Re: FLASH: Variables and text fields.

[Nathan Dicken]

Scott,


Just curious... do you really want to display the variable in a

size-specific text field or do you want to rely on scrollbars and show/hide

the scrollbars as needed?  There really isn't a way to resize a text field

dynamically.  If you want to work with the way that you presented, you

could have your sized text fields in consecutive frames in a mc.  When you

need to display the variable in a text field, measure the scroll/maxscroll

based on your default (small) text field and then send it to an appropriate

frame where it can be displayed.  Hope that helps.


Nathan Dicken

Fusionary Media




>Okay here's my problem....

>

>I have a flash movie that uses variables extensively. One text area using a

>variable sometimes contains text that is a lot of characters and sometimes

>only a few. I have created a scrollbar that works with this text box to help

>when it is a long string of text. Now....when it is only a short text

>message I don't want(or need) the scrollbar. I know that you can

>Getproperty() from a MC and SetProperty() of a MC but can you do these for a

>text field? I have the text field inside a movie clip already but I have to

>have a big text field in case there is a lot of text. Can I bring in the

>variable, see how big it is, and adjust the hieght of the text field

>dynamically? Any help would be appreciated.

>

>Scott Jeppesen

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