Static And Dynamic Text
Hi
Can some explain what the difrence between static and dynamic text and which one would i use for what.
Thanks
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Posted on: 10-24-2003, 04:45 PM
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Static Text (device Fonts) Vs. Dynamic Text (anti-alias Non-embedded)
Any thoughts on which is better to use?
When i use static text and device fonts (arial) the text looks great. The text doesn't change so no need to be dynamic.
Or
I use dynamic text (arial) non-embedded and it looks good too. The text doesn't change but leaving it as dynamic makes it render better.
[F8] Dynamic Text Controlled Diff From Static Text? (alpha Question)
hi! i'm trying to fade in a movieclip with text but am running into some problems. the movieclip contains 4 dynamic text boxes which will serve as buttons and 1 static text with a title. however, the tween function is currently only fading in the static text and not the dynamic text boxes.
the main part that i'm talking about starts from "function scaleUp()" and down, but i posted what i have so far for context. with the posted code, the static text will fade in with the tween, but the dynamic text just plops there.
thanks for your help OH, and if you would also like to help, i want to have the 4 dynamic texts fade in one after another; i'm not sure whether or not to use an array or for script....and either way, i'm not really sure how to script that, so if you could help me with that too, that'd be awesome. thanks!
PHP Code:
// place background at 0% alpha
var fadeIn:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("bg", "bg_mc", 0);
bg_mc._alpha = 0;
// import flash tweens
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
// on enterframe, tween alpha to 100% and on complete, start centerline function
fadeIn.onEnterFrame = function() {
var bgFadeIn:Tween = new Tween(bg_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 2, true);
setTimeout (centerLine, 750)
delete this.onEnterFrame;
};
// places center line (invisible)
function centerLine() {
var introLine:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("line", "line_mc", 1);
line_mc._x = 450;
line_mc._y = 300;
line_mc._visible = false;
lineTween();
}
// makes line visible and tween out (changing _width)
// on complete, begins scaleUp function
function lineTween() {
line_mc._visible = true;
line_mc._alpha = 50;
var tween:Tween = new Tween(line_mc, "_width", Strong.easeOut, 0, 901, .75, true);
tween.onMotionFinished = function() {
scaleUp();
}
}
// changes _height of rectangle to make box and start fadeText function
function scaleUp() {
var upTween:Tween = new Tween(line_mc, "_height", Strong.easeOut, 1, 200, 1.2, true);
upTween.onMotionFinished = function() {
var placeText:MovieClip = _root.attachMovie("text", "text_mc", 2);
text_mc._x = 0;
text_mc._y = 200;
text_mc._alpha = 0;
text_mc.text0.text = "about";
text_mc.text1.text = "portfolio";
text_mc.text2.text = "photos";
text_mc.text3.text = "contact";
fadeText();
}
}
function fadeText() {
var textTween:Tween = new Tween(text_mc, "_alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 100, 3, true);
}
News Ticker: Error While Converting Static Text To Dynamic Text.
I made a simple news ticker. But am stuck with a silly error. I made the text static text. now when I make the text dynamic to load data from xml the text is not visible.
Not sure what is wrong with this.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ruben Benjamin
www.rubenbenjamin.com
Static Vs Dynamic Text
Might be worth it to visit this first for a better idea of my problem
beta site
Ok.
The text in the background is static textboxes and is on a frame on the scene itself. It should be coming through pretty crisp.
Now, the other text boxes are in movie clips and do not come through clean at all. If i put dynamic textboxes with embedded characters (like the buttons news in the menu) they come out kinda blurry in a MC clip that is in the scene
If i put static textboxes (like the text box that is off to the side on the bottom) in a MC, then they come out really blurry.
I'm using Flash mx 2004,
any suggestions to make it crisper?
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Hi
Can some explain what the difrence between static and dynamic text and which one would i use for what.
Thanks
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How can this be done?
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Code:
tf.border = true;
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tf.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,reportKeyDown);
tf.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,reportKeyUp);
function reportKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
trace("Key Pressed: " + String.fromCharCode(event.charCode) +
" (key code: " + event.keyCode + " character code: "
+ event.charCode + ")");
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event.charCode + ")");
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{
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2) When the text is done i want to have only one .swf file that i can
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I need a text box to display this text. We'll say for example the words in all caps are variables dynamically loaded but the rest is static text.
Text Box:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
<object classid="clsid:d27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="WIDTHVAR" height="HEIGHTVAR">
<param name="movie" value="NAMEVAR.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<embed src="NAMEVAR.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="WIDTHVAR" height="HEIGHTVAR"></embed></object>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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the example i've got a string of lets say 400 chars. if i use it as static and give it a font size of 22 and set it to bold then it displays correctly as i want.
if i use the same string of 400 chars and use it as dynamic text then some parts arent show at all or the font size is to big and i have to set this to font size 8 - 12 or even lower.
i do not change the size of the textfield. is this normal or is this some odd occurance.
any answers would be helpfull thnx in advance.
formatwizard
Opening Static Text Box From Dynamic Text Box
In my flash site, I have a scrolling dynamic text box. In this text box, I would like to provide links that either
1) open another dynamic text box in the same movie (prefered)
2) open a pop-up window
If I use a button this is no problem, I just follow some of the tutorials, but trying to get the URL Link to display this behavior has escaped me. Is it even possible?
The idea is that as a person reads the text, they can click on select words and an explanation will 'pop-up' regarding the word in question.
Thanks much in advance.
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Why is it that when I create a MC and put Dynamic Text in it, and mask it, it does not show up in the test movie. However, when I make the text static text with the mask in the MC it does show up in the test movie?
Can I Use One Embeded Dynamic Character To Embed A Font For Static Text?
Hi,
I have built a site that uses some rotating text.
I have figured out that in order to ensure that the text is visible i have to make it "Dynamic" but I have also worked out that it i make just 1 character "Dynamic" & embed that font, the rest becomes visible, even as "static" text - on my system at least.
Is it just that this will work on my PC which has the font on it or can this be used to ensure that the text is seen on all systems?
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Does anyone know how you would add static text to dynamic text.
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Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
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Hi, need help.
I currently have 7 text/symbols that each move to the right when a button beneath expands in a mouseover.event.
Working fine.
With one exception: I need to set the text value of that text dynamically using loadVars (the text is dates that vary).
No problem, I can do that with dynamic text, except for a few somewhat ugly problems.
Problem 1 - I want the text just to display. The dynamic text gets the I-Beam mouse cursor.
Problem 2 - Dynamic text lets the user select some or all of the text, which then shows in highlighted color.
I don't want the user to have any interaction with the text, and I'd like to have the "hand" mouse pointer over it, which carries through from the button underneath, just like the static text currently does.
I've tried the label component, but when you move it, it evaluates the HTML that sets the color too slowly, so you only see the start and end points. I've tried on (load) and on (draw), and the text looks like it's taking a huge hop from starting point to ending point, instead of moving gracefully across the real estate (default is black, html makes it white).
Any idea how I can get text to move, to format, to get its text at startup and still look like and act like it's the text on top of a button?
I'd very much appreciate any help!
Thank you. Sign me stymied! :-)
Alan Arthur Katz
Static Text | Variable | Static Text
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essentially, i want to have a dynamic text box display a string of text, then the value of a variable (that will change in length), then another string of text, but i would like it to all be seamless, looking as if i just typed the whole sentence in a word processor. thanks for your time!
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why is there static text option in Flash if dynamic text looks nice and crisp ?? what's static text for then ?? thx
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