Dynamic text in MC with a Mask

[nickpark]

Posting new thread for this one...

I've spent hours and hours on this problem...

Check out the MX fla here:

http://www.rooibos.plus.com/files/

Why does the dynamic text reset to the Default text ?

AND TRY THIS.... edit the symbol and turn the mask layer into a guide layer. The text is changed fine!???

I've embedded the font outline and set the x/y coords to whole numbers. AARRGGGGGHHHH.

 

[CamyBitz]

Hi,

Here is how I see this :
- in your mc_text symbol select frame 1 in the timeline and write this in Actions
txt.text="enter your text here"

I hope this helps!

 

[oldnewbie]

Why a shape tween, when it works fine with a motion tween?

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/dynamic-text-and-mask.swf

 

[nickpark]

CamyBitz,
It's a bit more complicated than that as I am loading the text from an external file (at runtime - although i am looking for a tool to do this at buildtime). So this wont help.

But, I didnt think it could be the shape tween. I originally used a shape tween because I didnt want to convert the mask object to a symbol, but I realise I was being lazy. The swf may grow a couple of bytes, but i'm sure the CPU time required of the Motion tween would be less than that of a Shape tween. I will try this...

Thanks for the messages, dudes.

 

[nickpark]

Works - thanks guys!
Till the next stupid question...