# Actionscript question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/241306>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 12, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/241306 "2007-10-12T00:17:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![HecticMedia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@HecticMedia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HecticMedia)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-question/241306/1 "2007-10-12T00:17:00Z")

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Hi guys,

I’m using a flash news ticker that I found elsewhere and I’m not so great with actionscript.

Could anyone check the actionscript below and maybe tell me how I can change the depth on the textbox? It’s showing above all the other layers, which I don’t want, as I want to put rectangles in with gradients to make the text have the appearance of fading in from the right and out to the left.

```auto
function newsticker(content, posX, posY, depth, tempo) {
	this.loadVariables(content);
	this.onData = function() {
		function tick() {
			text1._x = text1._x-tempo;
			text2._x = text2._x-tempo;
			if (text1._x<=-text1._width) {
				text1._x = text2._x+text2._width;
			}
			// end if
			if (text2._x<=-text1._width) {
				text2._x = text1._x+text1._width;
			}
			// end if
			updateAfterEvent();
		}
		// End of the function
		if (news.length<200) {
			characters = news.length;
			while (news.length<200) {
				news = news+" "+news;
			}
			// end while
		}
		// end if
		var _loc1 = new TextFormat();
		createTextField("text1", depth, posX, posY, 10, 0);
		createTextField("text2", depth+1, posX, posY, 10, 0);
		text1.html = true;
		text1.embedFonts = true;
		text2.html = true;
		text2.embedFonts = true;
		_loc1.color = 0;
		_loc1.font = "Arial";
		_loc1.size = 13;
		text1.htmlText = news;
		text2.htmlText = news;
		text1.setTextFormat(_loc1);
		text2.setTextFormat(_loc1);
		text1.selectable = false;
		text1.autoSize = "left";
		text2.selectable = false;
		text2.autoSize = "left";
		text2._x = text1._width+text1._x;
		setInterval(tick, 5);
	};
}
// End of the function
cid = "medical_records";
System.useCodepage = true;
newsticker("/flash/tickernews.php", 600, 5, 1, 1);
_global.regularEaseInOut = mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeInOut;
_global.strongEaseOut = mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeOut;
_global.strongEaseIn = mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeIn;
_global.strongEaseInOut = mx.transitions.easing.Strong.easeInOut;
_global.elasticEaseIn = mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeIn;
_global.elasticEaseOut = mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeOut;
_global.elasticEaseInOut = mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeInOut;
_global.bounceEaseOut = mx.transitions.easing.Bounce.easeOut;
_global.bounceEaseIn = mx.transitions.easing.Bounce.easeIn;
MovieClip.prototype.animate = function(prop, easeType, startPos, endPos, time, yoyo, rew, timeout, OMFfunc) {
	var _loc2 = new mx.transitions.Tween(this, prop, easeType, startPos, endPos, time, true);
	var mc = this;
	_loc2.onMotionFinished = function() {
		if (yoyo) {
			this.yoyo();
		}
		// end if
		if (rew) {
			this.rewind();
		}
		// end if
		if (OMFfunc) {
			OMFfunc(mc);
		}
		// end if
	};
};

```

Thanks SO much to anyone who can help!

Ben