Flash :: How To Make Text Scroll Smoother

Smoother, Slower Scroll
Howdy!

I have written a code which affects an image due to the position of the cursor.

It is working fine and has the effect I originally designed. However, after looking at it time and time again I now which to make me movement slower and smoother.

This is my code:

PHP Code:

var scaleFactorX:Number = pic._width/Stage.width;
var scaleFactory:Number = pic._height/Stage.height;
function handleMovement() {
    pic._x = (_xmouse*-(scaleFactorX-1));
    pic._y = (_ymouse*-(scaleFactory-1));
    updateAfterEvent();
}
onMouseMove = handleMovement

Does anyone have any ideas?

Many thanks

Smoother Scroll? See Attached File...
I am having trouble getting a smooth scroll using a draggable scroll bar. I am assuming that there is just too much text to do this smoothly, but any suggestions would be appreciated. Right now the effect is too choppy (at least on the Mac) to make it usable.

Here is my scroll code

Code:
storyload = new LoadVars();
storyload.load("menu2/12_dogs_story.txt");
storyload.onData = loadTextBox;

function loadTextBox(raw){
textscrollholder_mc.thetext_mc.textbox_txt.text = raw;
textscrollholder_mc.movie_slider_mc.dog_paw_mc._y = -125;
textscrollholder_mc.thetext_mc.textbox_txt.autoSize = "left";
_root.constantRatioH = (textscrollholder_mc.thetext_mc._height - textscrollholder_mc.textmask_mc._height)/330;
_root.offset = - (-125*_root.constantRatioH);
}

this.textscrollholder_mc.movie_slider_mc.dog_paw_mc.onPress = function(){
this.startDrag(false,this._x,-125,this._x,205);
}

this.textscrollholder_mc.movie_slider_mc.dog_paw_mc.onRelease = function(){
stopDrag();
}

//the scroll function
this.textscrollholder_mc.thetext_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._y = -(_root.constantRatioH * this._parent.movie_slider_mc.dog_paw_mc._y) - _root.offset;
}
I have also attached a sample file of the the project.

I have yet to figure out the best offset calculation, but that is the least of my problems. Is there another way to do this to get a smoother result?

Thanks for the help.

Kevin

Advice To Make Smoother.
I just want to say that I know that the site isn't much to look at right now, basically put something up just to convey info for the time being untill I learn this program better. I wanted some opinions on how I could get the "transit" I have on the page to be smoother. Didn't know if there was a way that I could motion/shape tween a graphic symbol like this or not.

www.bndpa.com

Thanks for any help

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i've tried a million different things on my own, and sought help here with no luck.... PLEASE, can someone tell me how to make this text pane scroll??.... and i can't use external txt files.

i pulled the nec. essential elements from my original file and created a new sample file that is attached. i just need the text that displays in the "info" panel to scroll so the user can read all info contained.

PLEASE help......this is driving me absolutely crazy!!

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Can't Make Text Scroll
I'm something of a beginner to Actionscript, so I followed EXACTLY the directions in Learning ActionScript 2.0 in Adobe Flash to create scrollling text areas in my Flash site. The text does not scroll at all, and, on one of the pages, only one line of the text is showing up. Can someone help, please?

How Do I Make Text Scroll
Hi,
I want to create scrolling text similar to this website: http://www.christianlouboutin.fr/
If you enter the english site and then click on 'biography' which is the photo frame you will see what I want to achieve.
There's a slider on the right hand side which you can move down or up to view the text. It seems realy smooth and just glides - if you get what I mean.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. Maybe a website with a tutorial for idiots or even book that I can go out and buy with really good examples on how to acheive this.

Any help/advice greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in advance

Michael

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Make Text Scroll In A Circle
how do you do this? Anyone know of a thread i can check out that explains how to use a circle as a guide for text to follow.

Here's what i'm trying to accomplish. I'd like to create a simple looking interface over a jpg.

to better illustrate this here's a link of what the interface would look like:

http://ianleelucero.com/sampleflash/followthecup.jpg

so according to the picture the text would come out in a switch blade kind of fashion.

sound simple enough? i will keep trying on my part to make this work. and thanks for any responses.

ian

Make Text Scroll Automatically?
I need to make this flash text scroll automatically. It calls on a txt file, but they want it to scroll automatically, and stop scrolling when the mouse is over it. can anyone help me?

viewable here at the left side

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[MX] How To Make Scroll Bar Text Fade In
Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to make a text box with a scroll bar that fades in. I've figured out how to have text that fades in (I just converted it to a button...that might be cheating), and I've figured out how to make scrolling text (but I can't figure out how to make a scroll bar). But I can't get scrolling text with a scroll bar to fade in.

Here's what I've got so far:

www.carr-toons.net

I'm trying to do my bio section like my publications section, if you're not exactly sure what the heck I'm talking about.

Thanks in advance! I'm sure I'll be back when I finally get around to doing the gallery.

PS- I should probably mention that I'm on a mac.

Can't Seem To Make A Simple Scroll Text...
Hi,

I'm trying to do a simple scroll text in Flash, but with or without components it doesn't work. The idea is to have a scroll text that will change according to the menu item that is pressed. Ok, I made a movie clip that has a dinamic text and 2 buttons - I adapted this from a fla file. The text is to be imported from a txt file. So, in the main scene ( where the effects are, etc. ) I placed the movie in a new layer. In another layer, called actions, I wrote the code:

Code:
loadVariablesNum("intro.txt", 0);
I test the movie and although the text area has the ID name of the variable in the intro.txt, nothing happens.

In another try, I used the ScrollBar component. That worked; only, when it reached the end of the timeline ( at least I think that's the reason ), the Scrollbar would return to the initial state as for the text...

I'm really a newbie in Flash - even if the effects I was able to create surprised myself. I think my problem is not understanding movie clips and timelines ( as for scenes ).

Please, can someone help me out?

Kind regards,

Kepler

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Thank you !!!!

by Ryan...

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Make Text Scroll While Mouse Pressed
Hi all,
I couldn't find anything in this issue,
I'm trying to get my text filed to scroll the text while the mouse button is pressed,
instead of pressing it one time after another.

I want it to be control like a normal scroll like in the system (Windows/OSX)

i did the part of reduce and increase the text.scroll to +1 and -1 and the text is moving good but like i just said i want it to scroll all the way up or down until the mouse button release.

I've tried if() and while() and i get errors all the time.
i hope someone can help me on this

Thanks!
Macpire

P.S I'm on MX2004

How Do You Make Text Change Color As You Scroll Over It?
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Smoother Text Movement
Hi everybody,

I have a small question. I made a site sometime ago - Sookerating. If you visit the site you will small phrases of text scrolling about on the top of the page. The entire sequence runs on AS. You will also notice that the text movement is choppy. Is there a way I could achieve the same effect...only in much smoother way. I thing the text is not anti-aliased too which is giving the letters a crude effect.

Any suggestions anyone?

Thanks in advance guys.

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How can I make text field auto scroll and blur in top and bottom.

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Smoother Text For Datagrid Component
Is it possible to use smoother text, perhaps with the antiAliasType -> normal or advance feature for flash 8?
I tried to use this technique in several ways, i.e....

my_dg.setStyle("antiAliasType", "advanced");
or
my_dg.getColumnAt(0).setStyle("antiAliasType", "normal");
or
myTextField_txt.antiAliasType = "advanced";

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I Found A Great MC Scrollbar, Now Help Me Make It Scroll Dynamic Text Too.
I found this great draggable scrollbar that scrolled an MC. It works like a charm and is very snazzy. What I would like to do is have the same daggable scrollbar on my dynamic text fields. Is this possible, and if so, what in the script below would I have to change??

The way I have my dynamic text fields is a very simple:code: loadVariables("bla.txt", ""); Then have the texfield have a var. called 'text' and then have the actual .txt file start with text=blablabla

Anyway, here's the script for the draggable scrollbar:
code: fscommand("allowscale", "false");
bar.useHandCursor = dragger.useHandCursor=true;
space = 50;
friction = 10;
speed = 10;
y = dragger._y;
top = main._y;
bottom = main._y+mask_mc._height-main._height-space;
dragger.onPress = function() {
drag = true;
this.startDrag(false, this._x, this._parent.y, this._x, this._parent.y+this._parent.bar._height-this._height);
dragger.scrollEase();
};
dragger.onMouseUp = function() {
this.stopDrag();
drag = false;
};
bar.onPress = function() {
drag = true;
if (this._parent._ymouse>this._y+this._height-this._parent.dragger._height) {
this._parent.dragger._y = this._parent._ymouse;
this._parent.dragger._y = this._y+this._height-this._parent.dragger._height;
} else {
this._parent.dragger._y = this._parent._ymouse;
}
dragger.scrollEase();
};
bar.onMouseUp = function() {
drag = false;
};
moveDragger = function (d) {
if ((dragger._y>=y+bar._height-dragger._height && d == 1) || (dragger._y<=y && d == -1)) {
clearInterval(myInterval);
} else {
dragger._y += d;
dragger.scrollEase();
updateAfterEvent();
}
};
up_btn.onPress = function() {
myInterval = setInterval(moveDragger, 5, -1);
};
down_btn.onPress = function() {
myInterval = setInterval(moveDragger, 5, 1);
};
up_btn.onMouseUp = down_btn.onMouseUp=function () {
clearInterval(myInterval);
};
MovieClip.prototype.scrollEase = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (Math.abs(dy) == 0 && drag == false) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
r = (this._y-y)/(bar._height-this._height);
dy = Math.round((((top-(top-bottom)*r)-main._y)/speed)*friction);
main._y += dy;
};
};

There were up/down arrows, but I removed those just to have the dragger and the bar.

Many thanx in advance...

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im fairly new to the whole flash thing, i can do the really basic stuff...

but theres one thing i cant get my head around...

on the site i am creating, i have a menu (6 buttons vertical)

on each button click it loads a different page...

i have the pages set to scroll in from the right in a movie...

what im wanting is that so when u click a different button (for a different page) it will scroll the page in view out again...and then sequencially scroll the page in question in...

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ive looked all across the forum and cant find anythign remotely relating to what im after...and also tutorials/user uploaded movies etc on this site and still nothing...

i know its possible because ive seen it done else where...

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Hi,

How can i make my movie scroll, like we are doing it in our browser.
My movie makes a dublicateMovie command and run from _y=50
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How can i make the scroll effect.

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The bottom scroll bar disappears when not needed but the right scroll bar does not disappear. It stays there, only its blue bar disappears. This doesn't look that bad but it ruins the overall effect of my site. Can you help?

I Use flash mx and dreamweaver iv

N.B.
Maybe i could link to a swf from my index? This is the effect I want. i am left with only the top part of the browser but i have a problem with this.
If i link to it then try my flash link a window pops up asking me if i want to download the swf i am linking to.
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Im trying to look for the most easiest way to scroll a list of pressable buttons. I cant figure out most of the UI compnents. I see the scrollbar, scrolls dynamic text and thats all I could see.

Check out my BGMP at my site...

http://www.geocities.com/royalrw

basically, when I get too much loops (buttons) to add, Im gonna have to either do something like "a next page" or a scroller...

hit me back with some ideas

Cheers