Re: [flasher] RE: problem parsing html/text effect engine

[olga]

Hmm.. you know, I am already loading in using load variables, the problem is

when I loop through and treat each character with an effect, it doesn't

parse the HTML, but treats them as regular characters.  So "<" and "i" and

">" all come in loaded as separate characters with their own effect.


Here's the code, being applied to a mc of the letter "a".  (It's biggest

flaw other than the html parsing is that is places the letters monospaced,

and most fonts aren't, so the tracking gets kind of off.


frame1:

loadVariablesNum ("./enlightening.txt", 0);

msg = _level.quote;

msgLength = length(msg);

_level0.effect = (random(4))+1;


frame 2:

x = x+1;

if (x>=msglength) {

    gotoAndPlay (10);

}

newname = "letter" + x;

if (newname eq "letterx") {

    newname = "letter";

}

duplicateMovieClip ("letter", newname, x);

current = substring(msg, x, 1);

setProperty (newname, _x, (GetProperty("letter",_x))+ ((10)*x));

setProperty (newname, _y, getProperty("letter", _y)+nextline);

if (nextline != "") {

    setProperty (newname, _y, getProperty("letter", _y)+nextline);

    setProperty (newname, _x,

(GetProperty("letter",_x))+((10)*x-((10)*x1)));

}

if (current eq " " && (GetProperty(newname,_x))>250 ) {

    x1 = x;

    nextline = nextline+25;

}


frame 3:

go to and play 2




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Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 4:01 PM

Subject: [flasher] RE: problem parsing html/text effect engine



> You should try loading your text into a blank text bow in a movie clip as

a

> .txt file using the LoadVariables command. Then you can manipulate the

whole

> line of text any way you like. You can even concatenate the text within

the

> .txt and name different string different variables. This way you can have

> one text file with all your desired text.

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From: olgatwitchy [dot] com [olgatwitchy [dot] com (mailto:olgatwitchy [dot] com)]

> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:46 PM

> To: flasher from chinwag

> Subject: [flasher] problem parsing html/text effect engine

>

> I think I've found this problem and uncovered another-- I am currently

> running this dynamic text through a dynamic text effect engine.  The way

the

> engine currently works is that a mc of one letter is assigned a value

> incrementally according to the quote, duplicated and assigned a particular

> effect.  So, each letter is independently filtered into the Flash movie,

and

> I believe why the parsing of the HTML is messed up.. it is actually

> receiving <, i, > rather than <i>.

>

> Is there a better way to apply text effects to dynamically loaded text in

> Flash?

>

> Thanks!

> Olga

>

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To: "flasher from chinwag" <flasherlists [dot] chinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 12:13 PM

> Subject: [flasher] problem parsing html

>

>

> > When would this:

> >

> > quote1="If you cannot feed a million people, then feed just one.

> <I>Mother

> > Teresa</I>"

> >

> > display this within the flash text field:

> > "If you cannot feed a million people, then feed just one.  I>Mother

> > Teresa/I>"

> >

> > I've tried with and without embedding fonts, and HTML is turned on in

both

> > instances.

> >

> > thanks!

> > olga

> >

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