Flash :: Making Text Crisper?

Text Scrolling W/o Gap Afterwards- Making A Contstant Stream Of Text Scroll
How can I make some text scroll constantly without the whitespace gap afterwards e.g. if i was doing the string "Hello World ", it would scroll "Hello World Hello World Hello World", instead of waiting for "Hello World" to go completely off screen and then start again?

Thanks

Sam

Making A Input Text Field Remove Text When Clicked
Hi,

I would like to know how would you remove text within a Input textfield when clicked. For example Barney's New York website has this field with text displaying Enter Email to subscribe, so when u click on the field it will remove the text when clicked.

"Click on the fallowing below, so you would know what exactly what I'm talking about."

http://www.barneys.com

Thanks!

Abel Gudino(Creativemindz.biz)

Making Parts Of Text Bold In Imported Text File
Hi,

I've done a search and haven't really found what i'm looking for.

I'm using Flash MX 2004.

I have an FLA that has a dynamic text box in with the instance name 'txtbox'.

I use the following code to import the text from a text file:

Code:
LoadVarsText = new LoadVars();
LoadVarsText.load("sptext.txt");
LoadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
trace("done loading");
txtbox.text = this.var1;
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};

My text file looks something like this:

Quote:

var1=%0DClient: Test Company Ltd%0DScope of work: To create a corporate identity, logo, branding plus online presence for newly formed business%0D%0D I was commissioned to create the site to give Test Company Ltd an online presence. They wanted a profesional looking site that both promoted the business and their services, as well as being interesting to navigate around. I opted for a hybrid site, and used a combination of Flash and HTML in the construction.

This works fine, however, I want to make some of the words in the text bold. I've tried making the box HTML formatted, then adding HTML tags around the bits of text that I want bold, but this doesn't work.

I'm not a programmer so you'll have to bear with me. From seeing tutorials, it looks like i'm missing something from my code that imports the text file.......?

Help?

Making A Space Between Text In Flash Makes The Text Shake?
I am editing a flash site (in MX) and every time I make a space between words the text starts to shake when I preview the movie. Why is it doing this and how do I make it stop?!

Making Dynamic Text Stay Beyond Input Text
Ok im workin on a project where i have an input text box and a dynamic text box. Whatever you type in the input box is mirrored in the dynamic text box. I got that part working.

here is the code:

---------------------------------------
_root.onEnterFrame=function()
{
dynText.text=inoutText.text
if(Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)){
ch=dynText.text
dynText.text=""
chArray = ch.split(" ");
chArray.splice(chArray.length, 0,"|");
for (i = 0 ; i < chArray.length ; i++){
dynText.text += chArray[i];}
dynText.text+= chArray.splice(chArray.length,"|");

}
--------------------------------------

Ok now the goal of this is what ever you type in the input box will STAY in the dynamic text box and the input box will dissapear. I've tried masking away the input box, alpha tweening it, and simply moving it off the screen.

But whenever it hits the new key frame the dynamic text resets, and with the mask it all shows or none of it works.

So is their a code that will save what ever i put in input text and have it stay in the dynamix text field even when the input box isn't present?

Making Some Text In Color When Loading From External Text
i was wondering, is there a way to make it so like say i loaded external text file to display text on my page that said:

2/04/04
Today i became a god, tomarrow i will eat a twinkie.

Could i make the "2/04/04" part like red and the rest of the text black so like i can make:

2/05/04
Today i became a god, tomarrow i will eat a twinkie.

2/04/04
Today i became a god, tomarrow i will eat a twinkie.

and make the dates red and the reg text black?

Inserting Text In Scroll Box And Making The Text Links...
Hello,
I'm making a links section for a website, but i'm having trouble linking the text. I have the text inserted in the scroll box, but when I publish it the text box is empty, no texts, no links? There is probally 30 different links. On the timeline I select the text and add the url in the properties window. Why will they not publish? Thank you.

Matt

Dropping Buttons Into A Text Box And Making Text Appear
I am working on a music website. On the lyrics page of the site, there will be 15 song buttons. I want the user to be able to pick up anyone of the buttons and drop it in the 'text box'. In the text box i want the lyrics for that song to appear. Can someone help me with the action script for this. it will be be much appreciated.

-rabulous

Coding Text: Making Text Scrollable
This may seem like a "n00b" question, but either I keep on forgetting or I was never told. How do you make text scrollable?

Only Text Making
i want only make a text whit flash effect to my site but everytime i do that and i take a look in my browser is see a box whit the text and the effects how do i make only the text whitout the box? because i want to put the text on my background from my site. The box around the text is the same color as my background but you see it. I am working whit koolmoves 4.5
thank you verry much and i hope you understand what i mean

Making Dynmic Text
I am trying to make dynamic text, but I don't know how exactly. I am duplicating a button movie clip, and I would like to give each new button a different name. How can I do this?

Making Text A Link
I want to create an enter button, so I typed Enter and made it a graphic symbol, how do I link it to my site from there? Thank you very much!

Making A Text Effect
var text="What time is it?";
text._alpha = 50;

I tried making the text alpha but it didint work.
what is wrong?

Making Text Unsharp
Hello!

I want to write a text which is "unsharp". It should not been fade out or something, it should just make the effect that you grap your glasses ;-)

Any ideas?

Martin

Making Text Rollovers
What is the best way to make text in a text field a rollover that actionscript can be added. I'm sure I can just turn it into a button, but I want to make lists fast like
text field

project one
project two
project three

all of these would launch different swfs. I want them to change color on rollover. Is there an easy fast way without turning each in to a button and aligning them?

Making A Scrolling Text Box. Please Help
i was reading Patrick Mineault's tutorial, following every single step of it but I couldn't get it to work. My "output" while testing the video is this

Quote:

Level #0:
Variable _level0.$version = "WIN 5,0,30,0"
Variable _level0.daTextBox = "<P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000">AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</FONT></P>"

and is totally different from what Patrick Menieault had in his tutorial.

Can anybody tell me what's wrong?

Making Text Go Around Objects
Is there anyway to make text automatically form around a picture or other object. To give you another idea of what i'm talking about, i want to know if flash can form text around picture like in microsoft publisher. Where if you have a picture and you have a text box around it text will automatically go to the edge of the picture.

Making Text Fade In And Out
I want to have some text slowly fade in.
I have converted the text to a symbol, and changed the alpha to 0%. Then I put in a keyframe where I want to start the fade in, alpha 0%. I put another keyframe where I want the text fully visible, alpha 100%. Then I put in a motion tween.

It works fine when I move the bar on the timeline. But it doesn't work when I test the movie.
I'm using Flash MX.

I am stuck. Please help!

Making Text Box URL's Unclickable
Hi,
Would there be a way to disable all URL's in my text box through actionscript?
I tried, and tried, and tried but I just can't figure it out (or find a way).
But it has to be through actionscript.
Would anybody know how?
Thanks a million for any help out.

Making Text Fade In And Out
I have gone over the help on this repeatedly, but neither motion nor shape tweening seems to work. Can someone help?

Making Text Appear During Effect
Basically, this is what i want to do: The crosshairs come down from the top, goes to the center, than left. THEN, as it goes right, i want the text to appear only after the center of the crosshair has passed over it, and of course, it all showing at the end. The file is attached.

Making Scrolling Text
I am new to Flash, and I tried following the instructions in the help to make scrolling text, but it does not scroll.
I put a button on the stage and added to its actions:
on(press){
textField.scroll += 10;
}
textField is a text element i added to the stage. I right clicked on it to make it "scrollable."
Please help, Thanks

Making A Button Out Of Just Text
Hi. I have a really simple/stupid question about making buttons out of just text. My problem is this: I've made some sweet buttons that are animated and look really cool. The thing is, everytime you want to click on a button, you must lign up your cursor just right to touch part of the text. You wont be able to click on a button unless your cursor is right on that part of the text. It gets really frustrating. Is there a way to enclose some sort of transparent behind the text so it isn't so darn hard to click? Or any other way for that matter? Thanks a lot

Making Text Uppercase
I know that you can make text lower case using .toLowerCase() but I want to make some text upper case, how can I do this, all I need is the command please - unless there is somthing more complicated.
(I am using actionscript 2.0)
Thanx,

Making Text Unhighlightable
How can I make text where you can't highlight it?

And also, can someone tell me how to loop music?

Making A Countdown With Text
Hi all,

This weekend, my boss dropped a bomb on me, asking me to figure out a way to make a countdown for a Flash ad. This is a bomb for me because I'm normally an animator and I can hardly understand ActionScript.

So after many confusing "make a countdown" tutorials, I've come before you all with what may a more simple task than I'm making it out to be.

Basically, I just need a string that reads:
"ONLY ## DAYS UNTIL..."
But when it gets down to one day, I want it to become:
"ONLY ## DAY UNTIL..."
And when time's up, get it to say:
"_____ IS NOW AVAILABLE BLAH BLAH BLAH YOU GET THE IDEA"

Most tutorials tend to confuse me with all the milliseconds and minutes when all I need are days, and none of them address how to change text according to date.

If anyone knows a script I can use to solve my problems, as well as tell me how to implement it, I would be forever in your debt.

[F8] Making A Text Tool. Help Plz...
I am working on a painting/drawing app and I am trying to make a text tool similar to what is used in Photoshop and other paint packages. Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks

[F8] Making A Text Box Transparent?
Hi there,

I am trying to make a text box (with pre-entered text) transparent by using the Alpha filter and setting it to 10%. This has worked correctly for a graphic, and seems to work for a text box, when in edit mode it is correctly transparent, however when played (i.e. the swf file is tested) it returns to 100% solid, with no transparency.

Can anyone tell me if this is possible, and where I could be going wrong?

Cheers

Matt.

Making Text Into A Hyperlink
hello all,

i have made this scrolling application and i want some of the text being called from sample.txt to have a hyperlink attached. any ideas?

Thank you.

Code:
//--------------loading external text and display it---------
var textRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("sample.txt");
var textLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
textLoader.load(textRequest);
textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,fileLoaded);

function fileLoaded(event:Event):void {
text_field.text = event.target.data;
text_field.wordWrap = true;
}
//------------------make buttons to scroll the loaded text-------
var scrolling:Boolean = false;
var scrollDirection:String;

scrollDown.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,scrollTextDown);
scrollUp.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,scrollTextUp);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,stopScroll);

function scrollTextDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
scrolling = true;
scrollDirection = "down";
text_field.scrollV +=1;
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,checkButtons);
}
function scrollTextUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
scrolling = true;
scrollDirection = "up";
text_field.scrollV -=1;
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,checkButtons);
}
function stopScroll(event:MouseEvent):void {
stage.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,checkButtons);
scrolling = false;
}
//---------ckecking to see if buttons are pressed-----------
function checkButtons(event:Event):void {
if (scrolling) {
if (scrollDirection =="down") {
text_field.scrollV +=1;
} else if (scrollDirection == "up") {
text_field.scrollV -=1;
}
}
}

Making Text Not Selectable
hello.

what's the easiest way to stop the pointer changing to a text selection thing when it hovers over a dynamically created text field? i.e. i dont want the user to be able to highlight the text etc.

thanks for any help.

Making Text All CAPS
Where/How can I find a code that takes what you write in an input text box and makes its output with Caps only?

Thanks.

Making A Text Box Transparent
HI All,
Im trying to make a text box transparent so that when i put the image onto my web page you only see the text and the background on the web page is visable any clues please i have flash 4 & 5

Cheers

Mark

Help On Making Text Editor
can any body help me with making a text editor with flash. all i need to type in some text, change its font,color,bold,underline,alignment and save it in form of xml. it would be great if any open source code is available. i m sure u guys know something about it.

Making XML Text Clickable
Howdy

Iâ€™m trying to bring in a list of people from an XML document when a button is pressed, and once that list is brought in, I want to make each name clickable so that a reader can find out more information about that person (the text of which would also be from an XML document). The first part seems fairly straightforward (see coding below; Iâ€™m not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it seems to work). Iâ€™m stumped, though, about how to do the second part (make the names clickable). Is this something thatâ€™s doable? Thanks!

Attach Code

peopleList_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, list1);

function list1(e:Event):void
{
var people_who:XML;
var urlLoader:URLLoader;
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("people.xml");
urlLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, list1_go);

function list1_go(e:Event):void
{
people_who = new XML(urlLoader.data);
name_txt.htmlText = people_who.NAME;
}
}

Making A Text MC Non-selectable?
I've got a piece of text that I am using as movieclip to add some onRollOver states to it...but I need to make the text non-selectable...so when a user passes their mouse over it...the cursor does not change to the text bar...as when this happens I loose the RollOver state...

How can this be done.

Much thanks...

Fed

Making Text Shine
Hi, Im kinda new to Flash (not that new) but I i've been looking at a few website and I seen like some of the logos have like a quick shine moving along the text, like if you were to move your knife across a light. Can someone please help me, I really want to learn how to do that, I would appreciate it .

Making Text Legable
Even after going through the tutorial I still run into the problem of making my text clear when its on Static which i need when i use the textbox as a variable.. does anyone have any advice besides useing the antialias and keeping the font size a even number?

Making Buttons Out Of Text
I have had this problem since day 1 and have been using annoying work arounds. If I use the text tool and write the word 'news' and size the text box around it.. then i can convert it to a button. In the end the button only reguards the text not the text box.. in other words the mouse over or linkage only works when the mouse is over text only.. so if your mouse is inbetween the letter N and E in 'news' it will not work. I want this so that the whole box is the button not just the outlines of the text. I have also tried converting it to a graphic then to a button but somehow the text still does this as a button which makes text buttons in flash very unusable.. so hopefully I am doing something wrong! thanks

Making A Text Box Transparent
I have looked and looked but cannot figure out how to make a text box transparent. In old flash there was an option I do not see it in Flash 8

Making A Text Mask, Please Help.
Hello,

This is my first post. I'm wondering if there is anyway to create a white rectangle with text in the middle. I want to remove the text, like a cookie cutter, so one can see what is behind it. I can't figure out how to do this. Can anyone help?

thanks

Making Text Boxes Not Just Appear
i was wondering how you make a text box not just appear on a site...i want it to be small and then increase in size...
i know you can put the frames and stuff on the main timeline but i want it on the timeline of the object so things don't get confusing...
so i was wondering how you do that and get it to play...i've put it on the timeline of the object but when i click testmovie nothing happens...i'm pretty sure you need some AS in it so what would this be?
hopefully you understood what i was saying

Making Scrolling Text
Hi, this forum has been a great help to me.
Just wondering if someone could please help me with coding and give me an example on how you would make text scroll (with use of scroll bars) in flash MX.
Also would you know how to add buttons within a page which display different pictures/text on the same screen when each button is pressed. For example i want to make a photo gallery using flash and have the user be able to select different pictures using different buttons.
Thanks in advance.

Flash Text Box Making Me Mad
Hi All..

Please understand my situation and kindly help me plz.

I have a flash textbox with these properties.
Type:Input Text
Size:10pt
HTML rendered

I have a button.. when clicked it calls a php file.
The php file gets the value from my textbox and inserts the value into mysql database.Till here no problem

The actual problem is here

When i try to display the retreived value from the database , it properly does the line formatting but

the font size is increased to 20pt ??

what should i do decrease the size of font ?? Please help me.. I am stuck for more than one week.

Making Text Crisper?

In flash, while editing text (say, verdana, size 10, black) it looks great, as if it were displayed in HTML, but when you publish it or look at it ouside of an MC its crap. why is text soo bad in flash? Can we make it crisper?-Tyler

In flash, while editing text (say, verdana, size 10, black) it looks great, as if it were displayed in HTML, but when you publish it or look at it ouside of an MC its crap. why is text soo bad in flash? Can we make it crisper?

-Tyler