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Scrolling text through button rollover 1
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askIllustrator
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make a movie clip (MC) of the scrolling text, then insert that MC into the rollover portion of the button in question.
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HowardMarks
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Hi dartali, using the above method will mean that your text will jump back to the beginning when you move the mouse off the button: i assume you would want it to stay wherever it had scrolled up to...if this is the case i would recommend doing this a different way:
Create your button and your text movieclip separately and drag them both on stage. Make sure there is a stop action on the first frame of the movieclip. Name the instance of the movieclip something like 'text'. Go the button actions and insert the following script
On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Play ((GetProperty (textscroll, _currentframe )))
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Stop ((GetProperty (textscroll, _currentframe )))
End Tell Target
End On
Now Dave will doubtless jump on here and tell you how to simplify this code for use in flash 5, but i think it will still work so try it. Im waiting for 5 to arrive at the moment so im not too up on the new actionscripts.
Test your movie, what should happen is the text scrolls when you rollover the button, but stops where it is when you roll off. it should then carry on from where it left off when you roll back over the button.
Hope this helps
Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net
Create your button and your text movieclip separately and drag them both on stage. Make sure there is a stop action on the first frame of the movieclip. Name the instance of the movieclip something like 'text'. Go the button actions and insert the following script
On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Play ((GetProperty (textscroll, _currentframe )))
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Stop ((GetProperty (textscroll, _currentframe )))
End Tell Target
End On
Now Dave will doubtless jump on here and tell you how to simplify this code for use in flash 5, but i think it will still work so try it. Im waiting for 5 to arrive at the moment so im not too up on the new actionscripts.
Test your movie, what should happen is the text scrolls when you rollover the button, but stops where it is when you roll off. it should then carry on from where it left off when you roll back over the button.
Hope this helps
Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net
HowardMarks
MIS
OK i just realised i left that 'textscroll' bit in that code from copying and pasting some script from another fla. By all rights it shouldnt be there because there's nothing in the movie called 'textscroll' but for some strange reason it all still works....HOW??? When i try to 'correct' the code by changing 'textscroll' to '/text' it stops working. Am i going mad? Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net
nick.price@misuk.net
HowardMarks
MIS
Sorry, just me being thick; didnt even need GetProperty. this code should work:
On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Play (_currentframe)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Stop ( _currentframe )
End Tell Target
End On
LOL
Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net
On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Play (_currentframe)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/text"
Go to and Stop ( _currentframe )
End Tell Target
End On
LOL
Nick Price
nick.price@misuk.net
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based on macromedia technote 14156:
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