Center Vertically Dynamic Text ?
Hi,
I have this thing that LOOKS so easy ....
I have a button (quiz game) on which I want to add a dynamic text (the answer) loaded at game time. This text that may take one line or 2 depending on the length of the text loaded.
How can I deduce the number of lines that the dynamic text will do (or even better, the real Height of the dynamic text) so that I can center the text VERTICALLY on the button ? Indeed, depending on the variable width of chars, the same nb of chars may take one line or 2 and will not be centered vertically at each time.
HELP, I have spent 10 hours on this and am now ready to make myself a Monk
Pedro
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 02-11-2003, 04:27 PM
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