Scroll Bar...why wont you work?

programming flash
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I am trying to make a simple block of text scroll. I want to be able to change the font and color of the text, so what i did was…

  1. Dragged a Text box with the text tool
  2. Selected Dynamic Text and Multiline in the properties
  3. Selected the Components tab in flash MX, and dragged the scrollbar onto my text box, it snapped to it correctly, and i right clicked on my text box and selected scrollable.

what else is there to do?

I do all these steps and it generates an error too long to post here

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Ffoeg

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Hope this helps

3

This is getting mad frustrating.

Thanks for your file, it works fine, until i bring it into my movie. What would it be conflicting with. It works fine, and then when implimented or even if i create a new scroller within my movie it gives me a huge error.

I am very confused, as i am doign everything right, yet something is conflicting within my file. I dont have enough experience to know what it might be!

Any more suggestions would be appreciated, and thanks for what you have done so far as well.

Ffoeg

4

Care to post your fla?

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This is the error message I get when i add the scroll bar element from the compnonents menu in flash MX. Setting up the dynamic text file works, i can even scroll within it if i drag my mouse, but once the actual scrol bar is dragged out, and i test the movie, i get ALL this…and i havent used flash enough to really understand why?

Symbol=FUIComponent, Layer=Actions: Class, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 0

Symbol=FUIComponent, Layer=Actions: Class, Frame=1: Line 349: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=fsb_upArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
var component = _parent._parent;

Symbol=fsb_upArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 13: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(arrow_mc, “arrow”);

Symbol=fsb_upArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 14: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(face_mc, “face”);

Symbol=fsb_upArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 15: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(shadow_mc, “shadow”);

Symbol=fsb_thumb_middle, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 17: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight3D_mc, “highlight3D”);

Symbol=fsb_thumb_bottom, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
var component = _parent._parent;

Symbol=fsb_thumb_bottom, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 13: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight3D_mc, “highlight3D”);

Symbol=fsb_thumb_bottom, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 14: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(shadow_mc, “shadow”);

Symbol=fsb_thumb_bottom, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 15: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(darkshadow_mc, “darkshadow”);

Symbol=fsb_thumb_bottom, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 16: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight_mc, “highlight”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
var component = _parent._parent;

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 13: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(arrow_mc, “arrow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 14: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(face_mc, “face”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 15: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(shadow_mc, “shadow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 16: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(darkshadow_mc, “darkshadow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 17: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight_mc, “highlight”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 18: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight3D_mc, “highlight3D”);

=1: Line 16: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(darkshadow_mc, “darkshadow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_press, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 17: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight_mc, “highlight”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_press, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 18: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight3D_mc, “highlight3D”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
var component = _parent._parent;

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 13: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(arrow_mc, “foregroundDisabled”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 14: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(face_mc, “face”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 15: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(shadow_mc, “shadow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 16: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(darkshadow_mc, “darkshadow”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 17: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight_mc, “highlight”);

Symbol=fsb_downArrow_disabled, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 18: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(highlight3D_mc, “highlight3D”);

Symbol= ScrollBar, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#initclip 1

Symbol= ScrollBar, Layer=Actions : Class, Frame=1: Line 369: You must export your movie as Flash 6 to use this action.
#endinitclip

Symbol=fsb_ScrollTrack, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 1: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
var component = _parent;

Symbol=fsb_ScrollTrack, Layer=README, Frame=1: Line 13: You must export your movie as Flash 5 to use this action.
component.registerSkinElement(track_mc, “scrollTrack”);

WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 4 player
Symbol=scrollThree, Layer=Layer 15, Frame=25: Flash MX Text Field Instance Name
Symbol=scrollThree, Layer=Layer 15, Frame=25: set variable action

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You are exporting as flash 4 file.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S
Enter a name and hit Save. Now choose Flash 6 on Version.

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Thanks, that was it.

Just small things like that, i am not used to.

Thanks
G

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