I feel like such a newb

programming flash
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HOw can I add text to a dynamic text field on release when a button is pressed?

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*Originally posted by :mike: *
**on release when a button is pressed? **
lol, do you want it on release or on press? anywho, try this:

mybuttonsinstancename.onRelease = function() {
mytextfield.text += "text to be added"
}

// OR

mybuttonsinstancename.onPress = function() {
mytextfield.text += "text to be added"
}
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:smiley: THANKS AHMED

4

another problem.
Is it possible to get it to change the text in a dynamic text field in another movie clip other than the button? If not, its ok

also, I expirimented a bit and couldn’t figure out this… I want it so after I release the button that adds new text it puts the other text in an new line

like say I use this code:


button.onRelease = function() {
	text_field.text += "textHere";
}

and when I prewss the button 3 times it does this:
textHeretextHeretextHere

but I want it to do this when I press it 3 times:
textHere
textHere
textHere

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button.onRelease = function() {
    _root.text_field.text += "textHere";
}
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I tried your code Yeldarb and nothing happens at all now, ill work with it, i musta done something wrong

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instead of typing root.text_field try using the crosshair thing in the actionscript pane and at the bottom set it to dot and global

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*Originally posted by :mike: *
**another problem.
Is it possible to get it to change the text in a dynamic text field in another movie clip other than the button? If not, its ok

also, I expirimented a bit and couldn’t figure out this… I want it so after I release the button that adds new text it puts the other text in an new line

like say I use this code:


button.onRelease = function() {
	text_field.text += "textHere";
}

and when I prewss the button 3 times it does this:
textHeretextHeretextHere

but I want it to do this when I press it 3 times:
textHere
textHere
textHere **
then do this

button.onRelease = function() {
    text_field.text = "textHere";
}
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didn’t work :frowning:

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oh, didn’t see your post ahmed, one second ill try

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yeh, i tried that, but it doesn’t put it on a new line, but this will do, thanks guys for your help!

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*Originally posted by :mike: *
**another problem.
Is it possible to get it to change the text in a dynamic text field in another movie clip other than the button?
**

?

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mike, regarding displaying the text on a new line each time the button is pressed, do the following:

  1. HTML enable the textbox (you can use AS to do this or you can just select the textbox and set it from the properties panel).
  2. Use this piece of AS instead of the current piece that you have been trying to use:
button.onRelease = function() {
        text_field.text = "textHere< br >";
}

note: You need to remove the spaces between the br and the < and > in order for it to work.

If the textbox reads it as HTML, then it will process the line break tag and place it on a new line each time due to the previous HTML (or it should do :)).

Hope this helps,
JK.

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To html enable a textbox via AS, this should work:

instancenameoftextboxhere.html = true ;
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[AS]text_field.text = "
textHere";
//
text_field.text = “\rtextHere”;[/AS]

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oh yeh! that would work! THANKS GUYS!!!

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No problem. :wink:

By the way, I forgot to post this link… :stuck_out_tongue:
http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=122824#post122824