Flash :: Unable To Assign TextFormat To Text Field

Unable To Name The Text Field For A MovieClip Button
I had run a loop that create 5 buttons using the movieclip. But I have a problem. With each button being created, I assigned the text to the text field. All 5 buttons have the same text name instead of different text name for each buttons.

--example--
button 1 - submenu 5
button 2 - submenu 5
button 3 - submenu 5
button 4 - submenu 5
button 5 - submenu 5
--example--

where I want it to be ...

--example--
button 1 - item 1
button 2 - submenu 1
button 3 - item 4
button 4 - item 5
button 5 - submenu 5
--snip--

The code is below...

Code:

var curr_item;
var curr_menu = container.createEmptyMovieClip(name, depth);
for (var i=0; i<node_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("default_button","item"+i+"_mc", i);
curr_item.button_name.text = curr_node.attributes.name;
}

Is there something I should have done differently??? I'm using hte movieclip named "default_button".

Thanks,
FletchSOD

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Assign A Variable To A Dynamic Text Field
I want to assign a variable "speed" to a dynamic text field with the instance "spdDisplay" and round it to two decimal places.
I'm pretty new to flash but, this seems like it should be easy. If someone could help me out I would be extremely grateful.
Here is the code I have - it does not work

Code:

var speed:Number = angle/2.1;
trace(speed.toFixed(2));
spdDisplay.text = (speed);

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Creating Form In AS3...Can't Assign Var Name To Dynamic Text Field?
In AS2 I would simply add a var name to a input text field from the property panel but when I try to do so in AS3 it's not supported. How do I assign a var name to input text using ActionScript 3? If anyone can answer this for me and/or point me to a thread/tutorial on creating an email form in AS3 I would greatly appreciate it.

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Assign OnRelease Event To A Word Within A Dynamic Text Field
Greetings all.

Is this even possible?

What I have is a dynamic textfield which contains text from an array item.

Is it possible to do the following:

Textfield contains: This is my text man.

Now for the interesting part, is there a way to trigger a function by pressing the word 'man' in the text field.

I know this is an odd request, just looking for ideas.

Thanks in advance.....

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Unable To Set Focus To Login Text Field AUTOMATICALLY On Page Load
Hi,
I'm trying to have my flash (AS 2) login page have the username field start blinking right away after the page is loaded but so far, no success.

I've added the following Javascript to the HTML wrapper:

But it still doesnt work. Can anyone help?

See whats happening by clicking here.

Attach Code

<script language="javascript">

</script>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" onLoad="window.document.flashFocus();">

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Assign Var To Txt Field
how can assign a variable to a dinamic text field with actionscript?

I want to change the content of the text field on release of my buttons. I have a lot of buttons and i load the variables from an external txtfile.

Thank you.
Noir

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TextFormat Different Sizes Throughout Entire Field
i have a text field that im displaying content that i pull from a db in. the db content is formatted using html tags because it also is used for html pages.

this code popuplates the text field with headers and then body text for that header.

ActionScript Code:
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.size = "11";

for (i=0; i<arraySize; i++) {
mc_textContainer.infoText.htmlText += site_para_heading[i];
mc_textContainer.infoText.htmlText += site_text[i];
mc_textContainer.infoText.htmlText += " ";
}

mc_textContainer.infoText.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);

the reason its like this is because it is pulling from multiple records in the db and making up one text field in flash. an example is faq. the site_para_header is the question, the site_text is the answer.

what i want is for the headers to be a differnt size than the body. the problem is, i have to appliy the myTextFormat to the field because the font size that is set in the db fields is "1" which is extremely small when you bring it in flash (i think because flash uses sizes relative to CSS).

i tried this:
ActionScript Code:
mc_textContainer.infoText.htmlText += "" + text[i] + "";

but that formatting gets lost because of the formatting that is in the fields in the db.

any suggestions or am i out of luck on this one?

thanks in advance

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TextFormat Not Working After Adding Field To MovieClip
Hello,

I was just figuring how to use TextFields with TextFormat.

I ran into the following problem. I just copied some code somewhere from Adobe.com just to figure out how it all works. OK, so far so good.

Now what I wanted to do was to dynamically create a TextField and add that to a MovieClip, however, nothing shows up.

I have attached my code, if you comment out the MovieClip part and remove the slashes on line 17 it works fine.

Please help me out! Thanks.

Attach Code

// Create a new instance of the Font1 symbol from the document's library.
var myFont:Font = new Font1();

/* Create a new TextFormat object, and set the font property to the myFont
object's fontName property. */
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myFormat.font = myFont.fontName;
myFormat.size = 24;

/* Create a new TextField object, assign the text format using the
defaultTextFormat property, and set the embedFonts property to true. */
var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;
myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
//addChild(myTextField);

// Create a MovieClip
var movieClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
movieClip.x = 0;
movieClip.y = 0;
movieClip.width = 200;
movieClip.height = 50;
movieClip.addChild(myTextField);

addChild(movieClip);

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Trying To Pass Text From Form Text Field To A Flash Dynamic Text Field
Hi, I was hoping someone might enlighten me as to how/if I can do this...

Currently I'm using javascript which works fine to pass text from textfield A to textfield B:

Code:
window.onload=function()
{
document.forms.form1.shirtText.value=document.forms.form1.KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38.value
}
Is there a way to pass the textfield A text to a dynamic text input (flash) as I'd like to use the font embedding flash offers. I can make it work when loading a value from a txt file but I'm not sure how to access the value identified above as KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38 and make it appear in a dynamic input box. Eventually I might want to have 3 font choices for the user but I'd like to just see if I can get this working properly first.

Your help/advice would be greatly appreciated,

-Scott

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TextFormat Not Formating My Text... Why?
This is not styling my text. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you!!!

this.textScroll.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 255, 200);
textScroll.my_txt.multiline = true;
textScroll.my_txt.html = true;
textScroll.my_txt.embedFonts = false;
textScroll.my_txt.wordWrap = true;
textScroll.my_txt.autoSize = "left";
textScroll.my_txt.condenseWhite = true;

var tFormat_tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tFormat_tf.bold = true;
tFormat_tf.italic = true;
textScroll.my_txt.setTextFormat(tFormat_tf);

var loadText_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var textDocPath:String = "../txt/curriculum_vitae.txt";
loadText_lv.load(textDocPath);
loadText_lv.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
// trace(success);
textScroll.my_txt.htmlText = this.myText;
} else {
textScroll.my_txt.text = "Error connecting to server.";
}
};

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TextFormat And Tweened Text
has anybody been able to apply a TextFormat object with a change of font to a TextField in a MovieClip that is going to tween? I've been trying without success. What happens is that the symbol disapears if you apply alpha tweens or tweens that "flip" or rotate. However I have noticed some interesting points; Color changes to the TextField and things like bold etc work fine.Its font that causes problems. Also with tweens Scaling works ok as does simple movement. However certain tweens which unfortunately I have to use create problems. My goal for this is to develop a customisable "Text Tweening" Component so any help appreciated because at the moment the user is stuck with the fonts I specify.

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Get A Text Field To Mirror The Contents Of Another Text Field [renamed]
hi guys. When i type the numbers in the box A.i want the number also appears in box B without typiing it, how to do this? Hope to hear ur replies soon.

( This is my link to my to the picture )
http://download.yousendit.com/ADA616D00C698A56

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How Do I Assign A URL To Text?
I have to make some changes to some Flash files that have the wrong URLs linked. I have a box such as:

The first three lines of text can each be selected using the Arrow Tool, which gives me a blue bordered box around the text, and in the Properties appears a box whereby I can target the URL where I would like the click to lead.

The last two lines do not allow me to select them at all. I can click anywhere on the text, and nothing gets selected. How can I draw a box around these two lines of text and be able to target a URL to each line?

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Assign Url To Text
I am attempting to edit a purchased Flash Template. The text "buy now" is located within a movie clip. When I select the text and assign a url in the propeties inspectory, nothing happens. When I try to assign a link using action script the entire movie clip becomes a link and redirects to the URL upon rollover.

I simply want the words "BUY NOW" within the movie clip to link to an external URL does anyone have an answer for this problem?

Thanks in advance!!!!

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Problems With TextFormat With Dynamic Text --help
Hello- this seems like it should be so simple. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I've got a dynamic text box which calls out to an external text file for it's contents. The text comes in just fine except that it is left justified. I've written some code using TextFormat to try and force it to be centered within the text box but with no luck. I don't understand what's wrong with my code. Any help is appreciated... here's the file - it's zipped because there are 2 files.

thanks
tony

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MC W/ Dynamic Text Using TextFormat AS Not Working
Hello,

I was hoping someone could lend a thought on this problem:

I have 3 MCs which have dynamic text property. The 2 instances are completed properly. The site includes a shared library which has one font in it:Georgia. The web page which includes the MCs has the font linked. The font has been set up in the shared library, i.e., "Linkage Property". All 3 options in this property are selected and the url is "sharedlib.swf. (just in case anyone is wondering about the font setup).

The problem is this. I am using the following code to establish submenu activity. When the page is published and opened into the "master" web page, the MCs do not work. The initial text is present, however there is no activity on rollover, rollout, etc.

I have spent several hours reviewing syntax and help sites with no luck.

I would really appreciate anyone's thoughts. Peace.

//Create TextFormat object that defines the states of the sub-menu options

var optionDisable:TextFormat = new textFormat("Georgia", 15, null, true, true);
var optionEnable:TextFormat = new textFormat("Georgia", 13, null, false, false);

// Disable the sub-menu option that corresponds to the currently loaded section
this.AboutUs_MC.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable );
this.AboutUs_MC.enabled = false;

// -----------<About_Us option>----------------- \
this.AboutUs_MC.onRollOver = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable);

}

this.AboutUs_MC.onRollOut = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionEnable);
}
// -----------</About_Us option>----------------- \

// -----------<RMP Staff option>----------------- \
this.RMPStaffMC.onRollOver = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable);
}
this.RMPStaffMC.onRollOut = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionEnable);
}
this.RMPStaffMC.onRelease = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable);
this.enabled = false;
}
// -----------</RMP Staff option>----------------- \

// -----------<Projects option>----------------- \
this.ProjectsMC.onRollOver = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable);
}
this.ProjectsMC.onRollOut = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionEnable);
}

this.ProjectsMC.onRelease = function() {
this.myText.setTextFormat(optionDisable);
this.enabled = false;
// -----------</Projects option>----------------- \

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My TextFormat Disappears When I Change The Text
I'm making a textfield that shows some messages from my game. Like a console I guess.
However it seems to lose the textFormat I've set for it whenever I change the .text property of the textfield, which is everytime I give it a new message.

The "Loading..." shows in the nice pink verdana it's set to but after that when I change .text it becomes the default size 8 or 9 white font.

I found a way to solve it kinda which is setting the textFormat again after every time I change the text but that seems pretty stupid. Why does it lose the textformat?

Code:
format.color = 0xff00ff;
format.font = "Verdana";
format.bold = true;
format.size = 9;

tfM.textColor = 0xFFFFFF;
tfM.x = 15;
tfM.y = 353;
tfM.selectable = false;
tfM.text = "Loading...";
tfM.width = 300;
addChild(tfM);

tfM.setTextFormat(format);

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Text Issues: HTML Vs. TextFormat
I have a dynamic textfield with dimensions that cannot be changed. Sometimes, the only way to squeeze in all the copy is to change the font size. Ii know how to do this via textFormat, but not via HTML.

Certain words need to be underlined. I know how to do this via HTML, but not textFormat. I see that there is a 'textFormat.underline' command, but all attempts with it have failed.

If it matters, the text source is an XML document.

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

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External Text File And TextFormat
I'm trying to load data from an external text file into a text area and then have it formated according to my specification using textFormat. How do I go about doing so? currently text that is already in the text box gets formatted...not the text that gets imported.

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Maximum Text Size For TextFormat
Afternoon everyone,

I am working on an application in which text is created dynamically. I seem to be experiencing a maximum size of 130 when using textFormat. I cannot seem to find any references to this limit. Is there a way to get around it?

So far my only resolution is to create a smaller text field within a movieClip and then scale the movieClip. This moves the text of the pixel location that I need it however.

Any help with this would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael

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TextField + TextFormat => Text Does Not Show Even Though Is There
i am trying to make a function to deal easily with text formatting. there seems to be a problem as the text in the textfield is not visible. all the parameters and attributes are set properly when i trace, i can even copy the text from the textfield, but i cannot see it.

Code:
/**
* Description
* @author Mat Janson Blanchet
* @version 0.1
*/

package {

// imports
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

// class definition
public class Main extends MovieClip {

// variables

// constructor
public function Main () {

var textfield:TextField = new TextField ();
var text:String = "some paragraph 01some paragraph 02some paragraph 03";

format (text, textfield, { width:160, height:80, selectable:true, multiline:true, border:true }, false, { font:"_arial", size:16, color:0x000000 } );

addChild (textfield);

}

// events

// functions
public function format (

text :String, // text to display
textfield :TextField, // textfield to target
textfieldParams :Object, // textfield parameters
textfieldIsHTML :Boolean, // whether or not the textfield should display in html
formatParams :Object // format parameters

) :void {

trace ("textfield parameters: ");
// loop through the parameters name and associate the proper value to the textfield
for (var txtfldParamName:String in textfieldParams) {
textfield[txtfldParamName] = textfieldParams[txtfldParamName];
trace (textfield + "[" + txtfldParamName + "] = " + textfieldParams + "[" + txtfldParamName + "]");
trace ("textfield[txtfldParamName]: " + textfield[txtfldParamName]);
trace ("textfieldParams[txtfldParamName]: " + textfieldParams[txtfldParamName]);
}
trace ("textfield: " + textfield)

trace ("");
trace ("format parameters: ");
// loop through the parameters name and associate the proper value to the textfield
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat ();

for (var fmtParamName:String in formatParams) {
format[fmtParamName] = formatParams[fmtParamName];
trace (format + "[" + fmtParamName + "] = " + formatParams + "[" + fmtParamName + "]");
trace ("format[fmtParamName]: " + format[fmtParamName]);
trace ("formatParams[fmtParamName]: " + formatParams[fmtParamName]);
}
trace ("format: " + format);

trace ("");
trace ("textfieldIsHTML: " + textfieldIsHTML);
trace ("text: " + text);
// input text into textfield
if (!textfieldIsHTML) {
textfield.text = text;
trace ("textfield.text: " + textfield.text);

} else {
textfield.htmlText = text;
trace ("textfield.htmlText: " + textfield.htmlText);
}

textfield.embedFonts = true;
trace ("textfield.embedFonts: " + textfield.embedFonts);
textfield.setTextFormat (format);

}

}

}
does anyone know what i forgot or did not do right? i also enclosed the fla and the as if it helps anyone

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Formatting Dynamic Text Using TextFormat
Hi everyone, I've managed to get my data loaded, and as you can see, some bold text courtesy of limited html tags.

I recently came across the "textFormat" object and it's properties, specifically, I want to be able to use the "textFormat.tabStops" property to set custom tab spacing for the dynamic text so that I can create nice clean coloumns of text. Can this be done using this object and property set? If so, what am I doing wrong that it doesn't work?

http://www.sdcooper.com/show_dates.htm

Code:
// Data Loader
loadVarsText = new loadVars();
// Load Data from this file
loadVarsText.load("shows.txt?RND="+random(999));
// Confirm the data is loaded
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
trace("done loading");
// Data is loaded
// set the Text Field to display as HTML
scroller.html = true;
scroller.multiline = true;
// use TextFormat to set Custom Tab Stops
newsFormat = new textFormat();
newsFormat.tabStops = 6;
scroller.setTextFormat(newsFormat);
scroller.getTextFormat(this.textfield);
// set the Text Field to variable contents
scroller.htmlText = this.textfield;
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
Thanks,
Michael Wisniach
3rd Cherry Designs
www.3rdcherry.com

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Another Dynamic Text Problem- TextFormat
OK Sorry about this guys but here goes,

I have created a clock that gets updated every second using the setInterval command.

Now this clock is part of a Bios simulator so my students must be able to change its value.

On most Bios systems when the part of the clock is selected, the type goes a different colour as does its background.

I can simulate the background changing but the textformat gets over-rided by my clock update even though there is no textformatting data in the update.

I know the code is poor but this is the clock update code

ActionScript Code:
addSec = function () {
MyClock.Sec += 1;
if (MyClock.Sec == 60) {
MyClock.Sec = 0;
MyClock.Min += 1;
}
if (MyClock.Min == 60) {
MyClock.Min = 0;
MyClock.Hour += 1;
if (MyClock.Hour == 24) {
MyClock.Hour = 0;
MyClock.Day += 1;
if (MyClock.Day>MyClock.MDays) {
MyClock.Day = 1;
MyClock.Month += 1;
if (MyClock.Month == 13) {
MyClock.Month = 1;
MyClock.Year += 1;
if (MyClock.Year == 100) {
MyClock.Year = 0;
MyClock.Cent += 1;
if (MyClock.Cent=21) {
MyClock.Cent = 19;
}
}
}
MyClock.Mdays = MyClock.MonthArr[this.ClockM-1][1];
}
}
}
trace(MyClock.Hour+":"+MyClock.Min+":"+MyClock.Sec);
if (MyClock.Sec == 0) {
ClockSec.theText.text = "00";
} else if (MyClock.Sec<10) {
ClockSec.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Sec;
} else {
ClockSec.theText.text = MyClock.Sec;
}
if (MyClock.Min == 0) {
ClockMin.theText.text = "00:";
} else if (MyClock.Min<10) {
ClockMin.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Min+":";
} else {
ClockMin.theText.text = MyClock.Min+":";
}
if (MyClock.Hour == 0) {
ClockHour.theText.text = "00:";
} else if (MyClock.Hour<10) {
ClockHour.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Hour+":";
} else {
ClockHour.theText.text = MyClock.Hour+":";
}
if (MyClock.Day<10) {
theDayMC.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Day;
} else {
theDayMC.theText.text = MyClock.Day;
}
var tempMonth = MyClock.MonthArr[MyClock.Month][0];
tempMonth = tempMonth.slice(0, 3);
theMonthMC.theText.text = tempMonth;
if (MyClock.Year<10) {
theYearMC.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Year;
} else {
theYearMC.theText.text = "0"+MyClock.Year;
}
theCentMC.theText.text = MyClock.Cent;
var tempYear = theCentMC.theText.text+theYearMC.theText.text;
theDate = new Date(tempYear, MyClock.Month, MyClock.Day);
var theDay = MyClock.WeekArr[theDate.getDay()];
theDay = theDay.slice(0, 3);
weekdayMC.theText.text = theDay;
};

and this is the changing text colour code

ActionScript Code:
elect = function (targetID) {
mycolour = new Color(targetID.base);
mycolour.setRGB(0xFFFFFF);
mytext = new TextFormat();
mytext.color = 0x0000FF;
targetID.btext.setTextFormat(mytext);
};

any ideas

ta
zen

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i have a movie clip named goButton, that executes the drawText method. it works just fine when i input in some text as with the string delimiters " " but i also have an input textfield on the _root that allows the user to input text called myInput. when you click on go for the text to display it just prints out the absolute location _level0.myInput. does anyone know what i am doing wrong. it is suppose to print out what ever the user enters.....
heres all the script which goes on the first frame of the timeline

//movie clip goButton event action
goButton.onPress = function() {
drawText(_root.myInput);
};
input = "DISPLAY THIS TEXT";
function drawText(chars) {
depth++;
numText = 10;
startSize = 100;
textX = 300;
textY = 150;
depth = 1000;
currentColor = 0xff0000;
// --- set text format
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.bold = false;
myTextFormat.size = 100;
myTextFormat.color = currentColor;
myTextFormat.italic = false;
myTextFormat.font = "eurostile";
// --- end text format
for (i=1; i<=numText; i++) {
_root.createTextField("text"+i, 500, textX, textY, startSize, startSize);
myTextField = _root["text"+i];
input = myTextField.text;
myTextField.text = chars;
myTextField.border = false;
//myTextField.embedFonts = true;
//myTextField.selectable = false;
myTextField.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);
}
}
drawText(input);

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Unable To Change The Text Of The Textfield.
I have three textfields with instance name "Text1", "Text2", and "Text3". The following code does not work for me.

Code:
var a:Number;
for(a=1;a<=3;a++){
"Text" + a.text = "Hello";
}
How to make it work? Please do not tell me to use the actionscript like Text1.text = "Hello". I don't want to use this. I only want to set the text of three of the textfields to "Hello" by using loop.

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Unable To View Text In My Textfield
I am able to rotate my textfield dynamically but my text has disappeared even though i have embeded the font and color.
here is the code

some_tf = new TextFormat();
some_tf.font = "myVerdana";
some_tf.size = 24;

this.createTextField("tfNewfield",1,10,10,150,30);
tfNewfield.text = "here comes the text";
tfNewfield.setTextFormat(some_tf);
tfNewfield.border = true;
tfNewfield.embedFonts = true
tfNewfield._rotation = 90;

Please help!!!!
Thanks in Advance

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Don't know why I can't update a Dynamic Text object with int value( it should have converted to String).

My code is simple.
It change the content to a String variable which is concat of strings and int. The strange thing is that I can trace() the correct value in the output window but the text displayed is just the string part. If i try to assign int to the score.text directly, it display nothing. I am sure the code do modify the text of the object because the original text is "Score:"

ScreenShot here

Attach Code

i++;
var score:String = "Hello " + i.toString() + "World"+123;
score = score.toUpperCase();

trace( score );

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Can anyone spot where I have gone wrong with the textFormat. The fields answer1 and 2 get created but won't take the answerFormat. They appear as the default settings.

code: //Create stage elements
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container1",1);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container2",2);
this.createTextField("answer1", 3, 173, 290.4, 310, 150);
this.createTextField("answer2", 4, 173, 101.6, 310, 150);

//Assign properties to stage elements
answerFormat = new TextFormat();
answerFormat.font = "Arial";
answerFormat.size = 18;
answerFormat.bold = true;

with(container1){
_x=30,
_y=250,
attachMovie("salesPerson1", "sales", 1);
}
with(container2){
_x=500,
_y=100,
attachMovie("customer1","customer",1);
}
with(answer1){
multiline = true,
wordWrap = true,
html = true,
embedFonts = false;
}
answer1.setTextFormat(answerFormat);
with (answer2){
multiline = true,
wordWrap = true,
html = true,
embedFonts = true;
}
answer2.setTextFormat(answerFormat);

//Build Arrays
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("rolePlay1.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function(success){
if(success){
preTextArray = loadText.comments;
textArray = preTextArray.split("~");
}
}

letters = new Array("", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "x", "y", "z");

//Set initial properties and variables
i=0;
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