ActionScript 2.0 :: CreateTextField In A MovieClip?
Jul 18, 2002
I want to be able to create a text field on a movie clip that is already established. I can create a text field on the main flash window, but I am unable to create a text field on a movieclip on the flash window.My MovieClip is called Background with an instance name of myBackground. I try the following line among others I have tried:
myBackground.createTextField("mytext",1,0,0,100,50 );
mytext.text = "hello";
Am I referencing the movie clip correctly?I have checked the Complete Reference for Macromedia Flash MX, but could not find anything in there. It seems like that book only skims the surface.
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Code:
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Jun 28, 2004
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Code:
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Oct 26, 2007
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I'm coding a dynamic menu in flash which involves creating a text field for each item in an array (forloop).
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Mar 19, 2005
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Jun 7, 2005
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Jan 19, 2006
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Jun 19, 2009
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Feb 11, 2010
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Feb 17, 2012
createTextField function has the following signature:createTextField(instanceName:String, ...)it's ok if the instance name is passed as a string literal.but it does not recognise it if it is passed as a name of the variable containing this string:
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trace(name_of_the_textfield.type) returns "input"
[code]......
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Dec 7, 2005
I feel like I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm unable to add a textfield to any movieclip that I've attached to _root. Here's a generic example:
_root.attachMovie("generic_mc", "clip1", this.getNextHighestDepth());
rect1._x = 200;
rect1._y = 200;
[code].....
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Aug 3, 2006
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Inside that function is a MovieClip.createTextField() function that takes the values and creates a textfield with the "instanceName" provided and assigns a value to the .text property of the textfield through "txtValue".
The code compiles. But it just doesnt want to show the textfield.
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Apr 13, 2007
What I am trying to do is: have a dynamically created text field change color when i roll over a movieclip. This is what I have: a movie clip with this code:
Code:
this.createTextField("header", 99, 10, 10, 100, 300);
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Code:
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Jun 25, 2007
Trying to accomplish the simplest thing ever.. with no success.I want to create a textfield (all scripted) with a specified width (420) and a varying height:
Code:
txt = this.createTextField("body_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 420, 0);
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Nov 21, 2007
I am having a bit of a headache with regards to this problem
Code:
class A {
private var tf:TextField;
private var canvas:MovieClip
[code]....
Why is it that the above code does not work? I need reference to the textfield so i can apply different TextFormats depending on the state of target_mc.Why does flash complain that Void is found where textField is expected?
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