# Masking AS text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-as-text/202259>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 29, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-as-text/202259 "2006-09-29T02:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![travis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/travis/32/13217_2.png) [@travis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/travis)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-as-text/202259/1 "2006-09-29T02:39:57Z")

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Ok here’s my problem, I want to mask a scroller and some text made with AS. I want it so when the user clicks a button, the mask tweens down and displays the text window and text, however I can not get the AS text to work when masked…