Flash :: Where Is The Text In The Space

Space Age Random Generated Text Before Revealing Real Text?
How is this done?

http://www.rodec.com/site/content/home.asp

See how the text comes in as random generated text before revealing the real text. Its like that matrix or space aged thing happening.

Here are some code that I found, but don't know how to modify it to do this:

Code:

var str:String = " What is the answer";

var sInt = setInterval(writeIt,1);
var count:Number = 0;
var s:Sound = new Sound();
s.attachSound("type");

function writeIt() {
if(count == 0) {
s.start(0,1000);
}
theText.text = str.substring(0,count);
count += 5;
if(count > str.length) {
clearInterval(sInt);
s.stop();
}
}

I don't mind how this is setup though, it looks pretty straight forward, it just doesn't do that random generated text to reveal the real text and just do standard masking.

Making A Space Between Text In Flash Makes The Text Shake?
I am editing a flash site (in MX) and every time I make a space between words the text starts to shake when I preview the movie. Why is it doing this and how do I make it stop?!

Space In Html Freaks Out Text Format In Text Field
heres the html

<A HREF="http://www.thelink.com" TARGET="">link1</A> <A HREF="http://www.thelink.com" TARGET="">link2</A>

Text Effect. Text In Deep Space
Hi,
I've seen somewhere a tutorial for a cool text effect: text as in the science fiction films seems to have perspective and scrolls from the viewer into deep space. They use this effect for the cast in the begining or the end of the film. It can be done by a triangle frame or something lik that. Has anybody seen this tutorial to give me the address please?

mx-guest2004

Where Is The Text In The Space
hi
can somebody please help me use the script in the link below with some different text. I guess text file is dynamically loaded. Also is it possible to use this as a menue? It is way over my head. lol
www.levitated.net/daily/levTextSpace.html

Where Is The Text In The Space
hi
I posted this thread once but it didn't show. can somebody please help me with some different text for the file below, and also how would it be possible to use the file as a menue. this is way over my head. lol
http://www.levitated.net/daily/levTextSpace.html

How Do I Add A Space In Text
how would i make my text have a space as if i pressed enter. is there a certain code? i want it to look like:

here is some text

heres the other text bjalkjds;lkfja;sdlkjf

i tried putting the text and then just hitting enter, but then it doesn't work. is this possible w/ only 1 text field?
thanks!

Help With Text Space Convert To As2
Has anyone converted levitated text space to as2?

I'm really struggling with it. I'm not that experenced in as2 yet. Any help would be very great full!!

I want to convert it so I can use bitmap caching. I have over 450 text and it just crawls in as1.

Source code can be found here.
http://www.levitated.net/daily/levTextSpace.html

Thanks in advance!!

Code:
for (n=0;n<this.wordList.length;n++) {
// pick a word from the list
var word = Object.environment.wordList[n];
var x = random(600)-300;
var y = random(337)-169;
var z = random(Object.environment.fl*2)-Object.environment.fl;

// create an instance of the SpaceWord object
nombre = "word"+String(depth++);
var d = space.attachMovie("spaceWord", nombre, depth, {txtword: word, x: x, y: y, z: z});
}
Then in my class I have

Code:
dynamic class spaceWord extends MovieClip {

function spaceWord() {
this._x = x;
this._y = y;
this.z = z;
this.txtWord = word;
}

}
But this only places one movie clip on the stage....what am I doing wrong...sorry I now I'm a newbie @ classes and prob doing this all wrong!

TextField A Lot Of Space In Between Text?
Hello all,

I have a textfield which takes in some text dynamically. It works fine, however each line break is huge for some reason! WHY!

"Have a butchers here":

Thanks for any help.

Space Around Text In TextField.
Hi,

See attatched code.

I made a simpel textFiled with some text and a border.

Does anyone knows how to get rid of the extra space between the text and the border of the textField? I'm goning crazy with this.

I made the width of the textFiled the width of the text and the height of the textField the height of the text. But because of the extra space the text will not show as I wanted to be.

Is there a solution for this? To remove the extra space surrounding the text?

Thanks.

Attach Code

var myFont:Font = new libFont();
var myFormatTag:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

var tagContainer:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(tagContainer);

myFormatTag.color = 0x000000;
myFormatTag.font = myFont.fontName;

var lineTag:TextField = new TextField();
lineTag.name = "TextFieldTag";
lineTag.defaultTextFormat = myFormatTag;
lineTag.text = "gjpqyURL.com";
lineTag.width = lineTag.textWidth;
lineTag.height = lineTag.textHeight;
lineTag.x = 0;
lineTag.y = 0;
lineTag.selectable = true;
lineTag.border = true;
lineTag.embedFonts = true;
lineTag.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
//lineTag.rotation = -90;

tagContainer.addChild(lineTag);

Highliting The SPACE Around Text
hey... this might be a dumb question (and i think it is ) but i CANT seem to get a BOX highlited around a text linke (the text link is two a scene, not a hyperlink)... when the mouse is over it, only the actual TEXT is highlighted.. [for example, clicking the inside of the o would not bring you to the scene.. but clicking the actual circle of the o would.]

i'm sorry if this is dumb. i searched the forums and the site with no luck.

thanks before hand!

Work Space Text
Hello. I am brand new to FLASH. I installed Flash MX on my laptop. It all workes fine, but my font on my Flash Workspace buttons look all messed up. They look like a low resolution pixle or something.

This is NOT in the project I am building, but my actual FLASH enviorment. For example, in the "properties" menu, i can not read the words "Background" or whatever other items would normaly be displayed.

Is there a way to reslove this? Perhahs there is an option to correct this?

Thank you in advance.

Remove Space Around Text In Textbox...?
I'm making a little clock that will be standalone (.exe). This clock will have "always on top" setting. I'm making it small so users can postion it in the Title Bar of programs next to minimize, maximize, close buttons.

Having said all that, How can I remove the space around text in a textbox? From my image you can see there is space inside the textbox, and around the text. I have the show border property checked, so you can see size of textbox. I also have all the format options set to "0". Anything I try won't remove the extra space. I'd like to remove this space so I can have the text be larger while still maintaining the size of the textbox. Any ideas on this one?

White Space In Dynamic Text Box
I need some advice on dealing with white space in dynamic text.

I have a text box that is being created and filled via actionscripting. I'm filling it with a simple .txt file like this:
body=here is some text.

The text is not HTML and it's not escaped.

The box is narrow (25-30 characters) and the text usually winds up being eight or ten lines deep. When the text flows in, I get a space at the beginning of some lines. It apears to happen when the space won't fit on the line above. I really want my left edge to be squeeky clean here. I'm sure there is a simple solution, but condenseWhite didn't work. What am I doing wrong?

thanks in advance...

Non Breaking Space In Dynamic Text?
Im reading a whole load of xml into flash which all works ok, however instead of putting a singe line space in after a carrage return in the xml it puts a double line space eg:
<studio id="7">
<studio_name>Desk & Stuff</studio_name>
<studio_text>Summit Audio Inc: Tube pre-amp/compressor limiter
Tubtec: Dual Compressor CL2A
TLA: C5021: Valve compressor
</studio_text>
</studio>

becomes

Summit Audio Inc: Tube pre-amp/compressor limiter

Tubtec: Dual Compressor CL2A

TLA: C5021: Valve compressor

if i use html formatting and put in the xml it doesnt seem to work, perhaps it needs escaping?

any ideas would be great
thanks

Non-Breaking Space In Dynamic Text?
I've got a scrollable dynamic text box and I want to manually create a list in it. The problem is that for the every list item, the multiple spaces in front are being reduced to a single space, screwing up the layout of my list. I know that HTML can be utilized and I've even given it a test run, but I don't like the fact that the HTML text doesn't get anti-aliased. Is there a way to force non-breaking spaces into a Flash 8 dynamic text box without using HTML? Thanks in advance!

Non-breaking Space In External Text
I'm experimenting with loading from external .txt files, and i am coming across a problem...

If an ampersand (&) terminates the external text, how do I insert an html non-breaking space?
HTML Code:
 
This is really frustrating...any help would be appreciated.

Regards

Text Wrap Carrying Space
We've got a Flash project where our developer is bringing in some text from an XML document. At the end of each line the word wrap works just fine... EXCEPT... when the line ends on the last letter of a word, the space after that word ends up at the beginning of the next line of text.

Has anyone come across this problem before? Unfortunately I can't get the code or a sample, but it is a basic question I think.

If someone has seen this type of issue some feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Reducing The Space Bet Paragraph In Loaded Text
hi all,
i am loading this text frm a text file onto text field. teh probs is tht thr is large space bet each paragraph which is not desirable.any suggestions as to how i cud reduce teh space.?
thx
cheers
k

Space At Beginning Of Line Text Field
Hi,

I have a movie with a dynamically created textfield. I have assigned the condenseWhite property to it so that the text is treated as HTML.

However, when wrapping it sometimes breaks the line BEFORE a space rather than after it. This means the space is visible at the beginning of the next line slightly indenting the text.

Is this a known bug? Is there a work around?

Thanks in advance!

Andy

Dynamic Text Line Space Problem
hi everyone

i have a problem with the line space flash creates when a dynamic text is written in a dynamic text field

i am reading with post vars ans php from a mysql database field with
attribute "text"
--------------
e.g. text is written to database like this

fdsajfdsa
fdsafdsa
fds
f
dsa
--------------
when i read out from the variable and write it to a dynamic textfield
every line where there is a break is displayed like 2 breaks
-------------
e.g.

fdsajfdsa

fdsafdsa

fds

f

dsa
--------------
i already checked the line intent and spacing and tried multi/single line and Htmltext , normal

so what can be the fault,
does anyone have experience with this

thx a lot jakob

view @ http://jakob.digiop.net
choose video and press the forward button --> then see text

Character Space In Dynamic Text Block
Is there a way to edit the character space in a Dynamic Text block?

Naturally there's no ability from the Format menu, nor does CNTL+ALT ARROWS work as it does with static text. I don't need to kern, per se, just affect the general spacing.

I've gone so far as to edit spacing in a static box and copy it into the Dynamic Box (the line spacing remains this way in the Dynamic Box, but reverts when a variable value is passed to it).

It doesn't look possible, but I'll hold out hope for a minute.

TIA

Synth

Dead Space On Text Fields (how To Remove)
Greetings all,

I'm having an issue whereby I need to stack lines of text on top of each other. Each line is a separate text field and can be scaled at different font sizes by a slider component. When text enlarges in size in the text field, it pushes lines below it down. That much I have working.

However, all the text fields I create seem to have dead vertical space. By that I mean there is a significant gap between the edge of the top and bottom of the text pixels and the border of the text field - and this space seems to scale depending on the font size of the text.

I would like to completely eliminate this dead space and have the borders of the text field come down to exactly the height of the text itself. Or at least figure out how to define how much dead space there will be when the text is at a certain size so I can shift the text boxes vertically by the right amount (effectively counteracting it in the actionscript) and make only a pixel or two of gap between each line.

Anyone know of a method or strategy I could try? (I'm using as3)

Cheers!
Mj

(ps. textHeight when I tested it seems to be reading neither the height of the text pixels nor the space between the borders. It was somewhere in between, which confuses me no end.)

Text Field Letter/space Counter.
Hello...

How can i get this done that, whatever i write on text field, it should be counted (letters and space aswell) right next to the different text field.. its somthing we have in HTML what we write in text field u can also view a counter next to it. ? (e.g : This thing is mostly seen on online jobs portals whrere they have this kind of text field... things that i want this in flash )

Thank you...

Blank Space In Static Text Field
i have a static text field and every time i use two spaces in a row, it replaces one space with a hollow rectangle. what's up with that? i am an old school typist, so i always use two spaces after the end of a space (like you're supposed to) and i've never seen this before. however, i don't know what i'm doing differently for this flash movie. can someone help me out please?

btw, i tried using   and of course it didn't work. not that i expected it to really, just sharing i guess.

[MX]HTML Text Field Extra Space
Hi,

I'm using loadVars to import text from a text file and then put it into a dynamic text field - rendered in HTML. There is an extra space in the first line of text for some reason. I've checked the dynamic text field and theres no spaces or returns in it - its empty before putting the text into it.

How can I get rid of that extra line?

White Space In An External Text File
Is it possible to use an load an external text file with multiple variables and line breaks? In other words could I make:

Code:
&defaultParkNum=1&printEnabled=no&usePointer=yes
look like this?

Code:
&defaultParkNum=1

&printEnabled=no

&usePointer=yes
I want to do this so it is easier for people other than me to change these settings. However, when i try to put line breaks into the file, the variables don't get loaded.

Perhaps theres something like ignoreWhite i could use?

AS 2 Loading Text In Dynamic Box Help (the White Space) ? ? ?
Hello everyone,

I am trying to find a bug that comes from flash when i load text from external txt file.
Let`s say that in the text file i have this line "Hello World", in flash using LoadVars it will load and show the message as it is "Hello World".

But what happens if the text is like this with 2 lines?
"Hello
World"

In flash it will load and it will show the text as this
"Hello

World"

You notice that it will put an empty line for every new line in the text file.

How can i avoid that?
I have tried to emmbed the characters and also i made many changes but none of them came to work and show the message without the unnecesary empty line.

If anyone knows how to make it work as i need i would appreciate the help

Thanx in advance!

White Space When Loading Html Text From XML?
I am trying to load a html text from a XML with flash cs4 but It loads with huge whitespace before and after the text. In an older, different version of the site made in AS2 it loads the same xml with no whitespace.

I've tried setting xml.ignoreWhiteSpace = true but it doesn't seem to change anything. Somebody please help?

flash code:
Code:

var XMLRequest:URLRequest;
var XMLLoader:URLLoader;
var xml:XML;

var myBody:String;
var myTextFormat:TextFormat;

loadXML();

function loadXML():void{
XMLRequest = new URLRequest("blakedirect.xml");
XMLLoader = new URLLoader();

XMLLoader.load(XMLRequest);
XMLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onLoadXML);

function onLoadXML(e:Event):void{
 xml = XML(e.target.data);
 xml.ignoreWhitespace = true; //notice i've put this option
 makeText();
}
}

function makeText(){
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
//myTextFormat.bold = true;
//myTextFormat.italic = true;
myTextFormat.size = 10;
//myTextFormat.color = 0x32ACC4;
myTextFormat.font = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica";

myBody = xml.TEXTWINDOW;
//trace(myBody);

var bodyTF:TextField = new TextField();
bodyTF.x = 0;
bodyTF.y = 0;
bodyTF.width = 550;
bodyTF.height = 400;
bodyTF.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);
bodyTF.htmlText = myBody;
bodyTF.wordWrap = true;
addChild(bodyTF);
}

xml code:
Code:

<PAGE>
<HEADER TXT="BLAKE WEST"/>
<TITLE>Director / Producer</TITLE>
<FORMAT><![CDATA[

<a target="_blank" href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1231010">IMDB link</a>
]]></FORMAT>
<CREDITS>UPDATED</CREDITS>
<OTHERINFO>9.2008</OTHERINFO>
<QUICKTIME HEADING="CLICK FOR DIRECTING REEL" HTML="blake/directproduce/blakedirect_video.html"/>
<TITLEIMAGE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/blake2.jpg"/>

<TEXTWINDOW>
<![CDATA[


After editing for several years, Blake West made the leap into directing and producing when he formed Ivisualeyes Films in 2003. He is currently attached to direct & produce "The Flyer Hold-up" with producer <a target="_blank" href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1155608/">Jason Koornick</a>. It is in development.


]]>
</TEXTWINDOW>
<SLIDES>

 <SLIDE JPEG="musicvideos/caine/gallery1/crop0009_1.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="musicvideos/caine/gallery1/P1180253.jpg" />
<SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/Blake_susanrawdin_1.07_2.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/Blake_susanrawdin_1.07.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/B-IN-NYC_2.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/IMG_6614.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/IMG_6656.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/IMG_6722.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/IMG_6725.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/IMG_6741.jpg" />
 <SLIDE JPEG="blake/blakeimages/blake2.jpg" />


</SLIDES>
</PAGE>

I'm just loading the <TEXTWINDOW> node for this test.
source files are here: http://kangaroach.xtreemhost.com/test/test.zip
...

? How To Translate 3D Space To 2D Space (sort Of) ?
Hi everybody,

I have a question about coordinate systems. I have a 3D space set up (papervision3d), with an array of 20 objects(planes) sitting on the origin (0, 0, 0). What I'd like to do is evenly distribute those 20 objects across the x and y axis so that they appear to be on a 2D plane facing the viewer.

I imagine that some sort of translation needs to be made between the 2D "stage" and the 3D "scene" (dividing the stage width and height). My first idea was to create 4 Arrays of 5 objects each and position those arrays evenly along the y-axis. Next, I was wondering how matrix objects work and if they would have any advantage over arrays here.

Any ideas?? Does this seem like the right direction?

Thanks for your help!

Brian

Text String - Input Field - White Space
Hello

Question:

can flash recoqnize white space in a text string?

For example: If an input field was to collect words in a sentence and pass them to an array or individual variables. Basically would it be possible to take a sentence that has been inputed and seperate each word. Flash would have to recognize the white space inbetween each word and seperate it from there.

I not asking for an example although it would be nice just a answer if it is possible or not with ActionScript then I can try and figure it out from there.

Thanks

cheers,

noss

White Space And Hscroll In Dynamic Text Fields
I have an anomaly where text loaded into a scrollable dynamic text field can sometimes disappear into hscroll boundaries beyond the borders of my text box even though wordWrap is set to true.

ex:
the text is wrapping
fine upto a point
then suddenly disappears off screen ==>

Does anyone know what might be causing this?

Second anomaly:
text is wrapping fine
then suddenly a new
[space]line starts
with a space.

I am loading variables, simple text files
then myText.text = [varibale]

Thanks.

PS meanwhile I found a solution. The application used to create a text file seems to impact how Flash handles the text. If I use TextEdit on a Mac the non-wrapping problem occurs. If I use MS Word the same, except when I save the word file as an MS-DOS text file my problems are solved but not entirely, new anomalies arise. Which application do you use for creating text files.

I also tried putting the text inside the index.html page using "param name=FlashVars value=some text" but Flash is still not wrapping words correctly so I can only assume it is a bug and not a feature. I suspect if a character does not 'touch' the borders of a text field Flash does not detect the end of a word to apply wrapping.

Dynamic Text Box Word Wrap Space Problem
When loading xml data into a left justified text field, spaces between words, in the middle of a sentence, are getting returned at the end of a line. So a lot of my lines of text begin with a space.

ANY IDEAS ANYONE, THANKS

[F8] Input Text Field Doesn't Allow Space Char
Here's the problem: I am loading (loadMovie) an external .swf (which contains a few input textfields, and nothing more) into my main movie. After that, I start typing into any of the input textfields. Well, everything works great, the letters appear (as they normally should) when I am pressing the keys. As I said, everything works great until I am pressing the Space Bar. The space character simply refuses to appear. The Enter (end of line) character does work as it should do, when I am using it into the multiline input field (see the images below)

The big dilema is I'm still able to input spaces (and they appear) when I am running the external .swf alone.

What on Earth happens? Any advice, anyone?
Did you encounter such odd behavior?

Thank you

Blank Space Wraps To Next Line Of HTML Text
Hi,

I am facing this issue
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6904/issue5ey.jpg

I know this is a issue with Flash itself
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...flash_2178a075

I have solved this issue with normal text by using but in case of bullet it just create a new bullet.

Is there any thing i can do to solve it. I have tried everything but no luck so far...

Dynamic Text HTML Space Characters Dissappearing.
Has anyone else ever had or heard of this situation? Its only happening around the edges of link tags,

Code:
Hello <a href="">world</a> my name is george.

renders as

Helloworldmy name is george.
The link still works fine, Ive tried putting the spaces outside the link tags but it still happens.
Im having to put double spaces in to get only one of them appearing its so wierd.
I dont remember this happening when I was working in AS2 but cant isolate the problem at all.

Its absolutely killing me any help would be fantastic....

thanks

Dynamic Text HTML Space Characters Dissappearing.
Has anyone else ever had or heard of this situation? Its mostly happening around the edges of link tags,

eg:
Code:

Hello <a href="">world</a> my name is george.

comes out as

Helloworldmy name is george.

The link still works fine,
Im having to put double spaces in to get only one of them appearing.

Its absolutely killing me please help,....

thanks

ReplaceSel Results In Extra Space Preceding Text Replaced
Hi all - I'm working on a little app that allows the user to select a text segment in a dynamic/input field, and upon key press the selected text will change based on built-in parameters.

PROBLEM: Everything is working EXCEPT that when the text segment is replaced, an extra space is inserted before the new text segment.

Here's my code, which lives on Frame 1 and corresponds w/an input text field w/instance name 'myText':

____________________________
myText.addListener(myText);

//note to self: load textContent dynamically in next version
textContent = "This is the text I want to change. This is some other text. Leave this line alone. In this sentence, only select the following word: word."

myText.text=textContent
s = textContent;

_root.onMouseUp = function() {
x = Selection.getBeginIndex();
y = Selection.getEndIndex();
correctText = _level0.s.slice(_level0.x,_level0.y);
}

myText.onChanged = function() {
if ((correctText == "This is the text I want to change") || (correctText == "word")) {
newText = "text is changed";
myText.replaceSel( newText );
z = newText.length;
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.color = "0xff0000";
myText.setTextFormat(x, x+z+1, myTextFormat);
s = myText.text;
} else {
newText = correctText
myText.replaceSel( newText );
s = myText.text;
}
};
____________________________

Thanks in advance for any inspirations.

-Sarah

Where Is The Text In The Space

hican somebody please help me use the script in the link below with some different text. I guess text file is dynamically loaded. Also is it possible to use this as a menue? It is way over my head. lolwww.levitated.net/daily/levTextSpace.html

hi
can somebody please help me use the script in the link below with some different text. I guess text file is dynamically loaded. Also is it possible to use this as a menue? It is way over my head. lol
www.levitated.net/daily/levTextSpace.html