Flash :: SetTextFormat Causing Multiline Text To Shift

External Text And SetTextFormat
Hi everyone,

I have what is hopefully a quick question about getting TextFormat options applied to dynamically loaded external text. I can get the formatting to work when I trigger setTextFormat off of a button's on(release) command, but when using the just _root.mytext.setTextFormat(myformat); nothing happens. It doesn't seem to make a difference if the setTextFormat is called before or after the external text is loaded. Oh, and setNewTextFormat doesn't work either.

I'm guessing there's a problem with the external next not being loaded at the time the formatting is being applied, but I'm really just shooting in the dark. Anyway, here's the code (all in the main timeline):

// Create a TextFormat object.
var txt_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
// Specify paragraph and character formatting.
txt_fmt.bold = true;
txt_fmt.italic = true;
txt_fmt.size = 10;
txt_fmt.kerning = true;
txt_fmt.letterSpacing = 1;
_root.StageNotesShell.StageNotes.setTextFormat(txt_fmt);

and then to load the text:

var textVars:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
textVars.load("stage6_files/stage_text.txt");
textVars.onLoad = function(){
StageNotesShell.StageNotes.htmlText=this.Notes
}

Thanks for your help,

Z-247

SetTextFormat Not Affecting Text.
Hi,

I'm really new to flash and am workng through some tutorials. I have imported a txt file into a scrollable area but cant seem to get the text to format.

Here is my code:
Code:

var external_txt:TextField = new TextField();
var externalReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("welcome.txt");
var externalLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

externalLoad.load(externalReq);

externalLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textReady);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, scrollUp);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, scrollDown);

myFormat.font = "Arial";
myFormat.size = 18;

external_txt.x = 34;
external_txt.y = 135;
external_txt.border = false;
external_txt.width = 255;
external_txt.height = 555;
external_txt.wordWrap = true;
external_txt.setTextFormat(myFormat);

addChild(external_txt);

function textReady(event:Event):void
{

external_txt.text = event.target.data;
}

function scrollUp(event:MouseEvent):void
{
external_txt.scrollV --;
}

function scrollDown(event:MouseEvent):void
{
external_txt.scrollV ++;
}

Can anyon help me with this?

Thanks,
Mike

.. Do I ALWAYS Have To Use SetTextFormat Every Time I Change The Text?
i'm going crazy, i'm making a LOT of adjustments per second to various textfields by simply doing

something.text += "whatever";

But i have to call setTextFormat every single time or the textfield loses its formatting.. this is driving me crazy.. is there any way to retain the format once and for all??

SetTextFormat Not Working On Dynamic Text
I have some dynamic text boxes loading text from an array. I initially have the text box aligned "right" but when you put dynamic text it "left" aligns them. Anyway, here is my code:

ActionScript Code:
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();format.align = "right";var numLinks:Number = 11;for (var i = 0; i <= numLinks; i++) { this["txt" + i].autoSize = true; this["res" + i].txt.autoSize = true; this["txt" + i].text = resourceTitles[i]; this["res" + i].txt.htmlText = resources[i]; this["res" + i].txt.setTextFormat(format);}

So my problem is, its not aligning. I even tried doing htmlText and using resources[i] and no luck..any ideas?

HOw To Distinguish L Shift From R Shift Keys?
hello,

I just want to know if there is a different keycode for the Left SHIFT and Right SHIFT keys
because I want to make a game that uses each SHIFT key to perform different actions.

eg. if press LEFTSHIFT--perform LEFT punch, if press RIGHTSHIFT--perform RIGHT punch

thanks.

HELP - Controlling Text SHIFT
Last edited by HEKTECH : 2003-11-05 at 07:43.

Let's say you have an input text field, set to 'Single line', with an embeded pixel font. As you type, you will inevitably reach the end of the text field - upon which the text shifts to the left in order to make room for the next character.

My question is... Is there a way to determine the point at which the text shift occurs, in order to code it so that the shift is done by exact pixels ? - thereby keeping the pixel font crisp.

Thnks in advance

Dynamic Text From MySQL Problem. Multiline + HTML-rendered Text Wanted...
Hi.

I'm in the process of writing a guestbook using Flash, PHP and a MySQL database. A large part of the Flash-code, is fully functional, but there is one strange problem.

The text i'm echo'ing from the PHP document into Flash, doesnt wrap correctly in my textfield. I've set the textfield to multiline and I've pressed the "Render as HTML"-tab. But the text is displayed with HTML-tags and stays on one line.

This is how it looks: http://www.riminalitet.org/guestbook.swf The buttons below the field are "Next"- and "Back"-buttons for the submissions...(It's danish )

I've experienced that it works if I use
instead of in my HTML-formatted code. But I'd like to use BOLD as well. And if I urlencode my output-code from PHP, nothing changes. Still one line with HTML-tags...

The textfield is embedded in a scrollPane. I'm targeting this field in my LoadVars function. Can this has something to do with the problem?

Should I use the ScrollBar component in stead of the scrollPane to retrieve dynamic text? (This would be a little bugging, since my goal is to display the text nicely with some graphics around it).

Hope some of you guys can help me with this. Bye now...

Director 8.5 Tab And Shift-tab Between Text Boxes
I want some help with some Director 8.5 stuff.

I want to be able to move between some graphic sprites and text fields using tab (go to next object) and shift-tab (go to previous object.

I have the following script on the text boxes (and a similar frame script for the graphic objects as keydown doesn't work on graphic sprites) :

on keyDown
if the key = TAB then
if the shiftDown then
counter = counter - 1
else
counter = counter + 1
end if
end if
end

The problem is that when i reach the text fields, the text characters i type go into the "on keyDown" script and not into the field itself like all good characters should.

Loading Text Files Into Multiline Input Text Boxes
Can someone tell me if it is possible to load text files (.asp, .txt, .css, .js) into a multiline input text box in FlashMX?

I have a text box called "textArea" that I want to use as the text editor for any text file on the server.

myTextStream = "somefile.xxx";
textArea.text = myTextStream;

Clickable Text Inside Multiline Text Field
Hi there,

I have a movie with a dynamic multiline text field, and want each line of the text to be clickable. The text is put into the text field from a script, and I am using HTML formatting to make the text clickable, as in

mytextfield = "<a href="http://www.domain.com"> + string + "</a>";

However, I don't actually want my clickable text to go to URLs, I want it to run some ActionScript, but I can't figure out if it is possible. Basically what I want to do is something like this

mytextfield = "<a href="_root.gotoAndPlay(4)"> + string + "</a>";

Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way, but I can't find any advice on how to make clickable text in a text field which triggers an ActionScript command.

Hope you can help - Sam

[MX04] Dynamic Text Not Wrapping On Multiline Text Box
Have multiline textbox with dynamic text loaded from URL variables.

I am assuming that the title, let's say:

It%27s+about+time+somebody+did+something+about+it+ It%27s+about+time

is being decoded into flash. I turn it into a var, and try to have it wrap in text box.

No beuno, just one single line with the entire sentence.

Why so?

Thanks
Ryan

Width Of Text On The Last Line Of Multiline Text Field
I think this has been solved here:
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=90797

However, when I paste that into Flash I get an error that says: "Attribute used outside class". Can anyone help me figure out why that's happening.. or offer a better solution for what I need to accomplish.

Ultimately, I'm trying to place a Quote MovieClip to the end of the last character in the last line of a dynamic text field.

Thanks.

Multiline Text
I would like to create text via actionScript, but if the text has more than one line, and I can't do it...

If I use the textTool to create text (an empty box) and name it myText, and choose multiline in the property inspector, I can do it...:
_root.myText.text = "how to create multiline text?"

works just fine...

but if I do this:
_root.createTextField("myText", xPos, yPos, w, h);
_root.myText.text = "how to create multiline text?"
_root.myText.multiline = true;

it doesn't work...
what am I doing wrong?

Multiline In Text Box?
hi guys!

i have a dynamic text box called "myTextBox"

in my button i have this:

_root.myTextBox.text = "this is a line";

what im wanting to be able to put new lines in like when you press enter when writing text.

so the result would be somthing like this:

-----------
this is line 1
this is line 2

this is line 4

etc
------------
how do i go about this?

thanks

End Of The Line In The Multiline Text
Hi!

how can I find the end of the line in the multiline dynamic text field??
I need the index of the first character at the last line..

thanx in advance

Multiline Input Text
I want to create an input box with multiline property and when I press "Enter" key in the input box, the cursor will go to next line even though the cursor has not reached the end of the box width. Therefore the user can input any text and wrap at any point.

Multiline Text For Checkbox
Is there a way to create multiline text labels for the Checkbox Component.

I am creating a multi choice quiz using the MM multi choice components but have a number of questions which are rather verbose and will not fit on one line. How do I extend the text label to multiline?

Regards,
Matt

Multiline Dynamic Text?
ok lets say i have a movie that is ONLY a multiline dynamic text field, but i want the field to have as small of a height as possible while still fitting all the text that is sent to it. so basically, if it is sent enough characters to have 9 lines of text, i want the field and the movie to adjust to that height. is this possible?

Multiline Input Text
Hello everyone,

just curious if there is a way to "reset" a multiline input text field.
I know how to clear it after submit, but how do I make the default position at the top after submission?

Thanks in advance
-Adam

Dynamic Text W/ Multiline?
I'm having a dynamic text variable, named "text", but i couldn't make it to printed some text in multilines.
E.g: text=string("I haven't seen any one..
..in many years. ");

--> It didnt work.

> At "
" (I mean without quotes ^^) I wanted to break that line to 2 lines. How can I do?

Thanks

Multiline Text - Where's Last Line?
I have a dynamic multiline text box, that I'm applying an autoSize = "center" on. Tracing the height of the box, I see that the autosize is working, although it's not showing the last line of text for some reason.

http://www.tetdesign.com/misc/multiline/

Here's the script, and you can download the .fla here to dig in if you'd like :

this.playTitle1 = "Josh Childress Flys High";
this.playTitle2 = "Lebron James Jams Over the Lakers";
this.playTitle3 = "Kyle Korver Hits From the Outside";
//place copy for plays
function placeCopy():Void {
for (var i = 1; i<4; i++) {
//drop title
this["videoGrab"+i].playTitle.text = this["playTitle"+i];
this["videoGrab"+i].playTitle.multiline = true;
this["videoGrab"+i].playTitle.wordWrap = true;
this["videoGrab"+i].playTitle.autoSize = "center";
trace(this["videoGrab"+i].playTitle._height);
}
}

Dynamic Text Multiline?
I have an email script, when email is submitted variables are sent to php as well as a dynamic text box displaying the informatoin that was sent. My issue is that the message variable is not multi lining in the dynamic text field even though the field is set up for multi line, any idea why?

Multiline In UI Input Text Box
Can u apply the multiline wrap to UI input text box? basically I want you to be able to type in it,but I made the input box long, when published though the text just goes on one continuous line as opposed to going to the next line when its about to run outta space in the box..you know what I mean?

End Of The Line In The Multiline Text
Hi!

how can I find the end of the line in the multiline dynamic text field??
I need the index of the first character at the last line..

thanx in advance

Dynamic Text Stylesheet Issue (Links Shift When Hovered)
Hello everyone,

I'm having an issue with text shifting slightly any time a link is moused over (a:hover). I've been banging my head against this for weeks and haven't been able to figure it out. I searched the forums extensively and haven't found any mention of this issue, so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it for me.

I'm creating a completely database-powered Flash site, so all text will be loaded into dynamic text boxes. The text boxes will have stylesheets applied to control the standard things like text size, font, and stylize links. Everything is working fine except for the a:hover portion. The link shows up in the text box with the correct properties, and when I mouse over the link it updates with the a:hover properties.

The problem I'm having is whenever I mouse over a link, all of the text around it shifts slightly. When I move my mouse off of the link, the text shifts back to it's original position. I'm not changing anything on a:hover except for font color, but even when I don't change anything the same shifting problem occurs. A few important things I've noticed:

1) This issue only occurs when the dynamic text box is "Anti-alias for readability" AND the text box's autoSize property is set to true.

2) If I do not set the autoSize property but leave "Anti-alias for readability" it works fine. If I set the autoSize property to true, but change the dynamic text box to either "Anti-alias for animation" or "Use device fonts" it works correctly, with no shifting of text when links are hovered.

3) Oddly, if the link appears on the first line of the text box, no shifting occurs, regardless of the autosize and anti-alias settings.

As I mentioned, I've been banging my head against this for weeks and searching everywhere I can think of, but haven't been able to find a solution. If anyone has any ideas, I'd greatly appreciate the input.

I've attached an example .fla file that illustrates the issue I'm having. Although I'm using an external stylesheet, I've placed an inline stylesheet in this file to keep everything in one file. The issue I'm describing is happening with both an external and inline stylesheet.

Again, thanks for any ideas. I'm totally stumped!

Splitting Multiline Text Into Array
Hi. I want to separate a mutliline text field variable into an array so that each line is it's own string in the array. I used this code, but it doesn't work. Responses is the variable that has 5 elements separated by a return.

splitString=String.fromCharCode(13);
response_array = responses.split(splitString);
stop ();

I then used a dynamic text field to call the variable response_array[1]
And nothing showed up. What am I doing wrong?

Displaying, Multiline Dynamic Text. Plz Help Me
What i am trying to do is when the mouse rolls over my button it will display text in a box. I did it and i can get it to start ti display but the text i put in is too long for the box so i made the box a big square instead of a bar. I set the proporties of the dynamic text box to multiline and smaller font but all it does is display like frist few letters and they are the size of the box now. Could anyone tell me how i could get it to display the whole thing over a few lines and make it so the text doesn't enlarge. Here is the code i'm using to display it.

on (rollOver) {
infoBox = ("This section contains all current Member information");
}

all i get in the box is Thi in a huge font and i want it to all display over a bunch of lines.

any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks alot
Elite311

Multiline Input Text With Enter Key
I have a simulation where a user types a string of values into a multiline input text field, then clicks an OK button to check the text and move on (if the text is incorrect, an alert dialog box appears instead). The text field will look something like this:

text1
text2
text3
text4

I am trying to use the "
" escape character sequence to recognize the line breaks, but it's not working. Here's what I have:

on (release) {
if (input == "text1
text2
text3
text4"){
_root.gotoAndPlay(_root._currentframe+10);
} else {
setProperty(alert, _visible, true);
}
}

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

Component Parameter -> Multiline Text?
Anybody any idea on how to set a component parameter to multiline text/string directly?

I managed to set it through (eval) an extra external actionscript variable and also through an extra external textfield, but can't get it directly in parameter... using eg blabla
blabla literaly interprets as backslash-r

any suggestions?
t.i.a.
P.

Validating Scroll In MultiLine Text Box
Hi, I have a simple that when pressed moves the multiLine text box to line 31, like so:
on (press) {
info.scroll=31
}

Question:
How can i listen to when the scroll is at line 31 then do something?
for example, something alond the lines of:

if (info.scrollPosition == 31) {
button._visible="true"
}

Problem With Multiline Text Loading From XML
Hi Guys

i am making an online visiting card editor in flash. Everything is going just fine but a problem with loading multi line text from xml is there. Actually user can enter multi line text and after he finish designing the card he can save it for later use. I am saving the settings of object and text in database through xml communication with php. When a user open an existing card setting everything comes just fine but there is and extra line space between any two lines. Means single break line element becomes 2 line breaks. I have tried both text and htmlText method but failed

Please help me its really urgent.

Thanks in advance

Centering Dynamic Multiline Text
Hello flashers,

I'm having a bit of a problem centering text in a dynamically-instantiated textfield. I assume it's something simple, but google continues to give me the cold shoulder with any answers. :-)

I can physically create a textfield on the stage, that centers without a problem. However, when attempting to mimic this behavior with AS3, I can't get the text to center at all in the textfield:

======================================
var msg:TextField = new TextField();
msg.border = true;
msg.selectable = false;
msg.width = 200;
msg.multiline = true;
msg.wordWrap = true;
msg.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;

var txt:String = "Here is some text to fill this page";
txt += " and it is not so interesting so I apologize";
txt += "for the boredom!";

msg.text = txt;
addChild(msg);
======================================

Any help would be immensely appreciated - cheers!

Multiline Text Using FishEye Component
Hi everyone,

I'm a Flex/OOP newbie and I've been trying to work with the wonderful FishEye component by Ely Greenfield and add the ability to display multiline text fields (really all I need is two lines instead of one). Has anyone been able to get this implemented? I assume I need to make some modifications to the CachedLabels class but I just can't seem to figure out where to begin. Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks!

Validating Multiline Text Field
I'm having problems validating a multiline text field.

Here's my code:

Code:
if(txt.text==""){txt.text="please enter an answer"}else{gotoAndStop(2)};
When I test it, and hit the submit button, it just goes right to second frame, but when I change the text field to a single line field, it works perfectly.

How can I do the same thing to a multiline text field?

Dynamic Text, Multiline, Spacing?
Hello all!

I am working on a project that loads an RSS feed into a dynamic text box. I have the feed loading just fine, but once it loads the spacing between the "wrapped" lines is HUGE compared to the spacing between topics.

Here is an example:
example HERE

Is there any setting in Flash 8 that I can use to correct this? Actionscript maybe?

This looks dumb, and it's driving me nuts.

Thanks,

Chris

New Paragraph In Dynamic Text Box (multiline)
hello, how can i use AS to add a new paragraph when setting the .text of a dynamic text box?

Ad the moment i do this, but it does not add the spacing

Code:
MovieClip(root).mcMessage.showMessage("You have saved your thingy.

To make a new one do it again or be killed");
MovieClip(root).mcMessage.visible = true;

Add A New Line Programmatically To A Multiline Text Box
hi all,

have a multiline(no-wrap) dynamic text box.
have an array with 5 values.

want to place each value on a separate line in text box.

tried

PHP Code:

for(var i=0;i<array.length -1; ++i) {
mytext.text += array[i] + Key.ENTER;
}

does not add a new line
also tried + "/n";

any ideas?
thanks!
mcm

[EDIT/CyanBlue]
I think I've said this a couple of times, but if I have not, here goes...
Please use PHP/AS tag to format your code... That'll make our life whole lot easier...
[/EDIT]

Dynamic Text Field - Multiline
I have text coming in via remoting. I can see the text, however it will not multiline for some reason. I have checked the height of the text box and set it to 500 which should be sufficient. Anyone got any ideas? Here is the code:

// CREATING HEADLINE TEXT FORMAT /////////////////////////////////////////
headformat = new TextFormat();
headformat.font = "HelveticaNeue Condensed";
headformat.bold = true;
headformat.size = 36;
headformat.multiline = true;

createTextField("headLine",this.uiDepth++,13,17,11 4,500);

// HEADLINE TEXT ////////////////////////////////////////
headLine.text = result.items[0].c_Textline;
headLine.selectable = false;
headLine.multiline = true;
headLine.setTextFormat(headformat);
headLine.embedFonts = true;

Multiline Centered Dynamic Text
how do you guys do multiline centered dynamic text?

i know how to use autoSize = "center", but it only works for one line of text.

Dynamic Text Multiline Display
Hey guys.

I am trying to make a dynamic text box in flash 8 that will display text that I create using a function. Like this.

Code:
function Messages(words:String) {
if (i<5) {
i++;
words = (_global.words) + i;
words = "";
}
talker.text = (_global.words1 + _global.words2 + _global.words3 + _global.words4 + words)
IDInterval = setInterval(resetTalker ,10000);
}
Maybe you can see what I'm trying to do from this?

In any case. I am trying to make a formula so that when you enter something like:

Code:
Messages("Hello World");
Messages("How are you?");
the text

Hello World
How are you?

will appear, on seperate lines.

Can anybody see what and how to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks .

P.S. sorry if somebody has posted this, but i did search so ... =S

Multiline Dynamic Text Problem
I'm a Flash novice and I ran into a problem where I have a dynamic text field box on my stage that will load text from my xml in which I have set for "Multiline." My problem is when I test my movie, instead of doing a multiline in the dynamic text field it just streches the font. Am I doing something wrong that someone can help me with?

Thank you in advance.

Dynamic Text Disappears Because Of .multiline
Hi! I have a dynamic textfield that gets data from an php array. It works fine but only when multiline is set to false but i need and to format the text but if i set multiline to true the text disappears completly. Has anybody an explanation for this?

best regards

recorder

Test For # Of Lines Multiline Text
Is there a way to test how many lines of text will appear in a text wrap, on a multiline text field. The text is loaded dynamically from an external database, causing variations in character count.

Multiline Text Using FishEye Component
Hi everyone,

I'm a Flex/OOP newbie and I've been trying to work with the wonderful FishEye component, (shown here: http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/com ... component/) by Ely Greenfield and add the ability to display multiline text fields (really all I need is two lines instead of one). Has anyone been able to get this implemented? I assume I need to make some modifications to the CachedLabels class but I just can't seem to figure out where to begin. Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks!