ActionScript 3.0 :: Add Button With Dynamic Text And Hover State?
Mar 14, 2011
Add Button with dynamic text and hover state
I haven't used flash for a bit but I'm really stuck on something that should be simple.
I want to add buttons or MoiveClip to make a navigation.
Each button will have different text on it and they need a hover state that changes the color of the text.
I have done this to add the buttons with text. This works but I do get an error message.
How can I change the color of the text when I hover over the button ? How can I stop the error message ?
Quote:
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.
at flash.text::TextField/set text()
at Doc()
[Code]....
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