ActionScript 2.0 :: Alter Text Properties To Indicate Which Team?
Mar 18, 2010
I have the two team names for my game appear in dynamic text boxes. What I would like is to be able to alter the properties of the text box depending on which team has their go.This is the code which switches teams:
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function getRandomFishPoint() {
index = Math.floor(Math.random()*(points.length));
txtPoints.text = points[index];[code].........
So what do I have to add to have the text change colour, or something. I'm still figuring out what I want to change, but I would like to know how to change the properties of the text box.
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