Maxscroll Question
Hey-
i have my dynamic text loaded into a text field, and i have created buttons to scroll the dynamic text field on press, both up and down..
Now, how can i make my scroll buttons only appear if the loaded text is longer that what the dynamic text field can display at one time?
i assume it will use the maxscroll property, but i'm not sure exactly how to do it..
thanks,
-myk
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash MX
Posted on: 12-06-2003, 04:51 PM
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Forgive me if I am wrong, but variable.maxscroll should give you the number of the last line in a dynamic text field, right?
I have got a second text field that is supposed to display the maxscroll (for testing purposes only), but it keeps on displaying 1.
I have the variable set up;
scrollNumMax = home.news.maxscroll;
and the text field is named scrollNumMax. The test field is loading text from an external .txt file, and it is in the movie clip "home". Any ideas why it is doing this to me?
Thanks....
Maxscroll Again
Hi,
How can I set text to the bottom with the maxscroll function in a dynamic textfield?
(I know maxscroll is readonly, so how can I set the scroll to the last line of the text?)
thanx
kgp
http://www.geocities.com/moonysite
http://www.vbsjabbeke.com
Maxscroll
I am loading a txt file, no bigger than 6.5 k into a txt box, and using the scroll syntax to scroll down the text. The problem arises around halfway, when flash will not let you scroll down the text field any further.
I have been reading about 'maxscroll' and pressume that this has something to do with it. I need to know what is happening and how to work around the maxscoll function if this is the case. the code i am using is below.
Code:
frame....
variable_name.scroll = "1";
down button....
on (press, keyPress "<Down>") {
text.scroll = Number(text.scroll)+1;
}
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Maxscroll? Please Help
what does maxscroll return?
I'm scrolling a dynamic text box. I'm trying to determine if the box needs to be scrolled by how much text it contains. therefore displaying or hiding the scroller mc.
here's what I tried...
if(textFieldName.maxscroll <= 1){
scroller._visible=false;
}
and
if(textFieldName.maxscroll <= 2){
scroller._visible=false;
}
and a few other variations... no luck.
any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.
thanks.
Maxscroll Always == 1 ?
I'm creating a dynamic textfield and loading text into it... no prob.
then I'm trying to attach a the scrollbar component based on whether or not it's needed. but it seems as though whether or not my textBox is 10 lines longer than the text loded into it, or 10 lines to short to display all text... I still get textBox.maxscroll of 1.
anyone have this problem before... any Ideas or comments would be greatly appriciated.
thanks in advance.
Maxscroll
For some reason when I try and exaluate maxscroll it only works if it is on an onRelease.
I have a function to find out if maxScroll is larger than 1. However this function needs to be triggered twice by a mc with an onRelease before it executes properly. I thought this might be a timing issue... i.e. the text hadn't been loaded before the the function was called and therefore the maxScroll couldn't evaluate, but if i trace the text and the maxScroll to the function the text is coming out fine but the maxScroll evaluates to 1 (not 11). If you then click on an mc that also runs this same function it then correctly evaluates the maxScroll. Why it not do it correctly the first time?
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Edited: 12/04/2007 at 09:33:09 PM by jonnybennett
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Can someone please post some code for a working example of scroll max? I'm new to Flash and am trying to screate scrolling text in a dynamic box without using scroll bars. Thanks in advance for any help!
Maxscroll Problem
Hi guys,
another problem; tried on the newbies forum several times, but no one could help me (or no one understood me)
I'm making a program where the user must give answers to the program. So I've got an input textfield and a dynamic textfield above it. (kind of a chatbox)
How can I put the last line of the text after any input of the user or question of the program to the bottom of the textfield. So the textfield jumps automaticly to the bottom of the text, without clicking a scroll button. (it has something to do with the maxscroll )
Probably easy if you know how to...
thanx in advance
kgp
http://www.geocities.com/moonysite
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I had the following statement in my movie:
Code:
x=textfield.scroll
The text in the textfield is loaded by using the loadVariablesNum action. If the text is loaded this way, the variable "x" (see above) will return undefined. Why?
Also, I decided to do this:
Code:
textfield="bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla"
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Scroll , Maxscroll , Please Help
Hello everybody,
I have a movieclip which has a text box and a movieclip called scroller.
The scroller movieclip contains two buttons to control scrolling of the text box.
i want to show and hide this scrlloer movieclip depending on the amt of text passed to the textbox.
ie: i dont want to show the scroll bars when there is not enough text to require scroll
should i use maxscroll ? if so , How?
code sample would help .
thanks in advance
kiran
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looking for help with action script designing scrolling window.
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Hi there,
I'm playing around with createTextField for the first time, and there is one thing I just don't understand.
all of the code below works but one thing. I cant get a proper result from maxscroll!! Its driving me nuts really.
I tried _root["testValue"+i].maxscroll, but its return is always 1.
when I try the same in a createdTextField without a forloop, I get a normal result.....what am I doing wrong????
PHP Code:
for(i=0;i<names.length;i++){
_root.createTextField("testField"+i,i,50,(100+(i*13)),100,13);
_root.createTextField("testValue"+i,(i+names.length),150,(100+(i*13)),200,13);
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_root["testField"+i].text = names[i];
_root["testValue"+i].text = value[i];
//format field
with(_root["testField"+i]){
border = true;
}
with(_root["testValue"+i]){
multiline = true;
wordWrap = true;
border = true;
}
}
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[F8] Scroll And Maxscroll
Hi!
I load data from an external XML file.
Code:
_root.createTextField("maxscrolling",10,200,80,200,100)//
_root.maxscrolling.text="line"+_root.contents.scroll+" of"+_root.contents.maxscroll;
the output it's line 1 of 7, that's incorrect...
when i click on the scroller button
Code:
_root.scrolling.row_down.onPress = function() {
_root.contents.scroll++;
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}
the correct value is shown: 2/171
why?can any1 help me?
thaaaaanx
[F8] Datagrid - Maxscroll
Hi!
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S-fish
MinScroll MaxScroll?
Code:
// actions on frame
scrollUp=false;
scrollDown=false;
scrollArea.scrollText = "Your sinuses... yada yada ...swallowed.";
// clip event actions
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if (_root.scroll1.scrollUp) {
_root.scroll1.scrollArea.scrollText.scroll++;
}else if (_root.scroll1.scrollDown) {
_root.scroll1.scrollArea.scrollText.scroll--;
}
}
// button actions
on (press) {
scrollDown = true;
}
on (release, releaseOutside) {
scrollDown = false;
}
on (press) {
scrollUp = true;
}
on (release, releaseOutside) {
scrollUp = false;
}
this code works for scrolling a textfield.
I want to know if there is a way to know when the textfield is at the top or the bottom of the text inside. How can I do this using this code? Any help or suggestions are mucho appreciado
thanks as.org
Determining Maxscroll
I'm using this to control my scrolling
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (scrolling) {
_root.awards.press.awards.scroll--;
}
}
and I'm trying to use something like this to control the up/down arrows to appear only if needed
if(_root.awards.press.awards.maxscroll > 1){
up2._visible = true;
down2._visible = true;
}else{
up2._visible = false;
do2._visible = false;
}
but it's not working so far.
Any ideas?
Text Maxscroll And More
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[CS3/AS2] TextArea Maxscroll
Hi,
I have a text area, content_txt, that I load html with a stylesheet into using this code:
Code:
//code for loading CSS and text into swf;
function getRotatorStyles() {
content_txt.text = "loading content";
// load stylesheet first
var flash_css = new TextField.StyleSheet();
flash_css.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
content_txt.styleSheet = flash_css;
getRotatorContent();
} else {
content_txt.htmlText = "Error - could not load CSS.";
}
};
flash_css.load("cast/style.css");
};
// load the text into the text box
function getRotatorContent() {
content_txt.htmlText = "Loading content";
// we've loaded the StyleSheet now let's load the content from the text file
//start by loading the variables from the text file
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
my_lv.onLoad = function(success){
if (success){
content_txt.htmlText = my_lv.info;
} else {
content_txt.htmlText = "A problem has been detected";
}
};
my_lv.load("cast/cast.htm");
};
The problem is that content_txt.maxscroll always returns 1, but I know from testing that the actual value is 121. content_txt.htmlText.maxscroll, content_txt.text.maxscroll, content_txt._text.maxscroll, all return undefined. How can I get an accurate value of maxscroll for this text area? I need it to get a custom scroll bar to work correctly.
Any insight is appreciated. Thanks,
-Noah
Determining Maxscroll
I'm using this to control my scrolling
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (scrolling) {
_root.awards.press.awards.scroll--;
}
}
and I'm trying to use something like this to control the up/down arrows to appear only if needed
if(_root.awards.press.awards.maxscroll > 1){
up2._visible = true;
down2._visible = true;
}else{
up2._visible = false;
do2._visible = false;
}
but it's not working so far.
Any ideas?
[as] Maxscroll Facts
Hello! I had problem with the maxscroll property. Always returning “1” no matter how much text is loaded. I made some tests to understand why is that. It seems that the value of maxscroll depends on the frame and the _visible value of the parent MovieClip. Here's the example:
I made a textField inside a MovieClip:
ActionScript Code:
content = "Some long text goes here..."
container_mc = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("containter_mc", _root.getNextHighestDepth())
tf_txt = container_mc.createTextField("tf_txt", container_mc.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 150, 50)
with(tf_txt){
text = content
wordWrap = true
border = true
}
When the maxscroll is traced using onEnterFrame, the result is "1" in the first loop. In the other loops it is returning the real value.
ActionScript Code:
onEnterFrame = function(){
trace("tf_txt.maxscroll = " + tf_txt.maxscroll + ";")
}
If container_mc._visible = false, the maxscroll returns "1" no matter which loop is that.
If you have an idea why maxscroll is behaving so, please share.
10x
Maxscroll Returning Wrong Value
I have a frame with a text field on it with one line of text, getting the maxscroll returns "1" like it should.
but if I change the text field (where maxscroll should be 9) and right after get the maxscroll. it returns the wrong value (return 1) for a few frames, (like 4) then shows the correct value.
Ex. onEnterFrame shows the following results with actions in paranteses
(onEnterFrame tracing maxscroll)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
(add a bunch of text to the text field, maxscroll should be 9 right after this call)
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
10
10
10
As you can see the correct value doesn't become available until a few frames later
I'm still testing to find out if this is a bug or not???
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What's the problem and what do I do?
Problems Tracing Maxscroll
Hi there,
I am always getting a return value of one (1) when i try to trace the maxscroll property of a dynamic text field taht loads text from a .txt file in my movie.....I am using Flash Studio MX and haven't been able to determine the reason i keep getting this value.
Is anyone able to help me? I'm really stuck on this one
Thanks
Francesca
ccesca@mac.com
_height Based Off .maxScroll
Hi All,
I'm having a little problem with my AS2 .maxscroll. I am using the total number of text lines(.maxscroll) multiplied by 14 to give me the _height of a movie clip called entryBackMiddle... Seems to work until I look closer... it appears that some of my clips are sized to long and other clips are to short... Originally I was using .textHeight but that keeps giving me undefined so I switch over to maxscroll...
I've marked in red what I think might be the problem. I have also included a file and the entire code of how I'm looping thought my xml and attaching my clip in case its something else is wrong.
code:
//-------------Text Size------------//
var maxScrollHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll;
//var theTextHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.textHeight;
trace(theTextHeight);
trace(maxScrollHeight);
//
//var maxTextHeight:Number = theTextHeight*60;
var maxTextHeight:Number = maxScrollHeight * 14;
var maxTextBottomY:Number = maxTextHeight;
trace (theTextHeight);
//
if (this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll > 1) {
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
//
//trace("The field is more than one line");
} else {
trace ("It's only one line");
}
//-------------Text Size------------//
It loops thought the xml just fine.
code:
/***** LOAD EXTERNAL XML****/
var timeLineXMLConn:XML = new XML ();
this.timeLineXMLConn.ignoreWhite = true;
this.timeLineXMLConn.load ("CompleteTimelines.xml");
this.timeLineXMLConn.trigger ();
trace ("this is = " + this);
this.timeLineXMLConn.onLoad = function (success:Boolean):Void {
if (success) {
//trace("this is Loaded = "+this);
eval ("entry_clip" + i).entry_text.text = timeLineXMLConn;
this.timelineXML.onload = processXML (timeLineXMLConn);
} else {
trace ("error loading XML file");
}
};
/***** LOAD XML****/
function processXML (xml:XML) {
trace ("processXML = " + "Called");
// the y value of our entries,
// ie how far above the line they are
root_element = timeLineXMLConn.firstChild;
// loop through the XML
for (h = 0; h < root_element.childNodes.length; h++) {
trace ("--------- h = " + h + " -------- ");
element = root_element.childNodes[h];
// pulling out the data as we go
for (i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++) {
entry_text = root_element.childNodes[h].childNodes[i].firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.firstChild.nod eValue;
var newPlot = this.attachMovie ("entry_clip", "entry_clip" + h + "" + i, this.getNextHighestDepth ());
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i]._x = Math.round(Math.random()* 800)+ 20;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i]._y = Math.round(Math.random()* 600)+ 20;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.autoSize = true;
//this["plot" + h + "" + i].entry_clip.entry_text.wordWrap = true;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.multiline = true;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text = entry_text.toString ();
//this.timelines_MC["plot"+h+""+i].entry_clip.entry_text.setTextFormat(this.myformat );
//
//-------------Text Size------------//
var maxScrollHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll;
trace(theTextHeight);
trace(maxScrollHeight);
//
//var maxTextHeight:Number = theTextHeight*60;
var maxTextHeight:Number = maxScrollHeight * 14;
var maxTextBottomY:Number = maxTextHeight;
trace (theTextHeight);
//
if (this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll > 1) {
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
//
//trace("The field is more than one line");
} else {
trace ("It's only one line");
}
//-------------Text Size------------//
}
}
}
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated :-)
Thanks in advance
Scott
TextField.maxscroll Update
hi,
posted a similiar question yesterday (see below), but I've managed to generalize it quite a bit:
When the size of my textField is changed dynamically, the .maxscroll value is not updated. Seems it waits for the next user interaction. How come? Is there any command to sort of update it? Hilfe!
( http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s....php3?t=108570 )
TextField.maxscroll Always Returns 1?
I'm publishing in Flash Player 7 and using the older Flash MX scroll bar component. I just want it to disappear when not needed but maxscroll always returns 1 when using trace.
The AS that should work:
Code:
sbar._visible = (homeinfo.maxscroll > 1);
but these always return "1" reguardless of the amount of text:
Code:
trace("scroll" + homeinfo.scroll);
trace("maxscroll" + homeinfo.maxscroll);
trace("bottomScroll" + homeinfo.bottomScroll);
The textbox has an instance name "homeinfo" and it is a dynamic textbox which loads an html file just fine.
This seems like I'm missing something obvious or am not aware of some incompatibility. Thanks so much in advance!
TextField.maxscroll Always Returns 1?
I'm publishing in Flash Player 7 and using the older Flash MX scroll bar component. I just want it to disappear when not needed but maxscroll always returns 1 when using trace.
The AS that should work:
Code:
sbar._visible = (homeinfo.maxscroll > 1);
but these always return "1" reguardless of the amount of text:
Code:
trace("scroll" + homeinfo.scroll);
trace("maxscroll" + homeinfo.maxscroll);
trace("bottomScroll" + homeinfo.bottomScroll);
The textbox has an instance name "homeinfo" and it is a dynamic textbox which loads an html file just fine.
This seems like I'm missing something obvious or am not aware of some incompatibility. Thanks so much in advance!
[F8] How To Work Out The MaxScroll Of A Dynamic Textfield?
Hey guys,
Ive created a news textbox that reads information from an xml document. The only issue i have is that the scroller that i use to move the textbox up and down (just 2 buttons, 1 up 1 down) doesnt know how many lines are in the textbox so the maxScroll variable needs to be hard-coded into it (in other words the base of which to stop scrolling downwards is a hard-coded number instead of a dynamic variable that adapts to the amount of content in the text).
Is there anything i can do to determine how much information is in the textbox, so i can create a dynamic maxScroll variable?
BTW, im moving the textbox up and down instead of using the typical .scroll because i prefer the smoother animation.
Any help would be appreciated, thx
Mc._height Based Off Text.maxScroll
Hi All,
I'm having a little problem with maxscroll. I am using the total number of text lines(maxscroll) multiplied by 14 to give me the _height of a movie clip called entryBackMiddle... Seems to work until I look closer... it appears that some of my clips are sized to long and other clips are to short... Originally I was using .textHeight but that keeps giving me undefined so I switch over to maxscroll...
I've marked in red what I think might be the problem. I have also included a file and the entire code of how I'm looping thought my xml and attaching my clip in case its something else is wrong.
Code:
//-------------Text Size------------//
var maxScrollHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll;
//var theTextHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.textHeight;
trace(theTextHeight);
trace(maxScrollHeight);
//
//var maxTextHeight:Number = theTextHeight*60;
var maxTextHeight:Number = maxScrollHeight * 14;
var maxTextBottomY:Number = maxTextHeight;
trace (theTextHeight);
//
if (this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll > 1) {
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
//
//trace("The field is more than one line");
} else {
trace ("It's only one line");
}
//-------------Text Size------------//
It loops thought the xml just fine.
Code:
/***** LOAD EXTERNAL XML****/
var timeLineXMLConn:XML = new XML ();
this.timeLineXMLConn.ignoreWhite = true;
this.timeLineXMLConn.load ("CompleteTimelines.xml");
this.timeLineXMLConn.trigger ();
trace ("this is = " + this);
this.timeLineXMLConn.onLoad = function (success:Boolean):Void {
if (success) {
//trace("this is Loaded = "+this);
eval ("entry_clip" + i).entry_text.text = timeLineXMLConn;
this.timelineXML.onload = processXML (timeLineXMLConn);
} else {
trace ("error loading XML file");
}
};
/***** LOAD XML****/
function processXML (xml:XML) {
trace ("processXML = " + "Called");
// the y value of our entries,
// ie how far above the line they are
root_element = timeLineXMLConn.firstChild;
// loop through the XML
for (h = 0; h < root_element.childNodes.length; h++) {
trace ("--------- h = " + h + " -------- ");
element = root_element.childNodes[h];
// pulling out the data as we go
for (i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++) {
entry_text = root_element.childNodes[h].childNodes[i].firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.firstChild.nodeValue;
var newPlot = this.attachMovie ("entry_clip", "entry_clip" + h + "" + i, this.getNextHighestDepth ());
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i]._x = Math.round(Math.random()* 800)+ 20;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i]._y = Math.round(Math.random()* 600)+ 20;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.autoSize = true;
//this["plot" + h + "" + i].entry_clip.entry_text.wordWrap = true;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.multiline = true;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text = entry_text.toString ();
//this.timelines_MC["plot"+h+""+i].entry_clip.entry_text.setTextFormat(this.myformat);
//
//-------------Text Size------------//
var maxScrollHeight:Number = this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll;
trace(theTextHeight);
trace(maxScrollHeight);
//
//var maxTextHeight:Number = theTextHeight*60;
var maxTextHeight:Number = maxScrollHeight * 14;
var maxTextBottomY:Number = maxTextHeight;
trace (theTextHeight);
//
if (this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].entry_text.maxscroll > 1) {
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxBack.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._height = maxTextHeight;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackMiddle._y = 0;
this["entry_clip" + h + "" + i].textBoxshadow.entryBackBottom._y = maxTextBottomY - 10;
//
//trace("The field is more than one line");
} else {
trace ("It's only one line");
}
//-------------Text Size------------//
}
}
}
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated :-)
Thanks in advance
Scott
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