Loading Ext. Text Into Scrolling Text Box. Problem With Text? Help Please?
Hi,
I am hoping someone can help me. I am loading an external text file into a scrolling text box. I was able to get my box and buttons, scroll bar, etc to work correctly. However, I am having two other problems that I cannot figure out.
1) My text file that I am loading is several lines long (320 or so), however, when I test my movie only the first 20 lines of the text shows up. How can I make all of my text show up? I will be adding to this text file over time and adding updates to it. So the text will gradually have more lines added over time.
2) The 20 lines of text that is showing up is all double-spaced, while the text in my text file is single spaced. How do I make my text show up single spaced? I checked the paragraph settings of my text box and everything is set to zero. What can I do fix this?
I am using Flash 5.0 and I created my text in Metapad.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
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Hi Everyone,
I found this script that includes a scrolling thumbnail gallery. I only want the thumbnail part and i can make that work but i want to load some text in between each image. Is there a way to this? (My last resort is to turn the text into an image and load it thru xml like the other images but i don't really want to do this.) Below is the script.
Thanks for your help!
/*Code for loading XML file. */
function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
/* "xmlNode" is just a faster way of saying "this.firstChild". */
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
head = [];
description = [];
thumbnails = [];
category = [];
cat = xmlNode.childNodes[0].firstChild.attributes.cid
/* Finds total number of child nodes (images w/captions to be displayed, in this case). */
total = xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes.length;
/* Extracts data from each child node, stopping when the total (defined above) is reached. */
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = "images/"+xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
head[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue;
category[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails[i] = "images/th_"+xmlNode.childNodes[1].childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
thumbnails_fn(i);
}
firstImage();
cat = 0;
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("gt-data.xml");
/////////////////////////////////////
/* Lets the user scroll through with left and right arrow keys. */
listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
}
};
Key.addListener(listen);
/* Note the references to button instances previous_btn and next_btn here.*/
previous_btn.onRelease = function() {
prevImage();
};
next_btn.onRelease = function() {
nextImage();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
/* The movie begins, naturally, at the beginning--in XML, that's zero! */
p = 0;
/* Preloader for images. */
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader._visible = true;
} else {
/* Makes preloader invisible once the image starts to fade in. */
preloader._visible = false;
/* Fade in the image. (If the alpha is under 100, add 10.) */
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
/* Load & display the next image. It cleverly calculates whether you are at the end of the
images or not. If you are, the script doesn't run.*/
function nextImage() {
/* If it's less than the total (the last image), let's go ahead and load the next image. */
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
/* If it is loaded, set alpha to zero, so that the preloader can fade it in! */
picture._alpha = 0;
/* Put the image where it is supposed to go. */
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
/* Load description into text box "desc_txt" */
desc_txt.text = description[p];
head_txt.text = head[p];
/* Activates the function down below, telling you what number picture you're viewing. */
picture_num();
}
}
}
/* Basically the same as nextImage(), but backwards. Fading and image/text insertion is the same. */
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
head_txt.text = head[p];
picture_num();
}
}
/* Automatically show the first image when the movie is loaded, fade-in and all. */
function firstImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
/* Use image[0] instead of image[p] since this only applies to the first image. */
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[0];
head_txt.text = head[0];
picture_num();
}
}
/* Thumbnail list. */
function thumbnails_fn(k) {
thumbnail_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("t"+k, thumbnail_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
tlistener = new Object();
tlistener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc) {
target_mc._x = hit_left._x+(target_mc._width+5)*k;
target_mc.pictureValue = k;
target_mc.onRelease = function() {
p = this.pictureValue-1;
nextImage();
};
target_mc._alpha = 50;
target_mc.onRollOver = function() {
this._alpha = 100;
thumbNailScroller();
};
target_mc.onRollOut = function() {
this._alpha = 50;
};
};
image_mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(tlistener);
image_mcl.loadClip(thumbnails[k], "thumbnail_mc.t"+k);
}
function thumbNailScroller() {
// thumbnail code!
this.createEmptyMovieClip("tscroller", 1000);
scroll_speed = 10;
tscroller.onEnterFrame = function() {
if ((_root._ymouse>=thumbnail_mc._y) && (_root._ymouse<=thumbnail_mc._y+thumbnail_mc._height)) {
if ((_root._xmouse>=(hit_right._x-40)) && (thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_right))) {
thumbnail_mc._x -= scroll_speed;
} else if ((_root._xmouse<=40) && (thumbnail_mc.hitTest(hit_left))) {
thumbnail_mc._x += scroll_speed;
}
} else {
delete tscroller.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
/* Displays current position and total number of pictures. */
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}
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