FLASH: output textfield size

[davo]

hello all,


I'm having a bit of a mare....I'm trying to create a 'game' in which players input details ( eg name, fave colour etc) at the beginning which are then placed into text fields within a story, making it personalized.


The problems i have is:


I believe the text fields need to have a predetermined size. If i make this, say, 8 characters and the player only inputs four characters, when the text is output to the story there is a big space after the word. 


I need the output text field to be the length of the word and for the static text (the story) to continue on from the end and wrap down the page. 


I explained this pretty badly i think....I've done an example of what my problem is at


http://davo.e.tripod.com/nowhere/test.htm


check it out...it looks awful.


Any help would be greatly appreciated....or if it's impossible i'd be better to know now. 


dave:)

www.kerb.co.uk


ps.i'm working in flash 4 at the mo but can work in flash 5 if it will help.



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