Static text and scrollbar. please help

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Hi,
I have a multiline static text which is longer than the movie stage and therefore I need some kind of scrollbar. The scrollbar component in flash MX requires a dynamic text field. Does anybody know how I can put my multiline static text on the stage with some kind of scrollbar?
Thanks.

mx-guest2004

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go to text properties.
set option dynamic text,multiline, your chosen font and etc
drag until it become like a box on the stage using text tool
don’t write the text into it yet
then drag the scrollbar from component into that box…align as you like
then you can put the text into it…no matter how long
test the movie…
done

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Thanksxyeight. It works now :slight_smile:
Just one more thing. I put the dynamic text + scroller in a MC. I used attachMovie and fading the MC. The scrollbar fades in/out but not the dynamic text. It’s _alpha is 100. Is that possible to have some control on this dynamic text box?

mx-guest2004

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Put a mask on top, that changes Alpha.

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maybe…ermmm…i’m not sure…but i think the dynamic text it self have to be a movieclip.
means that you pun the scrollbar to the movieclip that animated fade in and out.
but that will be the text fade in/out, not the scrollbar…
but it’s a lot better the text is animate rather than the scroller

to put the scrollbar to the movieclip, i’m not sure how to do that but it’s done before.
maybe it like linking the mc from the library and make sure that in scrollbar property, instances name it attached to is the mc name you linked.i’m not sure myself.

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You mean a mask on the top of the MC? But how can I fade in/out the text box?
Sorry, but I don’t get it.

mx-guest2004

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Ok, you’re right… It’s impossible what i said cuz the properties of the mask dont make any difference to what it’s masking.
also putting it into other mc’s is not working.

The lamest thing you could do is put a shape in the layer above, which is the same color as the bgcolor. Then tween that shape from alpha 0 to 100 so it covers the text area and creates the illusion that its faded out :slight_smile:
Of course this is already useless if your bg is not an equal color or img etc.

just make it [color=blue]_visible = false[/color]! :smiley: