Scroll bar in MX2004?

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quick question here:
i’m making a simple scrolling textbox via MX2004. but i’m following the MX textscroller tut and the problem is that, as i found out, MX 2004 doesn’t have the scroll bar component that you drop onto the textbox you made as the tutorial instructions indicate. or does it?
i suppose i’m asking that if it doesn’t, what do i do to substitute?

thanks in advance!
mpr
:goatee:

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yea i just ran into this problem myself, i don’t see it anywhere, ugh

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you can download the extension from Macromedia Exchange called Flash MX Components

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where does one go about finding that?
Thats a huge site…a spicific location there would rock and roll \m/

thanks!

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it’s a great resource, very important to know how to navigate it and find stuff… do a search in the exchanges for: Flash MX Components for Flash MX 2004, V1.5.0 or filename: FlashMXUIComponents1.mxp

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The update for flash mx 2004 v7.2 brought back the scrolling textbox component

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The text area component was to replace the scrollbar (its basically a textfield with scrollbars wrapped up as one). By popular demand, as edskey pointed out, it was brought back in the 7.2 update.

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thanks a lot guys times 10 times 10, this works, ciao

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ditto…much appreciated1

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You can use ScrollPane too. if you dont mind about the file size. FMX 7.2 update has UIScrollBar.

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is there anyway to change what the scroller looks like besides for the tint and alpha channel? like it’s graphics…i would assume no, but it don’t hurt to ask

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look in your library, in the “Flash UI Components” folder, then in “Component Skins” folder, then <well for me anyways, depends on the version> the “FScrollbar Skins” folder… and edit to your hearts content… <bad pun>

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hi! thanks to this thread i finally got a scroll bar working… i was wondering… how to set an defined area like a text box where you can have images and text in one?(that can be scrolled of course! thanks in advance

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i still cant figure out exactly how to do this. i use the UIscrollbar, and drag it on top of the text box, but it doesnt work. am i supposed to do it in a more complicated way?