When I load an external text file it takes two clicks of the button to get the text to loadThe first click is blank the second click loads the text.
Here is the function:
// Create TextField and load text
function makeTxtBox(txtFile, textVar) {
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I have a movieclip in an external swf, called menubg. In the library properties tab, it reports the size as 1024x768.I use an embed statement to pull the movieclip from the swf at compile time. It comes in just fine (as a Sprite since that seems to be the only way to instantiate an object from an external swf), you can see it without a hitch, but tracing out the size info does not return the same WxH as the original.Here's some code, and the trace outs
var mbg:Sprite=new wpa_menuBG;
trace(mbg.width,mbg.height); // 1028.95 777.95 -- that's not right
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I'm building (see: struggling through) my first timeline-less app based on currentTarget and arrays.
I've run into a situation where my text fields will format text properly if called at load, but will not do it on a MOUSE DOWN; they just load plain text on the click.
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I'm trying to do a pretty simple modulo equation but i'm getting a weird return.0.03 % 0.01I was expecting there to be no remainder, so the answer would be 0. However the return flash gives me is: 0.009999999999999998If I bump everything up to whole Numbers it works just fine: 3 % 1 = 0However I know eventually I'll be doing something like 3.4 % 1 and I'm concerned that at that point I'll run into this same issue.
View 4 RepliesI have a match game, drag and drop a word to a definition. The flow of this game is that after you have answered you click a button and then the game removes the right answers and redisplays the wrong ones. So far that works, what doesn't is that after the answer portion and I put the wrong words/definitions the drag doesn't "visually" work. when i run in debug the drag is firing, but the object doesn't move on the screen. it also doesn't hit any target (which seems obvious). I never destroy the object.So As far as I can see the mouse events should still be working. example can be found here: [URL]
View 2 Repliesproject width is 500
tile_width=25;
map_collumns=Stage.width/tile_width
trace(map_collumns)
Sometimes I get a decimal return. Then, when I close it,and run it again, it shows the correct answer.
I tried something which was very simple in AS2, attaching dynamic movieclip and then attaching dynamic textfield inside that MC, which should update on progress event for loading an image, displaying percentage of loading done. Surprisingly, I have no problem with displaying accurate percentage info, my problem is this: most of the updates of textfield.text writes itself OVER the old text, instead of replacing it. Hehehehehe, LOL! You get it? It behaves like I create new textfield over the old one each time I update text. And I'm sure the code is not recreating textfield or MC, at least I'm positive thats not what I told it to do. So although I'm a bit new to AS3, and may probably doing something wrong, I'm getting more and more suspicious that this is a bug within flash itself, the thing that should not be.
It will be hard for me to recreate the code here, as I tried many different things in the meantime, so I'll just show bits of latest version which doesn't create totally dynamic MC and textfield, but attaches dynamically MC containing textfield which is inside library. The problem remains the same, and I'm sure I compile/upload latest swf version and clean browser cache everytime...Code://btw, timeline is public static MovieClip, which is like root,//and containerMC is public static MovieClip which is attached separately//Also if you see something without being declared as var, be sure its a static property declared in class
//func called after thumbnail button is clicked to open image
public static function prepareImageOpen(imgObj:Object)
{
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See the problem when you fill up the RichEditableText with characters? Keep typing the word hello until you cross outside of the first visible area of the RichEditableText. things get weird. Try it out. how to prevent the weirdness? (the text starts jumping up and down)
Code:
for (var i:Number=0; i <= 7; i++){
// create 7 text fields
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I'm working with a flash program that dynamically creates a user-specified amount of text fields in an MC using the createTextField function. However, it seems only one of the text fields will show up.
I've done some testing, and I found that when you create multiple text fields in an MC using this method, only the most recent one shows up. Is there any way to avoid this?
With the code below how can I add to it to make it a link to an internal movie clip.So when someone clicks on this text it tells another move clip to play.Do I need to create an empty MC and Add this text feild inside that MC?
Code:
_root.createTextField("mytext",1,585,20,200,100);
mytext.multiline = true;
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I'm creating a text field dynmaically and it works great however when I test the movie I can't seem to change any text (like a typical input box on a webpage for example), it appears to be only readonly.
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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).
but i want to create the text field with no set width so that each text field is set to the width of the space that the text inside it takes up..i thought something like
createTextField("name", depth); would do but it doesnt seem to work without all of the parameters
createTextField("name", depth, x, y, width, height);
I have searched the forum for this, and there are a couple of similar questions, but no answers (bad sign I guess...).Is it possible to use movieclip.createTextfield and use a component scrollbar?
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var boxtitle = ("textfield" + counter);
createTextField(boxtitle, 20, 30, 30, 500, 70);
Why doesn't this work?
I'm not having luck setting alpha values with _parents that contain child textFields created dynamically. The text filed doesn't change its _alpha with the other objects in the movie clip.
View 3 Replieswhats the flash 5 version of mc.createTextField()? i need to convert my flash mx script into flash 5....
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to write a function that I can use for creating text fields - in this case: to make the labels for a navigation menu. But the function is not working and I don't know what's the problem. Vars are: n = name and l = depth.
Code:
function makeMenuTab(n, l, x, y, w, h) {
var c = createTextField("c"+j, j++);
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Can createEmptyMovieClip and createTextField work nested... ?I have the following:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("infoBox", 1);
infoBox.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.createTextField("infoText", 1, 0, 0, 100, 100);
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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.
I'm trying to do generate a textfield that can automatically figure out how wide and high it's going to be...That way I can scale it's parent movieclip to be 250px wide max..The textfield also shouldn't wrap.
View 3 RepliesI can't seem to get this to work. I want my text field to be in arial. The format function is not working? Can anyone tell me where I went wrong?
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I'm trying to write a function that I can use for creating text fields - in this case: to make the labels for a navigation menu. But the function is not working and I don't know what's the problem. Vars are: n = name and l = depth.
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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?
If I create a textbox using createTextField, is there a way to make it an input field, instead of dynamic? Also, how can I put a border around it, like you can when you create them manually.
Is there a way of doing a division with a remainder instead of a decimal? The best I could think of was splitting the whole number and the decimal and then multiplying the decimal by whatever it was originally divided by. If that is the best way, how would I find the whole number, if I round it, it might go up instead of down, which I don't want.
I have a movieclip that I'm trying to attach two textfields to. Here's my current code:
Code:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("showGrowthOver1",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
showGrowthOver1._x = 10;
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I created a textfield dinamicaly with MovieClip.createTextField, but my text is to long, so I need a scrollbar. How can create and attach the scrollbar to the textfield ? Any idea is welcome, tutorial is super
View 6 RepliesWhat's wrong with this?
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loadStatus_mc.progressBar_mc._xscale = 1;
setProperty ("loadStatus_mc", _x, 210);
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I am creating some navigation from an array in a forloop. Foreach item in the array i am creating a text field. Is it possible to create a text field that doesnt have a set width? this is the code i am currently using.
createTextField("btn_text"+i, _root.wrapper.navContainer['button'+i].getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 90, 22);
and this is what i wanted to try but it doesnt work
createTextField("btn_text"+i, _root.wrapper.navContainer['button'+i].getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0);
how can I adjust the font size using createTextField? I've tried using setTextFormat but it's still not working. code below:
fullPreloader.onLoadStart = function(target) {
target.createTextField("my_txt",fullImage_mc.getNe xtHighestDepth(),-200,0,200,20);
};
fullPreloader.onLoadProgress = function(target, loadedBytes, totalBytes) {
target.my_txt.text = Math.floor((loadedBytes/totalBytes)*100);
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