Flash :: Text In Symbols

Dynamic Text: Detecting If Variables Match In Two Text Symbols?
Here's the problem:

I want to play a sound (or play an animation, whatever) if the first variable in one dynamic text is displayed at the same time as that in another dynamic text.

It works so that, when I press a button, one text field randomly displays one of "pizza" or "ham" and the second text displays randomly one of "is good", "is bad" or "yuck". Now I want it to play a sound when the random display comes up with "pizza is good".

I tried an educated guess with:
code:
if (_root.tiptext.variable == _root.tiptext2.variable) { play-sound }

but that doesn't work.

Any help?!?! (see attachment also)

P.S. don't ask why such a stupid program, it's just a test ^^'

Editing Graphic Symbols By Copying And Pasting To Make Slightly Dif Symbols
Hi!

I am using flash to create moving people symbols. I created a "singular person" symbol and saved it, I then copyed a few to make a "bunch of people" symbol, when I go to edit these copyed and pasted symbols each saved symbol changes. Also I am saving them as graphic symbols at the moment.

thanks,

Helen

TEXT Vs Symbols
Hi,

I'm trying to create an interactive presentation where there is a list of 8 topics (each saved as a symbol). When you roll over or click on a topic, a list of related items appears next to it.

That part is simple enough i guess. But I'm new to scrolling. Complete scrolling virgin, I am. I've read a bunch of tutorials on scrolling. However, what I don't understand is whether text should be left as text or converted to a symbol? I was always taught that text in Flash was a bad thing.

Of course it would be easier as text. There are 8 "topics", each of which has a unique list of about 10 different things. (that would be eigthy different symbols!)

This isnt for the web, by the way. It's going on a cd. Could I somehow keep the scrolling items as txt and embed the font on the cd?

thanks for taking any time to help me out. I'm supposed to have this done by tuesday.....
cheers!
Jenny

[F8] Text Symbols Help
I have an issue where a text symbol is showing up as a square box when viewed. I had copied the text with the symbol and then pasted it into the flash file in a scrolling text box. Has anyone else had this issue and if so, how do I resolve it? My client is not very happy about it and I need to get it fixed. Here's a link...www.hairfree.bz

Thanks!

Text Symbols Within A Mc
I was wondering if any of you guys have come across this problem.

Basically I have a button which loads a movie clip and navigates to a label.

My problem is that when the label is loaded the text symbol contained within the frames appears to have lost all its carriage returns.

When I drag the text symbol on to the stage there are no problems and the text displays correctly with all the carriage returns.

Any ideas??

Help With Text Symbols
Hi! I've done a movie in Flash MX and I have dotted borders around all of my text that I've converted into Symbols. I can't seem to get rid of it! There is no dotted line around the picture I have in the movie...just the texts. Can anyone help me?

Overlapping Symbols Inside Symbols With An Alpha Tween
Hello,

In the attached example, Is it possible to prevent the purple overlap area from showing and just be red since red's on top? I have characters that use symbols for arms, legs, etc. and I want to fade them in and out sometimes. The problem is, the areas where the limbs overlap look weird so I have to resort to converting them to shapes on one keyframe. This seems limiting and annoying. I was wondering if there's a command, extension, or property to fix this. Thanks in advance.

Is It Not Possible To Assign Instance Names To Symbols Within Symbols In Flash CS3?
Detail question on nha khoa Adobe group

OK, so I have a player object. I created a symbol that is linked to the player. Inside the symbol I have 2 symbols. 1 is the sprite that displays the player, the other is a rectangle box that is used for collision detection.

I tried giving the collision box an instance name in the property editor so I could reference the collision box from code. The Player symbol is linked to a Player class I wrote earlier so it creates an instance of the Player class. The error I get is this:

ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property myCollBox on Player.

myCollBox was the instance name I gave that collision box symbol. I thought maybe I had to make the collision box also linked to a class to be exported for action script, but that didn't seem to help.

Symbols Like % + & From Text File?
is there a definitive list for encoding symbols like "%" and "¼" in a text file, loading them into flash?

Insert Symbols In Text Box
HI all,
I want to know whether we can insert "symbols" like "alpha", "gamma" im a text field.

Regards
Deepak Lohumi

Symbols In Dynamic Text
im dynamicaly loading text onto my flash pages... why is it that some symbols do not show up like %, +, n with ~ on top, and others... how do i make them ppear on the page...

thanks...

Rotating Symbols With Text On Them
when I rotate any symbol that has text on it, I run it and the text disappears at runtime, anyone know a work around for this?

Mathematical Symbols In Text.
hi all

I have a problem.
I need to display mathematical symbols
such as squareroot , integral etc in text.
Is there any way I can do this without
having it as an image.

Thanks in advance

deepflash

Mathematical Symbols In Text
I need to display mathematical symbols such as squareroot , integral etc in text. Is there any way I can do this without having it as an image.

How Do I Rotate Text Symbols W/actionscript?
Hi all,
I'm trying to rotate a duplicated movieclip instance that contains some dynamic text. This is for use in a custom text effect (like rotating the characters as fly in or something.)

I'm using the setProperty("text1", _rotation, 45); etc, but it just makes the mc disappear.

I couldn't find anything on this... Does anyone have any useful insight on this?

Thanks!

=-Arlo

How Can I Get Flash To Reconize Text Symbols?
I have a scrolling text field that is loading a .txt file but it will not reconize the degree symbol, ® symbol, or the % symbol. I'm working on a Mac and build a flash projector that will be used on Macs and PC's. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Mike C.

Restrict Symbols In Dynamic Text Box
How would I restrict symbols and uppercase letters in a dynamic text box. (ie: password, username)

Do I have to setSelection() and list only the text I want? or is their an easier way

Aligning Text In Symbols? Impossible?
I cannot find this answer anywhere. Im using flash mx, not 2004. I have multiple buttons on a canvas, its like an interactive game. There invisible buttons, and they cover the canvas so when you hover over text appears at the bottom. This works fine, but how can I align the text so each hover appears correctly? there kinda wayward.

Inserting Symbols From Text Files.
I am loading in a flash movie a text file, the text is set to allow html coding, i want to know if it`s possbile to load symbols like the euro sign, TM in flash from the text file ? At least inserting a subscript text from a text file , the text dose not work, any fast help please? Tnks !

Blurry Text Inside Symbols
I had this problem and I couldn’t find any solutions to it in any forum. After a while I figured out what the problem was. So I am posting it here for future reference.

Problem:
Aliased text appear blurry when inside a symbol with more elements on it

Cause:
Flash simulates the Aliased text using vectors. To do that Flash uses the top left corner of the symbol for doing the calculations. This top left corner is not necessarily the 0,0 coordinate. If the top left corner of another object in the symbol is sitting in a not whole x or y then Flash will calculate the Aliased text from there. Hence making the text looks blurry.

Solution
Make sure that the top left corner of the symbol is in an integer x and y coordinate. Inside the symbol place and object with the top left corner also in an integer x and y. A good way is to create an empty graphic and place it on 0,0. So it works as a registration point.

Dynamic Text Box And Font Symbols
I have dynamic text boxes and static text boxes both set to a font symbol that I created in the library.

The static text portion is displaying correctly on all browsers/platforms but the dynamic text boxes are not as reliable. On Macs or PCs without the font already on the machine they display in a default font.

Why is the static text box displaying fine and the dynamic not?

Is there some special procedure for connecting dynamic text boxes with font symbols?

Effects On Text And Symbols In Flash
Hi all, Newbie question here:

Should I do all my effects in Photoshop & then import images & text layers, or is there a way to add effects in Flash? Also, what's the best format to import? and can photographic images be imported w/out too much loss of clarity?

thanks
ag

Symbols Like % Not Showing In Text Variable
Hi

I'm pulling text from an PHP file which is displayed in a dynamic textfield. The text has the % symbol in it which won't display once it's rendered.

The PHP text looks like "40% Chance of Rain"
The Flash text box displays "40Chance of Rain"

The flash file reads the text, but does not display the % sign. It has the same issue with other special characters also.

How do I get it to display the % as part of the text?

Text From Db Query Needs To Have " And ' Symbols
I'm getting dynamic text from a db via coldfusion. the text is:

Quote:

8'6"

i need to maintain the feet and inch symbols (', ") in my flash dyn text box.

currently I'm getting

Quote:

86

HELP! any way around this?

project is in actionscript 1.0 (flash mx) and will not easily port to 2.0

Dynamic Text Problem W/symbols
i recently downloaded, kirupa's tutorial on scrollable loading dynamic text.
it works very well, but when it comes to symbols like (& and +) these appear to make all the text after them dissapear, when the text loads from an outside file.

HELP please!!!

Bitmap Text And Font Symbols?
When working with pixel fonts I'm using the 'Bitmap Text (no anti-alias)' rendering method, but this doesn't allow you to embed fonts.

Is it therfore not necessary to embed fonts when using Bitmap Text or should I create a new font symbol in the library and link the text to that?

Adding Symbols To Dynamic Text
I'm modifying an existing Flash site and running into some complications that I hope someone here can help me out with. The current site has a few pages with a restricted text area, but the copy exceeds the size of that text area. Due to time and budget constraints, the easiest way to solve it was to create the text field as dynamic and allow it to scroll. The only problem is that a few pages where this is done, the client wants to include hyperlinks, which doesn't seem possible with dynamic text. My question is, can I drop in a symbol within the dynamic text field that will be able to be hyperlinked, but still scroll with the rest of the text?

Graphic Symbols And Movie Clip Symbols
what is the difference between creating a graphic symbol from an image with it's own timeline animation and creating a movie clip symbol from the same image that can be animated in the main timeline?

Or do I totally misunderstand the difference between the two?

Fonts Symbols, HTML And Dynamic Text ?
Hello.
I have this 2 fonts symbols (NORMAL and BOLD) that i like to use in a this dynamic text box. The problem is if a assign the text box to the NORMAL font symbol, and then create a variable holding the following string;

text = " TITLE INSERT TEXT HERE"

Only the "Insert text here" appears not the title (using the other font symbol - BOLD). Am i doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance.
T.

Fonts Symbols, HTML And Dynamic Text ?
Hello.
I have this 2 fonts symbols (NORMAL and BOLD) that i like to use in a this dynamic text box. The problem is if a assign the text box to the NORMAL font symbol, and then create a variable holding the following string;

text = " TITLE INSERT TEXT HERE"

Only the "Insert text here" appears not the title (using the other font symbol - BOLD). Am i doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance.
T.

[Edited by anarchitecton on 07-11-2002 at 12:20 PM]

How To Insert Strange Symbols In Dynamical Text?
I tried to insert strange symbols as "ë, ï, &" in my dynamical textfiels. I put them in the .txt, but that doesn't work. It can't read it in.
I tried also the html-equivalents (&euml in the .txt, en have chosen 'render als html', but that doesn't work either.

Does anyone know a resolution?

bye!
Alices

Showing Symbols In Dynamic Text Feild
I need to add a copyright and registration trademark symbol in the dynamic text field that i have creted.....as these are symbols its difficult for me to incorporate in the dynamic text field. i tried downloading a font whch has these symbols and used html tags to show up...it did work well....the only issue being the font needs to be installed on the individuals users machine....and if the user odes not have it.....will not be able to c it.....

Is therea away i can resolve this issue....?? can i laod images in dynamic text feild ?

I need this problem to be resolved on urgent basis.....can anyone please help em out with this !!!!

Cheers!

Convert Text Symbols To Api Drawing Coordinates
Basically I want to know how I can export text that I place on the stage in the font and size I select into a vector-based table or list that I can then incorporate into an array of lineTo and curveTo coordinates to draw from actionscript to a clip. I want to draw large headings with actionscript without having to download the required fonts.

thanks

Accessing Dynamic Text Fields In Symbols
Hi am just starting to learn Action Script three and have started to create a AS3 Flash project. I am creating a movie clip symbol (which will be used as a button) with a text field that I want to be able to change dynamically as I load in formation in from mySQL. Can some one show me or send me a link that will provide an example on how to access the text field in the symbol? I keep getting a "Access of possibly undefined property error."

Thanks
Russell E. Colwell

Math Symbols Not Showing In Dynamic Text
hi,

I have a dynamic text field in flash that gets it's content from a txt file, saved in UTF-8. All my special characters like ç or ã are showing, but + and % aren't...

any ideas? tks in advanced

Dynamic Text - Can You Display $ And , Symbols When Manipulating Numbers?
I'd like to display a number like $35,000 in dynamic text, and subsequently subtract from that number. Can you do this?

Blurry Bitmap Text (no Anti-alias) On Button Symbols
Hello,

Can someone please explain when making a button symbol using Arial then exporting as an .swf why the font exports blurry and not sharp?

Thanks.

Edited: 03/19/2007 at 09:00:32 AM by jasonjam

Movie Symbols Vs Graphic Symbols
to movie or to graphics?

I remmember in flash 5 movie symbols compiled smaller than gaphic symbols. is that still the case in Flash MX?

Graphic Symbols Vs Movie Symbols
to graphic or to movie?

I remmember in flash 5 movie symbols used to compile smaller than graphic symbols...is that sitll the case in flash MX?

Listeners On Symbols With Symbols Inside Of Them?
I have a symbol (a) with a symbol (b) inside. I have a rollover listener on symbol (a) however, when I roll over symbol b inside of symbol a I loose my "MOUSE_OVER".

It is as if symbol b stops its parent from being considered "rolled over"

Am I building these wrong? or mis-understanding something?

I need it so that the rollover for symbol a works no matter what is inside it.

Thanks!

HELP Symbols List To Text List?
Is there a way to get a list of all the symbols in the library into a text file quickly and easily?
Thanks in advance!
-Ted

Button Symbols Inside Button Symbols
Can someone correct me if I am wrong... but I want to confirm that button symbols cannot be placed inside the rollover frames for other button symbols(?)

I was making a button roll over effect.

Btn Symbol 1 (the primary) needed an 'over' image, so I made Btn Symbol 2 and place it on the keyframe; however, the rollover effect would only work if used the original bitmap OR a Graphic Symbol in the 'over' frame for the button.

Just wanted to make sure I was understanding this correctly - basically, that you can't place button symbols inside the rollover frames for a button symbol.

Thanks...

Symbols
what does this <> mean in actionscript?

Symbols
I'm developing a short cartoon with a friend of mine. Is there a way I can e-mail the symbols I've developed?

NT SET Symbols
Is it possible from Flash to read the symbols available in an NT environment

ie the same stuff that you can see with the SET command at a dos prompt

ie

NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
OS=Windows_NT
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:WINNT
TEMP=C:TEMP
USERDOMAIN
USERNAME

Using Symbols What Is The Best Way ?
Hello there

I'm currently doing a project and I am using a lot of symbols and was wondering is it better

-To have 1 symbol and then drag on to scene and change the colour of it

-Or to have many duplicates of a symbol but of diff colours so that i can drag each diff colour item on the scene

I'm trying to keep file size low

Thanks

A Newbie