Masking DTF's

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Hello there!

I’m kind’a new to fooling around with dynamic text fields, so please help me out here. Can it really be true that it’s NOT possible to mask a DTF!!! I’ve made a movieclip containing a DTF which I use to load external txt-files into. This MC is then tweened into position on mouseclick. Untill the user presses the button, the MC is “hidden” using a mask that covers the area where the text is suppossed to appear. My problem is that whenever I enable the mask, the text disappears completely!!! There’s no problem with the mask, I’ve used plenty of masks before and know how to make’em…Please help me!

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Hmmm, I know if Flash MX you have to embed font outlines for that to work. I believe you have to use the Device Font option under your textbox properties in order for it to show. This is theory since I don’t have Flash 5, but I figured if it works it works, if not, then someone else can answer:)