Re: FLASH: output textfield size

[Randy Kato]

Dave,


Doh! Of course! Paul's absolutely right.


We ran into the same problem and couldn't achieve it with Paul's method since

each word had to be its own MC (with a button), so I thought back to that and

completely missed this solution. Forget my previous post. This is your answer.


-Randy


Paul Willoughby wrote:


> >>davo wrote:

>

> 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

> ----------------------------------------------------

>

> Hi davo

>

> I'd love someone to tell me i'm wrong, but as far as i know you can't

> dynamically resize a text fields character capacity in F4 (does anyone know

> if you can do this in F5?). But there is a straightforard workaround for

> your problem. Basically, you should do the concatenation in a script instead

> of trying to do it directly on screen.

> Create a whole new string from the inputted variables via a holding variable

> and then put it all in one big text box (you could even get it to appear as

> if it's typing if you read my last post). So...

> User enters variables in frame 1, then...

> SetVariable: completeStory = "One day" & inputtedName & "slipped over on" &

> inputtedObject...etc etc.

> SetVariable: textField = completeStory


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