# Scroller

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller/57275>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 12, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller/57275 "2004-07-12T00:46:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Floppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Floppy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Floppy)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller/57275/1 "2004-07-12T00:46:08Z")

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i have a problem with these new components in flashmx 2004…  
i have a dynamic text box and i need a scrollbar for it… i could use that new scrolling component, but i want the backgorund of the box to be transparent… why the heck did they remove the scrollbar component from flash mx???  
anyway can anyone help me, please?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller/57275/2 "2004-07-12T13:33:23Z")

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if you want the background of the TextArea to be transparent, and the border eliminated, put this anywhere in your actionscript:

\_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle(“backgroundColor”, “false”);  
\_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle( “borderStyle”, “none” );

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scroller/57275/3 "2004-07-12T19:21:59Z")

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thanks…  
however i have two other questions…

1. can i mask a component? i have included my text area in a movie clip and tried to mask it but the text won’t appear and if i try to make the whole movie clip fade in or something it doesn’t work…

2… i have this action script… the first line works, as the thext appears, but the second one doesn’t… why isn’t the text turning white?

\_root.tra.decla.text = this.declaration;  
\_root.tra.decla.setStyle(“color” , “0xFFFFFF”);