FLASH: Re: Fading dynamic text in Flash 4?

[andy]

OK, found the answer in MM support.  In case anyone's interested:


"Editable text fields cannot be alpha tweened unless font outlines are included. The tradeoff of including font outlines for these particular fonts is an increase in file size, and Flash defaults to not include these outlines."


Andy


>Hi All,

>

>I'm trying to create a fade-out effect for a dynamic text field in Flash4.  The text field is inside of an instanced movie clip.  I made a loop that decreases the Alpha of the movie clip, but the result is strange -- the text stays at 100% alpha until the end of the loop and then blinks out.

>

>Does anyone know how to work around this?  Flash5 is not an option for us, due to its buggy Flash4 publishing problems.


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