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Is It Possible To Change A Text Field From Dynamic Text To Static Text At Runtime?
The reason is because the dynamic text appears to be taking up about 90 % of the CPU usuage and I dont know any other way to reduce the CPU usage.

The text areas pull in lots of data from text files which slows down the program.

Any ideas?

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When I Rotate A Dynamic Text Object, The Text Disappears At Runtime
Can someone explain why the text of a dynamic text object disappears at runtime when rotated?

It happened when I rotated a MovieClip object via actionscript that contained a dynamic text object. So, to test whether this happens all the time, I created a movie clip again with a dynamic text object in it, populated the dynamic text object with a single letter, and rotated it by hand and ran the movie - the letter disappeared.

LOL in a happy, rare accident, I discovered the answer myself. Page 432 of the Flash 8 Actionscript Bible says, "Aside from just allowing text to look the way you want it to look, embedded fonts actually enable your Textfield objects to do some things they wouldn't otherwise do. For example ... a TextField object that uses device fonts (nonembedded fonts) cannot be rotated nor can you change the alpha. But once you embed the font, you can do both of these things."

Alright - now to embed that sucker...

How: (for dynamic or input text objects) clicking the Embed button in the Property inspector.

Note, this will increase the size of your swf. Just embedding the lowercase and uppercase letters from a-z of one font increased the swf filesize from 3-9KB.

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Dynamic Text At Runtime
Ok, using the LoadVars action, I'm trying to get text to load from a .TXT file so that I am able to give non-Flash friendly employees the ability to input news on our company homepage.

I'm able to get the functionality to work as it's explained in the tutorial, however, if the file contains more text than will fit in the size of the field, it's truncated.

My question is, using this functionality, am I able to get it to scroll in some way? If not, would anyone have any suggestions on how I could create a system where my employees could post news items without having to dig into the Flash file???

Thanks for your help!

Daniel (Flash NOOB)

FYI - The site (in development) can be seen here: http://hyperblitz.com/demo/commandcenter/
The home page is the location of this.

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Dynamic Text Fonts At Runtime
I hope that someone can help me with this question:

In a site that I am currently working on, the text for the menu will be dynamic text that will be bound from external XML data at load time.

My question is: that when the site is being served on the internet from a web server, will any special fonts used have to be installed on the client machines in order to see them or will they be viewable if the fonts are on the server?

I hope that makes some sense!

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Break Apart Dynamic Text At Runtime?
Is there any way to break apart dynamic text at runtime?
I need to rotate a textbox, the content of which is determined by a variable

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Dynamic Text To Shapes @ Runtime
Is there a way to convert dynamically loaded text to shapes at runtime? I want to be able to smash and/or stretch the text after it is loaded. Thanks.

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Manipulating Dynamic Text AT Runtime
Hi

I know its possible to have dynamic text added to the screen at runtime! but is it possible to then change its font, type, size, colour, drag it around the screen and even rotate it - all at runtime!

anyone know of tutorials, examples? - if this is even within Flash 8 capabilities! (must be Flash 8 I dont have CS3 yet!)

thanks
-manphp

[I laugh at aliens]

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Symbol Runtime Sharing
first time using runtime sharing, and i found that the sharing symbol are not load when the swf start,
it only load the symbol(swf) when required by next frame.

my questions is:
1. is there any way to get notice that the shared library(swf) are being loading (AS3.0)?
2. how the runtime sharing actually work? as the Flex external link which load the swf into same ApplicationDomain?

thankyou very much

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Is It Possible To Set The X Any Y Positions Of A Dynamic Text Field At Runtime?
I cannot seem to get this to work.

tried:

someObjectPath.textFieldName._x=myNewXPos;

Does not seem to like that. Is there a way to do this without embedding the text in another MC?

thanx,

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Can Not Get A Dynamic Text Field To Import At Runtime
OK, guys...here are some total assinine questions I am sure, but this is the first site I am trying to develop totally in flash.

I am trying to get it to pull news onto the news page from a txt file, but can not get it to work. I have tried to emulate the way I did it in the tutorial (which worked fine when I did it, of course...story of life), but every time I go to test the file for the news page the text field will not load. I have worked on this for a week to no avail...I really hope someone can help me.

Now, onto another note: I would REALLY like to find a way to import html tables/etc into some of my pages, but can not figure out how. Any suggestions? Please?

Here is the site URL so far:

http://www.wings-of-fury.com

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Dynamic Text Field Resize @ Runtime
Hi guys i am trying to find out to resize a dynamic text filed when data is loaded in from the db to populate it so that there is no need for a scroller.

Cheers

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Dynamic Text Won't Load Into Runtime TextField...
I can't get my text to show in a text field created at runtime within a movieclip on _root. I use a trace statement and it loads into the Output box but is not visible in the textField area. Thanks for help or ideas. btw...there are no masks in the movieClip.

My function for creating it...

// Call the function to create textField
printBtn.onRelease = function() {
makeTxtBox("text/print.txt");
}

// Create the textField
function makeTxtBox(txtFile) {
var txtFile;
this.createTextField("txtBox",0,87,-58,358.4,198);
txtBox.multiline = true;
txtBox.wordWrap = true;
txtBox.border = false;
txtBox.embedFonts = true;
this.loadVariables(txtFile);
txtBox.variable = infoText;
txtBox.text = infoText;
trace(txtFile + "<-- **LOADED** -->" + infoText);
defaultFormat = new TextFormat();
defaultFormat.font = "Futura MdCn BT";
txtBox.defaultFormat.size = 16;
txtBox.defaultFormat.color = 0x666666;
txtBox.setTextFormat(defaultFormat);

}

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Creating Dynamic Text Boxes At Runtime
Is there anyone out there that could hint me on the direction I need to go to create a dynamic text box at runtime? Developing for Flash Player 6, if anyone needs to know.

Any help would be appreciated.

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How To Convert Movieclip Into Image At Runtime?
hi to all
i am using AS3 and i have developed an application in which i have 5 images in library and all of them are converted into symbol (buttons) and linked for action script as class.
what i am doing is when i click an image (one of these five ) on stage then i create a new instance of that images class and display that into another area which is unfilled rectangle (which is converted into movieclip).
there are also two text boxes and the text on these boxes appears on the new instance of image in rectangle. upto this there is no problem.

i have a upload btn i want that when i click that btn then the new created image and text upon that image can upload to desired directory as image file.
can it possible to convert these three (rectangle, image and label on image)
how can i do that?

bundle of thanks in advance

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Flash 8: Dynamic Text Not Anti-aliase In Runtime
I'm wondering why is it when I have static text, it renders fine, but dynamic text always looks like ms paint text (pixelated and not smooth at all). Is there a way to fix this? I've tried changing the anti-alias property while authoring, but no luck.

I have noticed that when the text is scaled to a larger size, the anti-alias seems apparent.

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Scale Dynamic Input Text Field At Runtime
Hi to every one.

If there is a way to increase width or height dynamicaly creat input text field at runtime by scaling or by typing in field.

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Dynamic Text Field During Runtime, Word Wrap
Hi

I have this code fragment on a frame:

this.createTextField ("tData",this.getNextHighestDepth (),189,353,600,100);
tData.text="Alcohol is a powerful drug cause by fermentation of sugars and is the active principle of intoxicating drinks";

I have placed the text onstage during runtime, starting from 189, however, the text is longer than what I have specified. I have specified 600, 100. I do not want to increase the length. How do I wrap the text so that it fits instead of disappearing off the stage? What is the additional code I need to embed?

Thanks.

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Loading Dynamic Text At Runtime In Nested Movies
Okay, here's the deal. HOW DO YOU LOAD DYNAMIC TEXT FROM AN ALTERNATIVE FILE SUCH AS TEXT.TXT INTO A NESTED MOVE FROM THE MAIN MOVIE!!! Also, how do you do the same with Dynamic Text under a mask. Somtimes my dear flash can be a pain.

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Create Graphic Symbol At Runtime?
Is there a way in ActionScript to create graphic symbols at runtime?

If so, I'd like to perform a "linkage"/export (to ActionScript) thereafter so that I may "attachMovie" the symbol to an "emptyMovieClip" for simple animation on it.

If this is an absurd question, please forgive as I am new to Flash and this forum. Am using Flash Professional 8.

Thanks in advance!

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How Can I Create Symbol's Instances At Runtime
If I have a symbol in the library how do I create an instance of it on the fly. For instance if I defined a movie clip named "ball" and placed it in the shared library, but have not created any instances in my main, how can I do it synamically at runtime? Can I say

var ball1 = new ball()

Thank you

Leonid

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Convert Text To Capitals Before Inserting Into A Dynamic Text Field
I am trying to load the titles of blog posts into buttons but before doing so i would like to convert the text to all capitols... is there a way to do this within flash? Thanks!

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How To Convert Variable Value Into Existing Class At Runtime
hi to all

i am using flash cs3. i have 5 images in flash library and i have converted them to buttons using 'convert to symbol' and then i import these buttons to as3 using linkage properties and use class name as Image1, Image2 and so on upto Image5.

now i need code to create instance of Image1 to Image5 class instances without using if else blocks..

like i have image with name img_1 which is instance of Image1 Button class and img_2 of Image2 and so on..
what i want is when i click on img_1 or any other then an instance of its own class is initited and new instance will display to desired location

i am using this code for MouseEvent.CLICK eventlistener of img_1, img_2 and so on but it doesnot work.

ActionScript Code:
var bg_img_arr:Array = new Array();
bg_img_arr = wallpaper_bg_image.split("_");
//wallpaper_bg_image is name of image like img_1, img_2 etc

var myClass:* = bgArr[bg_img_arr[1]-1] as Class;
//bgArr contains 5 name Image1, Image2 and so on
var img:myClass= new myClass();
img.width = wallpaper_logo_width;
img.height = wallpaper_logo_height;
img.x = (wallpaper_container.width - img.width)/2;
img.y = (wallpaper_container.height - img.height)/2;

wallpaper_container.addChild(img);
//wallpaper_container is the sprite in which new image displayed

This is the error
"1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: myClass. var img:myClass= new myClass();"

what can be the solution???
bundle of thanks in advance

regards
maani

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How To Convert Dynamic Text Into Arc...?
Hi!
I am newbie to AS3 and Flash. Can someone guide me that how can I convert and display user inserted text into ARC shape, circular shape or wavy shape, etc through ActionScript3.

Thanks in advance

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Convert MovieClip To Bitmap And Save On Disk At Runtime
can anybody help me to solve my this problem
i want to save my movieclip as image file at runtime on disk
is this possible by using flash as3 or 2

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™ Symbol In Dynamic Text?
i am loading text files for my scroll bars..

that way people in my office who do not know flash can still write and edit the pages...

i am trying to get a ™ trademark into my page...

when i type it on my mac keyboard it comes up as a FUNKY A when run in flash...

when i try and load in the HTML code for a trademark
™

nothing comes up or displays, and the textfile is truncated at the trademark.

when i try and type ™ or \™

i still cannot get it to display...

is there a special way to make a trademark logo pop up from a textfile?

thanks

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Cant Get The Plus Symbol To Appear In Dynamic Text...
that is loaded from an external TXT file. It just dispays as a blank space in the swf. I assume this is because it is used as a scripting element, but there has to be some way of getting it to display. I've tried all the special keyboard codes I know, but nothing has worked. Any ideas?

The designer I am building the piece for wants to use the + symbol as a graphical element like so:

+menu item

The text is using rich formatting (HTML), but it does the same thing with it turned off. I did a quick test of just this functionality, and it is occuring regrdless of other scripting in the file. I made a simple text document with a row of 10 plus symbols between double quotes, then a line break, then a line of 10 pound symbols between double quotes. As you can see in the attached SWF, the plus' simply disappear to be rendered as blank spaces. If anyone can tweak the fla or text file to get it to work, that would be awesome!

www.meniscusinteractive.com/plustest/

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Dynamic Text As Symbol?
When publishing a movie, dynamic text comes out much more crisp than static text. However, if I convert dynamic text to a graphic, I can't use any alpha tweening via motion tweens. Do I have to use actionscript for the tween or is there a way I am missing? Or, can static text be made more crisp?

Thanks all.

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The % Symbol In Dynamic Text.
I have a .fla that loads a .txt
All is easy.
But if i put the symbol % in the .txt, all other letters or symbols are displyed... but % not.
I insert it embed font.

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& Symbol In Dynamic Text Box.
Hi All

I appreciate all the help I have gotten here in the past. I searched for the answer to this but I couldn't figure out a search that would reduce the results to a manageable size.

The title pretty much says it all. I need to use & in a dynamic text box with html on. I have a multi-lingual site so I need the & symbol to display special charicters in the tet boxes. The other option is if someone knows how to display accents and such for French, German, Spanish, and Italian?

Thans much of the help, I'm sure its an easy answer that I couldn't find.

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Dynamic Text Value Convert To A Variable
Hi People

I got an other problem. how can i handle the value of a Dynamic text that's coming for a cookie?? can I convert that in an otre variable??? How can I do it??

Hell pleas

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Always Convert To Symbol?
I'm just getting started with Flash and have a question.

Is it generally a good rule of thumb to convert all of your elements into Symbols before begininng any animation? You can always break the instance apart if necessary.

Thanks!

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Convert To Symbol
Quick question (I think), can you convert an UILoader to a symbol?

I want to read from an XML file and dynamically load images with an UILoader for each image. In the end I'd have an array of images. However I'd like to change all of them to a symbol (specifically Graphic) so that I can have a function that changes the alpha of the images. This way I can have a fade in and fade out affect displaying all of the pictures without statically defining the number of pictures.

There might be another way too, because there is an alpha with the UILoader. However I've tried that and it's not working for me.

I'm not sure if that all makes sense. Ask questions if it doesn't. Thanks so much!

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I Swear, Dynamic Runtime Text Anti Aliasing Is Going To Drive Me Crazy
FLASH 8, AS 2.0:

I've created a text symbol and linked it for actionscript.
I created a _fmt and pointed the font of the format to the text symbol
I then created a text field.
I did the _txt.embedFonts = true
I did _txt.antiAliasType = "advanced"
and finally, the setTextFormat = (the format already created)

when in runtime, it's all invisible...

Does anyone have a working example of this dynamicly created and formatted text field?

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EURO Symbol In Dynamic Text?
Hi,

I've been asked to update a multi lingual site I produced last year for a client to reflect the recent introduction of the EURO.

Problem is that I have used dynamic text throughout the site and I can't seem to use the symbol in a text file.

Is there anyway to get around this? I've looked on the Macromedia site and hav had no luck.

Thanks,
SpaceyUK.

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TRADEMARK Symbol In Dynamic Text
I'm trying to insert html text dynamically into a dynamic text box in flash.

I have been told to use the &153; symbol to get the trademark symbol to show up in html. This (amongst other things) has not worked when I upload.

Does anyone know a fix??? I am on a mac.

THANK YOU!

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Getting The & Symbol To Load In Dynamic Text
Im having my dynamic text read from a external .txt file

Though whenever I use the & symbol, anything after it doesnt show up. Is there a solution I can use to show the & symbol?

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Autosizing Dynamic Text Within Symbol?
I'm working with a horizontal variation on this menu:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti...pdown_menu.htm

Is there a way to make the individual menu buttons scale according to content?

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Using The & Symbol In Dynamic Text Fields
Hi

I'm just wanting to create some dynamic text fields that contain the ampersand symbol &

I've this variable:-

Code:

myAmp = String.fromCharCode(38);

and then I'm using this code

Code:

prodTitle.text = "windsor scatter back sofa" +myAmp+ "sofa bed"

I obviously want this to read windsor scatter back sofa & sofa bed

When I trace myAmp I do get the & symbol but it doesn't populate the dynamic text field with the symbole when I use the code above.

Can I get around this? or should I just use the word and?

I just don't have much room for the word.

Thanks

Ricky55

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Convert Dynamic Text To A Fill Dynamically...
Hey all,

is it possible to convert text to a shape dynamically?
Story is, i use script to duplicate a clip several times, then to create dynamic text fields in these clips. The fields then get their variables from an array and until this point, everything's cool.

Now, i want to move these clips around and change their scale and rotation etc so obviously, the dynamic text simply disappears, hence my question, can Flash do all of the above dynamically and then convert the text in the fields to a shape which can be manipulated as a graphic?

I hope I've explained that well...

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Bitmap Vs Convert To Symbol
Self teaching Flash has good and bad points, sometimes you pick up bad habits. When I import an image into Flash, it arrives as a bitmap. I've been converting ALL of these to symbols. This adds to the overall file size, right? If I'm just going to have one of these images static in the SWF, is there any reason for me to convert it to a symnbol?

Thanks

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Convert To Symbol..argghhh
hello,
having problems with some real basic actionscript..rite..have converted to symbol 'movie' and within that movie i have a 'button' i have added actionscript to this button to go back to the start of the original frame, but it just goes back to the start of the 'movie'. its driving me crazy!

help!

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Can't Seem To Convert To Symbol Movie
Hello,

I have a few layers that I cannot seem to convert to a movie. I am putting together a button that shines when you mouse over it. I am successful in creating the masked mouseover "shine" adn everything (it tests perfectly) but I want to be able to use it as a Symbol.

Here's what's happening: I am selecting all the layers then going to "Convert to Symbol" then I name, give it a Behavior of Movie Clip, registration top-left, then click OK. It shows in the library but when I try to test it in the library, it doesn't work like other movies do. There's no little Play and Stop buttons like with other movies that ohter people made. If I drag it to the stage it doesn't work and neither does my original "non-symbol" button.

Thanks for the help!

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does anyone know the key command for this?

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Hi Everyone!

I am a comparative newbie with a problem. I am using Flash 8, and made a form with many (40+) input text boxes.

The form is large, so I need to add the ability to scroll it. While just a "plain" form, it can be scrolled in an HTML doc, and the boxes tab correctly as ordered by the "tabIndex" function in the action script (each incidence name is followed by tabIndex = and the number order of the box [1,2,3 etc.]).

When I convert the form to a movie in order to be scrolled by Flash, and not a browser, the boxes do not tab to the next in the order I want, the program seems to randomly order the tab. Very strange! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Roger

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[MX] Convert To Symbol = Distortion?
Why oh why does everything I convert to a symbol/button/graphic become irreversibly distorted? It's really annoying and I must be doing something wrong because it doesn't make sense that it's happening. Am I doing something wrong while drawing the image?

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[CS4] Convert Animation To Symbol
I'm still getting accustomed to the new Flash interface, and this has got me stumped.
I've got three layers in the main timeline, one motion tween and two armature tweens. In CS3, you could copy any number of frames in any layer and paste them to a Movie Clip, but for the life of me, I can't figure this out in CS4 - the pose layers just don't want to copy or paste.

Is it something to do with Tween Span keyframes being "properties" rather than regular keyframes? Am I just selecting them wrong?

Anyone else had this problem? Maybe figured it out?

Much appreciated,
~gyz

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Convert Dynamic Text In To Symbol At Runtime

How to convert dynamic text in to symbol at runtime? I am using MX 2004. Thank you.