ActionScript 2.0 :: Animating A Text Field Inside A Loop.
Oct 15, 2009
I've got an xml file that is providing text to the swf. The flash file is supposed to go through the xml file and each time it reads a node it is supposed to create a text field on the stage with the text from the XML file. Then it is supposed to animate along the y axis for a short time, pause for a few seconds, and then continue animating along the y axis. (like a news ticker on a News Channel). Anyways, I've got the FLA reading the XML file fine and it even creates a text field populated with the text. But I can't get the text fields to animate inside the loop.[code]I can get the first text to animate. But I don't understand why the "i and j" version doesn't.
I am trying to load the data from a txt file into a dynamic textfield.It works fine on the initial stage.But if i nest the text field inside a movieclip called "my_movieclip" it does not load.eg: _root.my_movieclip.newUpdates_txt.text = Update_lv.latestNews;Another problem is if I rotate the text field it again wont show??
Code: Update_lv = new LoadVars(); Update_lv.onLoad = onText;
the code above outputs exactly what i need it to do to the specific dynamic text fields i've assigned, but i was hoping that there is a way to put this in a FOR loop? this code below works in the output panel
Code: for (var i:Number=0; i<sC.length(); i++) { trace(sF.text()[i]); trace(sC.text()[i]); }
but i can't get it to work with multiple text fields,
I have problem with loading data from xml into a three text fields using "for" loop.I don't know how to create dynamic instance names for txt fields.There are 3 different txt fields on the stage with instance names: text1, text2, text3 and i want to load three nods from xml into these.I wrote some code for do that but it don't work properly.here's the AS code:
PHP Code: var xml:XML;var xmlList:XMLList;var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();xmlLoader.load(newURLRequest("data/data.xml"));xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoaded);
Im creating a website for a client who wants to be able to update it themselves and so i'm using AS3 to create a textfield which calls text from a txt file to display and uses the UIScrollbar to scroll the area. What i'm wondering is, is it possible to load images into this same textfield so they are easily added and updated (like the text is) and so they scroll with the text as if it were all one part?
I am trying to enter a student name into a textfield (student1_txt). I just can't seem to work out the correct syntax. The student numbers and names are in an array. I have the fields working fine outside of the movie clip but not inside.
I wonder if anyone can see what is wrong in the statement below:
I have a textfield, and I put the field legend inside it. I want the text "type your name" to be erase once user click inside the textfield. How can I do that? And the reverse, if the text was lived empty show again "type your name"?
just trace out the data within the "item tag" below. I can trace out the three at the top but can't get into the items. Having it nested like this is giving me problems. I would really like it to loop through the items and display each in a single text field.
how to make a label appear inside a input text field. As of now I am just using a static text field to the left of the input field, bt due to lack of space I would like the text field name to appear inside the actual input text field and when the user clicks to insert their text the title or label for that input field dissapears.
I have created two text boxes one is source and another is output. I want to place the output box inside a movie clip so that i can move it. How can i possible this ?This is my code,
This is probably easy stuff for most of you guys but have tried to have this working for the past hour and it's not working.I basicly have made my own button which is a movieclip. Inside the movieclip on the normal/roll off state i've put a dynamic textfieldwith instance name "textbtn" my button is supposed to span 2 frames on my mainstage, thought is need to say something different in each frame.
Sofar I have this inside the movieclip on Frame 1:
I've got a dynamic text field in my button object. I have named the text field "myText". How can I modify the text within it? myButton.myText.text = "test"; won't work, because it can't access myText.
Having a problem displaying a dynamic text field inside a movie clip - when I test / publish the movie, the text field is empty my movie clip has the instance name: Main In main Movie Clip there is another movie clip instant name is : login The dynamic text field (Inside the movie clip login) has the instance name: myText How can I chang the dynamic text inside the login movie clip using AS3 ?
Is there a way to add an inner drop shadow using TweenLite? I'm trying to add it to an input text field that I've created. I don't want to have to load an image, but I think i might have to.
I have a problem with a button.It has 4 keyframe and a text field with the same instance name "myText".I use this button in a MC, and its instance name is "myBtn".I'm trying to change myText with actionscript in the MC without any results.Debugging it I find a text field insiede this button named "instance6", so i think there is some problem with instance name.
I trying with: trace(myBtn.myText); and it says "undefined"!
How can i correctly give instance name to this text field?Is there any way to find out the name of the instance of an object (the text field) knowing the instance name of its parent (the button)?
Is it possible to ignore white space between characters inside a text input field let's say a user types in "bri an" instead of "brian. Is there a way that white space is ignore and treated it as one word?
I have created two text boxes one is source and another is output. I want to place the output box inside a movie clip so that i can move it. How can i place the output text box inside a movie clip ?
I'm trying to create an accordion menu that contains three submenus. The idea is that when you mouseover one submenu (or rectangle, to keep it simple) that the rectangles which were previously covering it will move to reveal it. Menus of this type can be found at the bottom of nvidia's site [URL] for reference.
At first I tried creating each function, which will make the rectangles move, separately but this resulted in three very repetitive functions and there seemed like there should be a better way, especially since I'd like a good way to add and remove submenus. The animation did work then. I tried to clean it up by creating a for loop that would move each rectangle but now, for some reason, it doesn't work. It is still missing some key points such as utilizing the mOver variable to figure out when each rectangle is moused over and act appropriatly
I have combed the Web and I can't seem to find the answer. All I want to do is display some html-formatted text, located within an external XML file, in a dynamic text field in Flash CS3.
I don't have any code to supply because at this point the only thing I'm trying to display in the text field is "<b>This</b> is a <a href="http://www.google.com">test</a>." For this hypothetical example, I could call the text field myTextField. I just need to know how to format the AS3 code to get the XML to display inside myTextField.
Using php to declare a few Flashvars. No problems - they all arrive and behave. One of these populates a dynamic text field inside an MC. Simple enough stuff right? But.... when I try to test equality on that text field I get nothing. I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of. The MC is called "fake2". The text field inside it has a variable name of "choice_dyna" and an instance name of "fd2".
I have a search box in my flash file and I'm trying to have it execute a getURL() when the enter key is pressed inside the text field, but nothing is happening. Can someone let me know what the issue is?
I have many buttons in my flash, its function is when a button is clicked it will animate. The problem is when I click the button, it animates, but when I click it again, it does not animate. It should animate again when clicked. Someone told me to have a loop so that it will animate again but I have no idea regarding looping in flash.
Here is my actionscript: stop(); custom_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, custom); function custom(event:MouseEvent):void { gotoAndPlay(2); stop(); [Code] ...... [URL]
I have a simple Google Maps API with external data loaded from XML file (location, lat, long, info etc.). I also have a custom marker as a MovieClip (marker_mc), which works fine, but I want to add a Dynamic Text Field (label_txt) to this MovieClip and load a simple data (<label>) to it from same XML file (distribubtion.xml), so as a result every location would have it's own label on the marker.I know how flash loads XML data, but what I don't know is how to include that in Google Maps API (if it's even possible).
