Another Scrolling Text Question

[swayjenkins]

I have a dynamic text box that scrolls using two arrow buttons at the bottom. The only problem is, I can't get the text to continuously scroll down. I have to repeatedly click either of the arrows for the direction I want it to go. I was having a problem with it before and got a tip off this page that is something like this:

on(press, dragOver){
scrollBox.scroll-=5;
}

If anyone can let me know how to have it scroll without clicking every time I want it to move down it would be greatly appreciated.

sway

 

[rgstewart]

You need to put the dynamic textfield and its buttons into a movieClip, and add these actions where specified:

UP BUTTON:

on (press) {
 direction = "up";
}
on (release) {
 direction = "none";
}

DOWN BUTTON:

on (press) {
 direction = "down";
}
on (release) {
 direction = "none";
}

MOVIECLIP

onClipEvent (load) {
 direction = "none";
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
 if (direction != "none") {
  if (direction == "up") {
   textVariable.scroll--;
  } else if (direction == "down") {
   textVariable.scroll++;
  }
 }
}

... where "textVariable" is the name of the variable being displayed in your dynamic textfield. _____________________________________________________
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[swayjenkins]

Perfet, thanks a million. Got it working as soon as I did what you said.