titolo1;
tfNewfield.textColor = 0x9B603C;
tfNewfield.embedFonts = true; //this is the line which upsets things
fmtEmphasis = new TextFormat();
fmtEmphasis.size = 13;
fmtEmphasis.font = "TradeGothic BoldTwo";
tfNewfield.setTextFormat(fmtEmphasis);

any feedback would be appreciated.

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Masking Dynamically Created Textfields?
Hi there,

who can help me out with the following:

I create textfields, set their properties, all works fine. But I want those fields to be masked. It works just fine when I create the fields on the stage, but not when they are created by code.
I do use .embedFonts = true
the used character is not a systemfont
I think the missing thing is a way to embed characters dynamically?

thnx, mark

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Problem With Dynamically Created TextFields
i am writing a text scroller where i read in a string of text parse it down and assign each line to a dynamically created text field. i will be using this on a website inside another flash movie that loads it into a movieclip. everything on it works except one problem where i press the down arrow to shift the text and hold it to continue to shift the text. this is done on a movieclip onPress onRelease event where the onPress calls the shiftUp function then sets an interval to continue to repeat the function. the onRelease event then clears the interval. the regular call to the function works just fine but the call from the interval does not. even though it is the same function. here is the code for the creation of the textFields, the shifting of the textFields and the events

//Parses the content of the message and adds date in\
//then creates a number of textFields equal to the number of lines\
//and sets the text equal to the equivelant line of the blog\
function getContent() {
var fieldCounter:Number = 0;
for(var i:Number = 0; i < phpReceiver.n; i++){
var tempArray_arr:Array;
tempStr_str = phpReceiver["date"+i.toString()]+ "~" + phpReceiver["msg"+i.toString()];
tempArray_arr = tempStr_str.split("~");
totalLines += tempArray_arr.length;
for(var j = fieldCounter; j < (tempArray_arr.length+fieldCounter); j++){
var tempName:String = "field"+j+"_txt";
this.createTextField(tempName, this.getNextHighestDepth(), 5, (100 + 20 * j), 350, 20);
//this[tempName].html = true;
this[tempName].text = tempArray_arr[j - fieldCounter];
this[tempName].embedFonts = true;
if(j==fieldCounter){
this[tempName].setTextFormat(dateFormat_fmt);
}else{
this[tempName].setTextFormat(txtFormat_fmt);
}
this[tempName].type = "dynamic";
this[tempName]._xscale = 100 - (j*scaleDifference);
this[tempName]._yscale = 100 - (j*scaleDifference);
}
fieldCounter = totalLines;
}
}

//Shifts the text fields up based on the number of iterations passed through\
//The iterations are multiplied by eight so that the textField shifts up 20 pixels\
function shiftUp(iterations:Number){
test2_txt.text = this[field0_txt] + " " + _parent[field0_txt] + " " + _parent[field0_txt] + " " + _root[field0_txt];
for(var j = 0; j <= iterations * 10; j++){
if(this["field"+(totalLines-1)+"_txt"]._y > 100){
for(var i = 0; i < totalLines; i++){
var tempName:String = "field"+i+"_txt";
if(Math.round(this[tempName]._y) > 390 ){
this[tempName]._visible = false;
this[tempName]._y = this[tempName]._y - 2;
this[tempName]._xscale += scaleDifference / 10;
this[tempName]._yscale += scaleDifference / 10;
}else if(Math.round(this[tempName]._y) > 121 && Math.round(this[tempName]._y) <= 390){
this[tempName]._visible = true;
this[tempName]._y = this[tempName]._y - 2;
this[tempName]._xscale += scaleDifference / 10;
this[tempName]._yscale += scaleDifference / 10;
}else if(Math.round(this[tempName]._y) >= 99 && Math.round(this[tempName]._y) <= 121){
this[tempName]._visible = true;
this[tempName]._y = this[tempName]._y - 2;
this[tempName]._xscale = 100;
this[tempName]._yscale = 100;
}else if(Math.round(this[tempName]._y) < 99 && Math.round(this[tempName]._y) >= 0){
this[tempName]._visible = true;
this[tempName]._y = this[tempName]._y - 2;
this[tempName]._xscale -= scaleDifference / 10;
this[tempName]._yscale -= scaleDifference / 10;
}else if(Math.round(this[tempName]._y) < 0){
this[tempName]._visible = false;
this[tempName]._y = this[tempName]._y - 2;
this[tempName]._xscale -= scaleDifference / 10;
this[tempName]._yscale -= scaleDifference / 10;
}
}
}
}
}

//When arrow line down pressed skips down 1 line of text\
//Sets lineInterval so that if button is held down it continues to reiterate function\
arrowLineDown_mc.onPress = function(){
shiftUp(1);
lineInterval = setInterval(shiftUp, 150, 1);
}
//When arrow line down released clears the lineInterval\
arrowLineDown_mc.onRelease = function(){
clearInterval(lineInterval);
}

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Applying CSS To Dynamically Created TextFields?
hi folks.

back again with another quick question!

a quick explanation of what I'm at... I'm working on something at the moment, basically what I have is an external textfile which contains several variables; I am loading these variables into flash using loadVariables().

one of these variables invokes the script to create several buttons on the stage using for() and attachMovie(), and add onRelease() actions for each. when each button is clicked, a new textfield for that button is created on the stage.

the other loaded variables contain appropriately named html-formatted strings of text, which are then loaded into their respective, newly created textFields. pretty straightforward, and everything's working perfectly, the tags are being rendered etc. bold text is turning up bold and links are working correctly.

but, I know nothing about CSS and flash! here's what I'm wondering... although my text is being rendered properly, I currently have no control over the style of my text, so it is rendering as black, times new roman etc. how can I apply CSS styles in order to control font size, type, colour etc.?

does this entail attaching an external stylesheet, or can CSS styles be defined within the movie?

here is my code at the moment:

PHP Code:

// create box for textField for loadingMsg_root.createTextField("loadingMsg", 20, 10, 60, 300, 100);// create empty movie clip to store variables_root.createEmptyMovieClip("myVariables_mc", 1);loadVariables("text.txt", myVariables_mc);function checkVariablesLoaded() { if (myVariables_mc.myVariablesLoaded != "loaded") { trace("variables still loading"); loadingMsg.text = "one moment. loading data..."; } else { trace("variables loaded"); //remove loadingMsg _root.loadingMsg.removeTextField(); for (i=1; i<=myVariables_mc.numberOfButtons; i++) { // attach buttons _root.attachMovie("clicky_mc", i, 3+i, {_x:i*21-20, _y:1}); eval(i).onRelease = function() { // create new textField _root.createTextField("myTextField"+this._name, 2, 1, 30, 300, 100); // define textField properties eval("_root.myTextField"+this._name).multiline = true; eval("_root.myTextField"+this._name).wordWrap = true; eval("_root.myTextField"+this._name).autoSize = "left"; eval("_root.myTextField"+this._name).html = true; // eval("_root.myTextField"+this._name).htmlText = eval(myVariables_mc+".myText"+this._name); trace(this._name); } } clearInterval(myInterval); }}var myInterval:Number = setInterval(checkVariablesLoaded, 100);

and here are the variables, contained in text.txt:

-----

numberOfButtons=3&myText1=hi there. text 1&myText2=hello. text 2&myText3=yo... text three <a href="#">this is a link</a>&myVariablesLoaded=loaded

-----

yeesh... bit long, anyway if anyone has any suggestions as to how I can add a bit of CSS to these textFields I'd be seriously grateful!

thanks for reading! dar

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Reasons Why Embedded Fonts In Dynamic Textfields Disappear?
Hi people,

This is my first post on this forum, so pleased to meet you all...

Here's the issue:

My movie loads a bunch of data from a database via asp. It then duplicates a movieclip once for every record and displays the data in dynamic textfields within these movieclips.
The whole thing has to be scrollable so I embedded all the clips into one big clip and connected some scrollbar code.

But that's not really the point, cause all this works just fine.

The problem is that when I try to embed fonts for some of the dynamic textfields, the text in these fields doesn't show at all. So the embedding doesn't seem to work.

I've been browsing through the flash docs and sites all day but I can't seem to find any reasons why the embedded fonts should not display. Except something about embedded fonts not being able to display html text in bold and italic, but this is not the case.

Has anyone encountered similar problems? I'd appreciate any hints...

Thankx,

ren

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How Do I Load Text Into My Dynamically Created Textfields?
Hi again Flashgurus!

I'm using the following code to create a function that creates a dynamic textfield:

function makeText() {
createTextfield("textBox", 50, 4, 3, 371, 43);
textBox.background = true;
textBox.border = true;
textBox.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
textBox.borderColor = 0x000000;
textBox.multiline = true;
textBox.wordWrap = true;
textBox.autoSize = true;
textBox.variable = "txt";

// formatering
myFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.font = "Impact";
myFormat.size = 15;
myFormat.color = 0x666666;

textBox.setNewTextFormat(myFormat);
}

In my different movieclips I call the function like this:

_root.makeText(this);

and the textfield, "textBox" , with the variable "txt" is created.

As there are different texts to be loaded in different textfields (in different movieclips that are loaded by a random script), I can't use the function "makeText" to load the texts. I must load the right, specific text in the right, specific movieclip when that movieclip is loaded (and the textfield is created, ofcourse).

So here's the question:
How do I load text into "textBox" from my external textfiles?!

I know how this works when I make textfields manually, but now I'm stuck. As I'm using about 40 different movieclips and I want to be able to change the formatting of the textbox I really want to use my function.

Please help me, oh, You FlashGurus!

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Dynamically Created Textfields Aren't That Dynamic...
Bit of a weird one, but it seems dynamically created text fields don't watch the variable they're assigned.

code: _root.createTextField("txt",1,50,50,50,50);
txt.variable = _root.vari;
_root.vari = "hello";//Text field doesn't change

Is this a known bug?

(I'm in bog standard MX btw...)

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Accessing Dynamically Created Input Textfields
Inside a function i dynamically make 10 Input textfields. How do I make them global - that is, how can I access to their .text property from outside the function? The plan is that when a user clicks on a button, the listener function will determine the values in these input textfields, but am stuck in two ways:
1) input textfields are not recognized outside the function (1120: Access of undefined property vnosno.)
2) how to access each of the 10 input textfields, when i create each one with the same variable name (is there a way to create them with successive numbers; e.g. vnosno1,vnosno2,vnosno3...?)

this is how i created the input textfields:

ActionScript Code:
for (var k:int = 0; k < 10; k++) {
var vnosno:TextField = new TextField();
vnosno.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
vnosno.width = 100;
vnosno.height = 23;
vnosno.x = 100;
vnosno.y = 80 + (k * 30);
addChild(vnosno);
}

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Font Embeds With AS - Dynamically Created Textfields
OK, so having some problems again this morning with font embeds (I think) with a dynamically created textfield.

Code I'm using (which is not displaying jack):

ActionScript Code:
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.color = 0x000000;
my_fmt.size = 12
my_fmt.font = "Rabiohead";
my_fmt.align = "left"

this.createTextField("res_description", 1, 0, 25, 150, 20);

// res_description.multiline = true;
res_description.wordWrap = true;
res_description.autoSize = true;
res_description.embedFonts = true;
res_description.htmlText = true;
res_description.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
res_description.text = "This is a test";

"Rabiohead" is the font. I've tried adding it to the library and setting it's linkage settings to export for AS. tried the Linkage ID in the my_fmt.font = "Rabiohead"; part, but to no avail.

So far, the only way it's working, is if I set embedFonts to false.

Any ideas?

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XML Based Banner + Dynamically Created Textfields + Loops
Hello everybody!
I have recently started a task, and have some difficulties with it right now. I literally got stuck with that! I'd appreciate if someone could look at my problem "with fresh eyes" and advise me on possible solution(s).

I am using Flash 8

I need to make XML-based banner. XML file itself will contain from 5 up to 30 tags (childNodes). It is supposed that this XML file gonna be edited by the client, so the client can add/remove or change data (that is, quantity of ChildNodes).

I need to take the data out of XML and then display them (animated!) in a flash banner, five at a time. Firts five, then second five, and so on. If, for example, there will be 13 tags, that should be first 5, then second 5 and then the last 3. After that everything should start from the beginning (first five).

XML-file is like this:

Code:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "Windows-1251" ?>
<tariffs>
<tariff where = "Kaliningrad, Russia" howmuch = "1,5$" />
<tariff where = "Khorezm" howmuch = "0,2$" />
<tariff where = "Moscow" howmuch = "2,5$" />
<tariff where = "Kiev" howmuch = "0,4$" />
<tariff where = "Bobruysk" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Chirchik" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Tashkent, mobiles" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Magadan" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Almaty" howmuch = "0,3$" />
</tariffs>
actionscript is as following:

first frame:

Code:
var indhold:XML = new XML();
indhold.ignoreWhite = true;
var destinations:Array = new Array();
var prices:Array = new Array();
var Format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

Format.size = 11;
Format.color = 0xffffff;
Format.font = "tahoma";
Format.bold = true;

indhold.load("tarifi.xml");
second frame:

Code:
indhold.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
var tarifiki:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<tarifiki.length; i++) {
destinations.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.where);
prices.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.howmuch);
}
} else {
trace("error loading xml");
}
};
third frame:

Code:
import mx.transitions.*;
import flash.filters.*;

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
_root.createTextField("gde"+i, i+3, 16, 20*i+30, 200, 30);
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false); //this filter is added just for the sake of alpha tween
// which did not work without that!
_root["gde"+i].filters = [ds];
_root["gde"+i].text = destinations[i];
_root["gde"+i].setTextFormat(Format);
var nashTween = new Tween(_root["gde"+i], "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 2, true);
}

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
_root.createTextField("pochem"+i, i+33, 180, 20*i+30, 200, 30);
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false);
_root["pochem"+i].filters = [ds];
_root["pochem"+i].text = prices[i];
_root["pochem"+i].setTextFormat(Format);
var nashTween = new Tween(_root["pochem"+i], "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 2, true);
}
var maskClip:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("opa", 200);
with (maskClip) {

// Draw a mask
beginFill(0x667686, 100);
moveTo(0, 30);
lineTo(Stage.width, 30);
lineTo(Stage.width, Stage.height);
lineTo(0, Stage.height);
lineTo(0, 30);
endFill();
}

var myTransitionManager:TransitionManager = new TransitionManager(opa);
myTransitionManager.startTransition({type:Wipe, direction:Transition.OUT, duration:3, easing:None.easeNone, startPoint:9});
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.allTransitionsOutDone = function(eventObj:Object) {
trace("allTransitionsOutDone event occurred."); // added just to catch the moment when transition is finished, though I am not sure that this is right way to do it.
// i tried to begin second-five-items-display here.. and it did not work.
};
myTransitionManager.addEventListener("allTransitionsOutDone", myListener);

stop(); //added just to be able to see that things look like they should.
and now I got stuck..
how to get the next five nodes to be shown?
i did try to do that on allTransitionsOutDone event, removing old textfields and creating new with new .text values, but with no success... :(
another thing that i can't find out is how to check for the quantity of 5-items-sets already shown and how to calculate for the next 5 (or less) to be shown?
and finally, how to arrange that at the end the entire "show" begin again?

please point me out the directions! =)

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XML Based Banner + Dynamically Created Textfields + Loops
Hello everybody!
I have recently started a task, and have some difficulties with it right now. I literally got stuck with that! I'd appreciate if someone could look at my problem "with fresh eyes" and advise me on possible solution(s).

I need to make XML-based banner. XML file itself will contain from 5 up to 30 tags (childNodes). It is supposed that this XML file gonna be edited by the client, so the client can add/remove or change data (that is, quantity of ChildNodes).

I need to take the data out of XML and then display them (animated!) in a flash banner, five at a time. Firts five, then second five, and so on. If, for example, there will be 13 tags, that should be first 5, then second 5 and then the last 3. After that everything should start from the beginning (first five).

XML-file is like this:

Code:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "Windows-1251" ?>
<tariffs>
<tariff where = "Kaliningrad, Russia" howmuch = "1,5$" />
<tariff where = "Khorezm" howmuch = "0,2$" />
<tariff where = "Moscow" howmuch = "2,5$" />
<tariff where = "Kiev" howmuch = "0,4$" />
<tariff where = "Bobruysk" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Chirchik" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Tashkent, mobiles" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Magadan" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Almaty" howmuch = "0,3$" />
</tariffs>

actionscript is as following:

first frame:

Code:
var indhold:XML = new XML();
indhold.ignoreWhite = true;
var destinations:Array = new Array();
var prices:Array = new Array();
var Format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

Format.size = 11;
Format.color = 0xffffff;
Format.font = "tahoma";
Format.bold = true;

indhold.load("tarifi.xml");

second frame:

Code:
indhold.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
var tarifiki:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<tarifiki.length; i++) {
destinations.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.where);
prices.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.howmuch);
}
} else {
trace("error loading xml");
}
};
third frame:

Code:
import mx.transitions.*;
import flash.filters.*;

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
_root.createTextField("gde"+i, i+3, 16, 20*i+30, 200, 30);
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false); //this filter is added just for the sake of alpha tween
// which did not work without that!
_root["gde"+i].filters = [ds];
_root["gde"+i].text = destinations[i];
_root["gde"+i].setTextFormat(Format);
var nashTween = new Tween(_root["gde"+i], "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 2, true);
}

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
_root.createTextField("pochem"+i, i+33, 180, 20*i+30, 200, 30);
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false);
_root["pochem"+i].filters = [ds];
_root["pochem"+i].text = prices[i];
_root["pochem"+i].setTextFormat(Format);
var nashTween = new Tween(_root["pochem"+i], "_alpha", Strong.easeIn, 0, 100, 2, true);
}
var maskClip:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("opa", 200);
with (maskClip) {

// Draw a mask
beginFill(0x667686, 100);
moveTo(0, 30);
lineTo(Stage.width, 30);
lineTo(Stage.width, Stage.height);
lineTo(0, Stage.height);
lineTo(0, 30);
endFill();
}

var myTransitionManager:TransitionManager = new TransitionManager(opa);
myTransitionManager.startTransition({type:Wipe, direction:Transition.OUT, duration:3, easing:None.easeNone, startPoint:9});
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.allTransitionsOutDone = function(eventObj:Object) {
trace("allTransitionsOutDone event occurred."); // added just to catch the moment when transition is finished, though I am not sure that this is right way to do it.
// i tried to begin second-five-items-display here.. and it did not work.
};
myTransitionManager.addEventListener("allTransitionsOutDone", myListener);

stop(); //added just to be able to see that things look like they should.
and now I got stuck..
how to get the next five nodes to be shown?
i did try to do that on allTransitionsOutDone event, removing old textfields and creating new with new .text values, but with no success... :(
another thing that i can't find out is how to check for the quantity of 5-items-sets already shown and how to calculate for the next 5 (or less) to be shown?
and finally, how to arrange that at the end the entire "show" begin again?

please point me out the directions! =)

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I need to make XML-based banner. XML file itself will contain from 5 up to 30 tags (childNodes). It is supposed that this XML file gonna be edited by the client, so the client can add/remove or change data (that is, quantity of ChildNodes).

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<tariff where = "Moscow" howmuch = "2,5$" />
<tariff where = "Kiev" howmuch = "0,4$" />
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<tariff where = "Chirchik" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Tashkent, mobiles" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Magadan" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Almaty" howmuch = "0,3$" />
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first frame:

var indhold:XML = new XML();
indhold.ignoreWhite = true;
var destinations:Array = new Array();
var prices:Array = new Array();
var Format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

Format.size = 11;
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import flash.filters.*;

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
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var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false); //this filter is added just for the sake of alpha tween
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lineTo(0, 30);
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// i tried to begin second-five-items-display here.. and it did not work.
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how to get the next five nodes to be shown?
i did try to do that on allTransitionsOutDone event, removing old textfields and creating new with new .text values, but with no success... :(
another thing that i can't find out is how to check for the quantity of 5-items-sets already shown and how to calculate for the next 5 (or less) to be shown?
and finally, how to arrange that at the end the entire "show" begin again?

please point me out the directions! =)

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I need to make XML-based banner. XML file itself will contain from 5 up to 30 tags (childNodes). It is supposed that this XML file gonna be edited by the client, so the client can add/remove or change data (that is, quantity of ChildNodes).

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<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "Windows-1251" ?>
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<tariff where = "Kaliningrad, Russia" howmuch = "1,5$" />
<tariff where = "Khorezm" howmuch = "0,2$" />
<tariff where = "Moscow" howmuch = "2,5$" />
<tariff where = "Kiev" howmuch = "0,4$" />
<tariff where = "Bobruysk" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Chirchik" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Tashkent, mobiles" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Magadan" howmuch = "0,3$" />
<tariff where = "Almaty" howmuch = "0,3$" />
</tariffs>

actionscript is as following:

first frame:

Code:

var indhold:XML = new XML();
indhold.ignoreWhite = true;
var destinations:Array = new Array();
var prices:Array = new Array();
var Format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

Format.size = 11;
Format.color = 0xffffff;
Format.font = "tahoma";
Format.bold = true;

indhold.load("tarifi.xml");

second frame:

Code:

indhold.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
var tarifiki:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<tarifiki.length; i++) {
destinations.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.where);
prices.push(tarifiki[i].attributes.howmuch);
}
} else {
trace("error loading xml");
}
};

third frame:

Code:

import mx.transitions.*;
import flash.filters.*;

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
_root.createTextField("gde"+i, i+3, 16, 20*i+30, 200, 30);
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 100, 1, 3, 0, 1, false, false, false); //this filter is added just for the sake of alpha tween
// which did not work without that!
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}

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// Draw a mask
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and now I got stuck..
how to get the next five nodes to be shown?
i did try to do that on allTransitionsOutDone event, removing old textfields and creating new with new .text values, but with no success... :(
another thing that i can't find out is how to check for the quantity of 5-items-sets already shown and how to calculate for the next 5 (or less) to be shown?
and finally, how to arrange that at the end the entire "show" begin again?

please point me out the directions! =)

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Is the problem solvable in Flash MX? and how the hell could they have figured out how to make it work in vers. 6.

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Hi!

I am building an application in flash that allows artist to design swiffs containing framebased animation and textfields or movieClips with textfields. The application will load the artists swf and then work as a tool for them to play the animations they created in the swf. It will also be able to fill the (empty) textFields with text.

The main issue here is that the artists know flash but not ActionScript so that is why the application exists. And that is why I need to, in some way, to:

* extract the frameLabels from the swf (I have read some articles on that)
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* if there are any movieClips on the stage check if they contain any textFields, in that case store the names of the textFields and the path in an Array.

If this is impossible I will need to create some application where the artists define all of the frame labels and all of the textFields and outputs it to xml. But this will make the workflow a lot worse for the artists.

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/Andreas

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Code:
var numOfImages:Number;
var thumbHeight:Number = 8;
var thumbSpace:Number = 100;
var thumbTotalDistance:Number = thumbHeight+thumbSpace;
var xCounter:Number = 5;
var thumbsCollectionHeight:Number;
var currentImage:Number = 0;
var moveOutDist:Number = 10;
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
var IM_Img:Array = new Array();
var IM_Title:Array = new Array();
//==================================================================================================================
//=============================== THUMBS IMAGE LOADER ==========================================================
//==================================================================================================================

var thumbImgLoader2:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var thumbImgListener2:Object = new Object();

thumbImgListener2.onLoadProgress = function(target:MovieClip):Void {

};
thumbImgLoader2.addListener(thumbImgListener2);
thumbImgListener2.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip):Void {

};

//==================================================================================================================
//=============================== XML ==================================================================================================
//==================================================================================================================

var totalXML:XML = new XML();

totalXML.ignoreWhite = true;
totalXML.onLoad = function(success) {

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numOfImages = TNnode.length;

//---------------- ATTACHING THUMBS -----------------
//===========================================================================================================

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mc._y = 0;
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thumbImgLoader2.loadClip(TNnode[i].attributes.thumb,mc.loader_mc);

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mc.id = i;
trace (mc.id);

mc.onPress = mc_im_onPress;

mc.xx = mc._x;
mc.yy = mc._y;

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//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
totalXML.load("images.xml");
Here is onPress event where I was thinking to add this functionality:

Code:
function mc_im_onPress() {

mcToSelect = this;

if(this.id==8){
//here I need to tell to replace the image from mc8 to new image from array to image#34 from xml
}
}
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I have slightly altered the script to accomodate the fact that I want to attach a movieclip with text fields and image holders within it, but the code aint too different I don't think.

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this.gallery_TN_holder["TN_Holder"+i].TN_Text.text = _global.gallery_array.description;
[i] [i]myMCL.loadClip(_global.gallery_array.main_thumbnail ,this.gallery_TN_holder["TN_Holder"+i].TN_Image);
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play();
}
//****************************
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The first line ("trace") in bold outputs

Quote:

targetMC = TN_Image
targetMC = TN_Image

which you can see is resulting from the second bold line.

Basically I need some direction with this as to how to reference the clip target for the loaded JPEG, as my output in the movie shows the attachMovie works, as does the text change within the individual "TN_Holder" clips. What the hell am i doin wrong, cos my eyes are kinda starting to go kinda funny looking at this stuff!!!!!

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I have a little X-File I'm trying to figure out here. Any hints would be appreciated.

I have six SWFs. All of them have the same exact design. However, each of them has a different amount of text using an embedded font. The first one has about 3,500 characters (with spaces). The second one has aproximately 6,000 characters (with spaces). The third one has 14,000 characters, more or less.

The fourth SWF is just the first one, but using a device font instead. The fifth one is the second SWF with a device font, and the same goes for the sixth one.

All six SFWs can be scrolled down.

I've taken times. I've measured the time taken to scroll down the entire text in each SWF. All tests have been run down under Windows XP and with version 9 of Flash Player, and a 'high' value of the quality parameter.

I have read in the Flash documentation that device fonts are managed faster by Flash Player, as they don't use any anti-alias settings and its renderization lays down on the OS' font technology. Let me introduce the results:

First SWF (deviced one) has taken an average time of 0 min 59 s, 71
Fourth SWF (embedded one) has taken an average time of 1 min 12 s, 04

As guessed, it seems that device fonts are a little bit lighter than embedded fonts.

Second SWF (deviced one) has taken an average time of 1 min 36 s, 04
Fifth SWF (embedded one) has taken an average time of 1 min 52 s, 64

In this set of tests, we can appreciate a similar behaviour. But, pay attention...

Third SWF (deviced one) has taken an average time of 5 min 50 s, 81
Sixth SWF (embedded one) has taken an average time of 3 min 52 s, 60

Funny, isn't it? This set of tests just drives me nuts. One would think that results may be swapped, but, no matter how many times I try it, it always goes the same way.

Has anyone observed this behaviour before? Is there any known bottleneck in the underlying Windows Font Technology? Does it make any sense at all?

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Edited: 04/26/2007 at 02:40:15 AM by josermae

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Code:
£1,500 interest-free overdraft
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Hi all,

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I need to change the font used from the default sans so I'm trying to use the embed font = true with a Textformat object. I've created a font symbol in the library for the font I want to use and created linkage to Export for Actionscript. The font is called Font 1 in the linkage

With embedFonts = true; no text is shown, but if comment it out the text is there but in the default font.

ActionScript Code:
stop();
//
//
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var mask = news_mc.mask_mc;
//
//
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//
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Sorry for my poor English.

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