ActionScript 2.0 :: CreateTextField Text Location?
Nov 1, 2004
im using CreateTextField to get data from php, no problem there, but the placement of the text has be baffled.
here's what i got:
here.CreateTextField("t_txt", 1, 1, 1, 10, 10);
here.t_txt.Size = 12
what i WANT is to put the text in the top middle of the movie but no matter what i change in the number it just moves to strange places in different sizes and sometimes cut in half, heres a screenshot of current one.
also, one other thing, this number basically keeps track of people in a chatroom, how can i get flash to refresh itself every few seconds to ensure it has the latest number, just have 2 frames the same and loop them?
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