# Rollover using dynamic text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845 "2003-08-19T08:48:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Rob\_Hed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rob_Hed)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/1 "2003-08-19T08:48:45Z")
Here is my question…
I loaded my text into a dynamic text box. But I would like to isolate certain words within the paragraph. For example, when i mouseover a certain word, it brings up a definition. The same way a button would trigger a popup.
It’s no problem to make the entire dynamic text box act like a button but not in isolated word. Any ideas?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/2 "2003-08-19T10:40:57Z")
Hi,
I always use use html to achieve that together with the asfunction command.
Find more on asfunction on [http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/asfunction.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/asfunction.htm).
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/3 "2003-08-19T10:46:20Z")
From sen’s website:
[http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/fla/wordselect.fla](http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/fla/wordselect.fla)
Does that help ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/4 "2003-08-19T13:32:40Z")
I think the ASfunction did the trick for me. I didn’t know about that.
Voetsjoeba, thanks for the flash file. I didn’t even know that was possible. Normally i can figure stuff out my looking at the code but my level of scripting is still quite basic. (I don’t even know how you figured that out! Maybe i will have a need for somthing like that down the road.) All I really needed to be able to do is to make a popup with the definition of the word when you click on it.
thanks for all the help
Rob
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/5 "2003-08-19T14:13:08Z")
u r welcome
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/6 "2003-08-19T14:28:40Z")
What code do you have to pop up the description ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/7 "2003-08-19T16:01:44Z")
I wouldn’t really call what i do code. I am just using the \_visible tag because that is all i know how to do. It works although it may not be the most sophisticated method. I am always open to ideas.
Hey, I just realized you are from Belgium. Very cool! I am an American living in Gembloux.
Cheers,
Rob
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-using-dynamic-text/28845/8 "2003-08-20T18:56:21Z")
Well, that depends actually. If you want to make quite static items (like the text), so without too much animation, you can use \_visible = false. But if the item has a lot of animations, you should use another way.