Masking Dynamic Text?
After spending the most of this day doing the tutorial by Patrick on scrolling text (the easy one without the scroll bar) I finally got it.....BUT???? the scrolling text is in a masked layer whish evidently keeps the text from apearing? When I drag the layer out from the mask everything works fine and I can see the text and scroll it but as soon as i put it back under the mask the dynamic text doesn't show? the text is written in the action script of the movie clip object as described in the tutorial? HELP?
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Posted on: 04-04-2002, 08:25 PM
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Masking Dynamic Text
hey guys,
I was just wondering it was possible to mask dynamic or input text. I tried doing it and it didnt work. But when I changed the text to static everything worked fine. Any ideas. Thanks for the help guys
Don
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please tell me someone knows what i'm talking about....
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At least it's seems its being done on this site -->
http://www.code-media.com/home.htm
(in the leftdown corner)...
How is it done? Is it done using a pixelfont? Or maybe err... AARGH, pls help me out... I'm trying to
make sharp looking (like dynamic text is) fonts (preferable arial) mask. Thus far I have not succeeded
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Is it not possible to mask dynamic text fields? My text just dissappears when I place a mask layer above it... If I change the text to static it appears... I need to use dynamic text so I can use a scoll bar on it!
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GP
gp@1lg.com
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Hello,
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Hi..
I have a movie with a clip that has dynamic text.
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Hey, everybody.
I've been using Flash since Flash 3, and I've finally gotten pretty good at it lately (as far as I'm concerned, anyway). I'm also a long-time FlashKit fan and this is my first visit to the forums (but I will definitely be a frequenter from now on).
My new website design is comprised of 100% Flash (here is a pic of what is done so far). Normally, if I run into a problem I can think of a way to fix it and do so.
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Hi,
I know all about masking text using embedded font but I am trying to mask dynamic text and it does not work. I created a movieclip and named it content. There is only one frame with actionscript:
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actionText.multiline = true;
actionText.font = "ArialEmbed";
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actionText.wordWrap = true;
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content.setMask(maskClip);
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_root.onEnterFrame=function()
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Cordially,
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