# How to add blinking cursor to this typewritter effect?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-blinking-cursor-to-this-typewritter-effect/161191>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 1, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-blinking-cursor-to-this-typewritter-effect/161191 "2005-09-01T17:59:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![derek2005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@derek2005](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/derek2005)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-add-blinking-cursor-to-this-typewritter-effect/161191/1 "2005-09-01T17:59:24Z")

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[font=Courier New]i used and method and this is how i did it:

I made a textbox and named it the variable: textbox

frame1:

q = 1;  
text = "  
OTSense [Beta Version 1.1]  
\<C\> Copyright 2005";

frame 2:

if (q \< text.length) {  
textbox = text.substring(0, q);  
q++  
} else {  
textbox = text;  
gotoAndStop(2);  
}

frame 3

gotoAndPlay(2);

i used a tutorial for this, judging by ur knoledge i beleive that u know  
makes a new line for the text, i would somehow want a blinking underscore _\__ infront of each letter when displaying this effect, i wish u could help! [/font]