# How to do scrolling text in flash mx

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**Created:** [October 24, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-scrolling-text-in-flash-mx/7123 "2002-10-24T06:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![anupleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9e8a1a/32.png) [@anupleo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anupleo)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-scrolling-text-in-flash-mx/7123/1 "2002-10-24T06:12:42Z")

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how to do scrolling text in flash mx without the scroll bar is there any easy way to do that???/

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-scrolling-text-in-flash-mx/7123/2 "2002-10-24T15:35:04Z")

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something like this:

have a textfield masked on the stage  
when the buttons are pressed, the textfield moves up or down using AS

that’s the easiest way to do it, I think

but why would you create a scrolling text yourself if mm created it for you?

Steve

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-do-scrolling-text-in-flash-mx/7123/3 "2002-10-24T17:21:04Z")

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Did you look at the tutes, anupleo?