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My Text Disappers Under A Mask?
I've been pulling my hair out over this one...
I've finally found my bug.

I am developing a Flash application... I have a few text fields and a few textarea components.

I have a mask over this.

The text is invisible when I compile my Flash.

WHY is this!!
How can I fix the problem?

Thanks.

OM

XML Feed Disappers With Target
I'm trying to get a rss feed to show up in the flash.
It works when only in the 1st frame and 1st scene
It does not work when a preloder is added
Nor does it work when loaded as an extrenal movie clip

attached is the code I used.
I'm kinda lost now. Keep note I'm 60% designer 40% coder.

Flash Movie Disappers When Placed In A Table
I am trying to make a flash movie fill the available width of an HTML table that is set to 100%.

The movie will display fine outside the table, however, when placed inside the table, it never appears to load.

I have to set the height and width to absolute values to see the movie.

What gives???

Image Disappers When In Tween Transition
Hello,

I have the code below. Problem is when I release image1_mc and then press image2_mc it works fine IF I let the transition complete.

If I press image1_mc then press image2_mc the transition starts IF I quickly press image1_mc again, it transitions back to image1Bg_mc BUT once it finishes the transition image1bg_mc disappers.

Any idea why? I can't figure it out.

thanks,
sky

Attach Code

import mx.transitions.*;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;

image1_mc.onRollOver = function () {
arrivingOnStage = image1Bg_mc;
};

image1_mc.onRelease = function () {
bgImageSwitch(image1Bg_mc,onStage);
onStage=image1Bg_mc
};

image2_mc.onRollOver = function () {
arrivingOnStage = image2Bg_mc;
};

image2_mc.onRelease = function () {
bgImageSwitch(image2Bg_mc,onStage);
onStage = image2Bg_mc;
};

// creates the moving bg image on the stage when onRelease occurs \
bgImageSwitch = function (arrivingOnStage, onStage) {
if(arrivingOnStage != onStage){
arrivingOnStage.swapDepths(onStage);

new mx.transitions.Tween(onStage, "_x", mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeOut, 0, 1964, 2, true);
new mx.transitions.Tween(arrivingOnStage, "_x", mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeOut, -982, 0, 1, true);

onStage = arrivingOnStage;

}else if(arrivingOnStage == onStage){
trace("This is already on stage");
}};

ScrollPane Problem With AttachMovie - Pictures Disappers When Scrolling..
I finally got my scrollPane to work (well,... sort of) with my dynamically created MC's via attachMovie. But now as soon as you try and scroll, the pictures disappear. Also, it seems as though the masking isn't working properly on the scrollPane. It's actually kind of weird because it looks like the masking is working with the pictures (see attached swf to see what I'm talking about), but isn't working with the textfields.

If someone could take a look at the attached file and see if I've simply overlooked something, I'd be forever in your debt - as I've been working on this stupid problem forever! TIA

Mask Layer Hides Labels, Button Text, And Selected Text For Combobox
does anyone know how to get flash to stop hiding text that resides on movie clips that have a mask layer over them? the masks appear to work fine but hide this text and i cannot figure out how to get it to stop.

thx

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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

I Cannot Understand, How To Put Mask Layer On A Text Layer To Do A Mask
it looks there is only one layer.
the code is here.
http://go3.163.com/qiukezhi/tutor/1tutor.fla
see the picture
http://888888882.tripod.com/onelayermask.jpg
does anyone know how to make it?
thanks.
[Edited by bluerabit on 02-10-2002 at 06:09 PM]

Text Slowing Down Animation/using Text Behind A Mask
hey,
first: you might want to check this link to get an idea what i'm asking.
http://www.jamolo.com/maoHuge.html

it seems like having text in my mc is slowing down the dynamic animation of certain elements.

i've got a mc called maoMask which has a mask with a picture mc and some text behind it.
on the main mc, maoMask ypos is dynamically reset and the mc's behind the mask in maoMask are reset so they appear to be still.

the problem: the text makes the dynamic repositioning of mc maoMask hella slow.
I take out the text and it runs fine. I've checked my algorithim to make sure it's not eating resources, but it looks fine.

If I switch the text to dynamic text and bring it out of the mask, it works fine. But dynamic text doesn't appear if I leave it behind the mask.

what can i do here to maintain the intended effect and have it run smoothly?

HOW DO YOU MASK TEXT?
Does anyone know how to get a mask to work over top of text? I can't ever seem to get it to work. Thanks.

Mask Text?
Hi

alright, got some hard one here:

I have a mc called texts which contains 4 frames and evey frame has a dynamic text. in these text fields i'll load with loadvariable the text from a txt file.

this mc is put in another mc called slide. this one is used to scoll up and down.

But now its impossible to put a mask either in slide or in the root. If i put a mask the text will not appear. if i remove the mask the text appears as wished

can anyone help me???

thanx

gilo

Why Can't I Mask Text?
Hallo all,

Is there any idea why when I use a mask on some text it doesn't work?
Basicly, I see the masked text in the scene window in Flash just fine, but when I publish the file the text disapears!
If I break apart the text it looks fine. Why???

Thanks.

Mask On Text?
is there any way you can mask the text without breaking them apart?

Thank you

Mask Text
why im not able to mask text???

-X-

Text AS A Mask
There are allot of threads about using text under a mask, and how to get them to show through (by embeding the font)

but what i'm trying to work out is, how do you get a fon to actually be the mask? so i could type in the word 'dog' and use it to mask an images of a dog.

and ideas?

Text Mask
The search on this forum didn't work, so mabye this question is already been post.

How can i change the alpha of a dynamic textfield?
Why can't i mask dynamic text?

what is my alternative to mask or alpha dynamic text?

Herjen

No Text When Using A Mask
i have a movie clip with some images and some text. there is a mask over that movie clip and i cant see the text only the images

how do i fix this, i know that if you break the text up it will work is there any other way

thanks

[F8] Text Mask Help?
hi,
im new to using flash, and i have a question about some problems im having.
im making a flash website, and each page is a different movie clip, and every time i edit (lets say a text box mask) on one "page", it edits the masks on the other movie clips...is there anything i can do to stop that from happening? im getting quite frustrated.

thanks a lot

Text Through A Mask?
For some reason, my text fields are not showing through a mask. Has anyone else had this issue/resolved it?

Any help is greatly appreciated, done google searches but have come up with nothing so far..

Can We Mask TEXT
hai,
I need to Mask the text which i have placed on the stage i am able to see
in the development mode when i run the .swf i am not able to see....

Is this possible....

Mask And Text...
Hi, I load an swf and I masked its layer. swf shows well, but text in swf can't be seen. why?

thanks

Mask Over Text
Why does the frame rate slow down when a mask moves over static text?
Also, why does the frame rate slow down when an swf is loaded into a Movie Clip on an interface when they have the same frame rates? The only way that I've been able to maintain frame rates is with an swf containing a streaming MP3. As long as the song is playing, the frame rate is consistant. As soon as I pause, the frame rate slows down.... I don't get it.

Text Under Mask
Dear members;

I am trying to display a text under mask,

i know that wont be displayed unles i break it abart ( twice Ctl + B)

but i have an external text to be loaded from .txt file .... so i can not break it apart???

Is there any solution????

Thank you in advance

Mask Text
I'm trying to mask text in flash CS3 but I don't know why it doesn't work. I can mask images and movie clips without text, but text alone or inside a movie clip doesn't work. nothing appears.

What could be wrong??

Thanks,

Pau

Mask Text
Pretty simple but it won`t work. What I want is to have text links and on the rollover have it a complex movie clip where they change color by slliding over like the ones on PitchforkMedia (look top right). I was thinking I would juist have the text as a mask but for some reason when I rollover it turns the color I want and then returns to the first frame.
Any ideas on how to do it differently?

Hm.. Why Can't You Mask Dyn/inp Text?
Is there a way to?

Text Mask
hey guys...

pretty new to flash, so sorry if this is quite basic.

Im trying to basically put a scrolling marquee at the bottom of my page.

I have (one one layer ) a movie symbol of some text scrolling from right to left (tweened in the movie timeline, not the main timeline). Then i have a mask above that layer that is simply a filled rectangle.

When i test the movie i cant see the text scrolling.

Is there something i am doing wrong that is keeping the movie symbol from playing?

thanks
cav

How To Mask A Text Box
how do i fade a text box ? for some reason when i put a shape on the mask layer over my text box(which is dynamic text) it makes the text not show up at all, anywhere, its like it disables it. whats goin on?

AS3: Mask Within A Mask (or How To Use A Shape With A Hole In It As A Mask)
Hi guys,

I've been stuck on this AS 3 masking problem for days now. I'm sure there's a simple solution to my problem but it's proving to be a pain.

I have a movieclip that contains some drawings, bitmap, etc. on top of that I am drawing a yellow rectangle with a hole in it using ActionScript:

What I want to achieve is to mask the movieclip container using the yellow rectangle, but I want the hole in the middle to not show the drawings and line:

However what I am actually getting is the yellow rectangle is masking the movieclip, but is ignoring the hole within it:

This is the AS3 code that I've written to get the above effect (with 'maskee' being the movieclip that contains the drawings):

Code:
function drawRectMask(p_sprite:Sprite) : void {
p_sprite.graphics.beginFill(0xf0ff00);
p_sprite.graphics.drawRect(100,100,300, 300);
p_sprite.graphics.moveTo(100,200);
p_sprite.graphics.drawRect(150,150,100, 100);
p_sprite.graphics.endFill();
}

var spr:Sprite = new Sprite();
drawRectMask(spr);
addChild(spr);

maskee.mask = spr ;

I'm at wits end. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Dynamic Text In A Mask?
Is there anyway to place a dynamic textbox in a mask? I can't seem to get it to work but it works fine for static text.

Here's the setup:

I have a movieclip where i place my masked layer. a bar with a gradient fill is supposed to pass behind the dynamic textbox to make it appear. I wanted it to be a dynamic textbox because I want to change the text every so often.

Is there anything I can do about this?

Can Mask Text But Not Graphics
How do you mask an image in a graphic without its background or surrounding box? I have imported images in the PNG format that look fine when I get to flash and they have a transparent bacground but when I try to mask the graphic it masks it as if the background was not transparent. Can anyone help???

Mask A Scrolling Text Box?
is it possible...i'm sure i've seen them online....I just can't seem to get it to work...anyone know how?...any one know of a downloadable example...there's none on flash kit..

cheers, stu.

Mask Dynamic Text
Is it possible to mask dynamic text or even set the alpha to fade down . I have my text in a dynamic textfield so the font would be crisp but now I cant seem to do anything to it like have a mask or fade up . Can anyone suggest anything.

Dynamic Text Under Mask
hi!
i have _root.mov1.mov2
mov1 is under mask.
in mov2 i have two layers- background and dynamic text

when i play the movie, i can see only background of mov2

if i remove mov1 mask, i can see both layers of mov2

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is it possible that dynamic text in mov 2 is visible even i use masking

thanks

Dynamic Text...how Can I Mask.....
Hey All,

Just wondering if this was possible or even put an object on top of the text.. seems not to be working.

Shaun.

Dynamic Text Mask?
Hi,

Is it possible to Mask dynamic text??...It seems to work in the program, but not when I publish my Flash movie, why is this? and if its not possible to mask dynamic text, is there any other way to mask dynamic text??

thanks

phil.

Mask Dynamic Text?
I have my dynamic text, and i have a mask over it.
I have embedded the fonts and the mask works

problem is, i have the text one color and its showing up another color. Actually i have several colors -- Red, White, and a light blue, but theyre all showing as light blue.

I think that when you embed the text it uses the top color all the way through.

Does anyone know a way to have it A) keep the mask working and B) use my colors?

Ty,
~DW~

Mask Does Not Work On Text
Hi
I am testing a mask effect. I found that the mask layer worked over a graphic object in the masked layer but if the layer that is masked has text it would not display the text.
Can anyone tell me why?
Myo

Text Box And A Mask Layer
Hi,

I have a problem with a text box and a mask layer.

I draw in Layer1 a filled rectangle.
In Layer2 a make a text box with text in it.
Now I make the Layer1 to my MASK layer.

Problem: If the text box in Layer2 is a STATIC TEXT (text properties) than everything works fine, but if the text box in Layer2 is a DYNAMIC TEXT (text properties) than I see nothing!!!

Question: How can I place a DYNAMIC TEXT BOX in Layer2?????

Thanks
David

Mask Dynamic Text
Hallo everybody!
Does anyone have any idea how can I mask dynamic text?

Dynamic Text Under A Mask ?
I have a mc with dynamic text loaded into it.
When I place a mask over it, the text is gone.
how can I prevent this ?

HELP Input Text Behind A Mask
HELP PLEASE!!

I'm working with a form in an external .swf. I am calling the external .swf into a container movie that is masked, but for some reason, because of the mask, you are not able to type in the input fields, nor can you submit the form... any ideas on how I can overcome this? When I remove the mask in my main movie, the form works fine... but it has to be masked... HELP!!

I Mask And Text Disappears
I ave a set of movies that I am going to load into a parent movie as the user interacts with the parent.

I have created a mask that covers the entire stage of the child movie to ensure the pieces outside the document do not appear on the parent.

However, the mask seems to have made all my text disappear. Any text boxs sitting on the masked movie seem to have their content disappear, even those with dynamically loading content.

Any idea what the problem is??!!??

I Mask And Text Disappears
I have a set of movies that I am going to load into a parent movie as the user interacts with the parent.

I have created a mask that covers the entire stage of the child movie to ensure the pieces outside the document do not appear on the parent.

However, the mask seems to have made all my text disappear. Any text boxs sitting on the masked movie seem to have their content disappear, even those with dynamically loading content.

Any idea what the problem is??!!??

Text Mask Gets Jitters
hi all,
i have a text (only 3 words) scrooling in a mask. the scrool is done by tweening. the problem is that the text gets jittered. why ?

please help, how can i make the scrolling more smooth?
thanks in advance,
--sasha

Mask / Dynamic Text
just a quick question. . .

I have 2 dynamic text boxes which give me my x and y position of my mouse, no problems there..

however, I know have a layer mask going over top of it, and it is no longer showing my position? if i delete the layer with the mask, it works fine. . .

(by the way, its not because my mask is covering it, i have my maskin correct everything else is showing. . .)

any ideas on this one flashers

thanks in advance!
carl

Mask On Dynamic Text
I'm trying to set a mask on a mc containing dynamic text.
But, the only thing that are visible, are graphics, not text.

When i removes the mask, the text comes back.

What happens?
Can anyone tell me what to do?

Regards

MASK And INPUT TEXT BOX?
Hi,
I want to create a simple email form which has a mask layer above.
The form has three input text boxes with relevant statistic text titles beside: Your Name, Company, Email
The problem is when the mask finishes rolling down, ONLY the STATISTIC appear meanwhile the input text boxes are INVISIBLE even though they are there. I disable the mask then those boxes are shown. Can you help me to solve this matter? Thanks a lot
hcongthanh@yahoo.com

My Text Disappers Under A Mask?

I've been pulling my hair out over this one...I've finally found my bug. I am developing a Flash application... I have a few text fields and a few textarea components.I have a mask over this.The text is invisible when I compile my Flash.WHY is this!!How can I fix the problem?Thanks.OM