Scrolling Text Box

[AndyApp]

Okay,
This has been asked and answered before, but as usual I always want more. (There's always one).

I have done the examples in the Flash 5 Bible using generator to build a scrolling text box, found some on Flash Kit, did them. All worked fine except I can't format the text to make it look like I want.

For example I need to be able to change the size and force a line break and have bullet points, etc, etc the usual HTMl formatting stuff.

Is this possible?
Thanks, Andy

 

[davdesign]

flash will recognize fon attributes such as colour and size, as well as being able to parse

\n

as a new line. However it doesn't recognise HTML list formatting such as <ul> or <ol>.

As an example if you make a multiline dynamic text box and give it the variable _root.mytext, then insert the following in your first frame:

_root.mytext = &quot;<font size=\&quot;15\&quot; color=\&quot;#0066CC\&quot;>sthis text size 15 </font>\n<font size=\&quot;20\&quot;>this text on new line size 20</font>&quot;;

dave

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[AndyApp]

Excellent thanks.

 

[davdesign]

no problem

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[BigBadDave]

Check :

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk/tek-tips/text_scroll_html.swf

http://www.byngdesigns.co.uk/tek-tips/text_scroll_html.fla

Regards

Big Bad Dave

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[BigBadDave]

Oops sorry dave must have been posting just after you Regards

Big Bad Dave

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[davdesign]

no probs Dave, happens to us all ;-)

ANDY: just for future reference...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/htmltext.htm

dave

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