scrollbar problen in Flash MX (not 2004)

[shanakie]

Hi,

I'm building a Flash GUI to an Access database to be distributed on CD-ROM. I've run into a problem on what I thought would be a simple operation - including a scrollbar component in a dynamic textfield.

The scrollbar and textfield are properly associated but the textfield has a variable name (so the contents of the relevant db field can be displayed) - I think this might be the problem but I can't see another way of getting the text from the db to the output screen.

I've searched relevant posts on this site (and found some interesting stuff) but can't find anything that addresses this - has anyone any ideas?

Thanks in advance ...

 

[oldnewbie]

What's your code?

 

[shanakie]

Thankx for the reply - only work here 3 days so have just seen it.

The only relevant snippet of code (as distinct from instance names) is

fscommand("flashstudio.getfieldfromdb", "\"services\",RowNumber,svcs"

where "services" is the db field to retrieve and "svcs" is the variable name given to the dynamic text box. The instance name of both the textfield and the scrollbar is sb_services"

As you can see, I'm using Flash Studio to handle the database side of things. Everything works perfectly and the project is almost complete - the problem arose when I wanted to increase font sizes to improve accessibility, and required the "svcs" textfield to be scrollable if necessary.

It may be I'm missing something fundamental here (wouldn't be the first time), so any info will be gratefully received ...