# Text box help **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487 "2008-05-28T05:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spartan\_301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Spartan\_301](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spartan_301)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/1 "2008-05-28T05:00:16Z")
Hello all! I’ve searched the forums but apparently I’m not searching for the right thing so I’ll describe what I want to do and someone more smart than I (shouldn’t take much) can tell me what I SHOULD be looking for… I’ve got 3 buttons on the bottom of a 640x400 canvas. As the user places the mouse over each button, I want a 340x200 text box to come up in the middle of the screen (or slightly below middle) to display text. I was able to achieve this by using the “over” frame of the button’s design properties but the windows become visible when I place my mouse cursor over the middle of the screen where the windows appear when the mouse is over the actual button. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/2 "2008-05-28T19:16:19Z")
Hundreds of ways of doing this, hopefully this will help you understand an AS approach. Place 3 buttons on your stage and name then btn1, btn2, btn3. Then paste this code into your main timeline ```auto function showText (e:String) { _root.createTextField ("myText",this.getNextHighestDepth (),(640 - 200) / 2,(400 - 30) / 2,200,30); var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat (); my_fmt.bold = true; my_fmt.font = "Arial"; my_fmt.color = 0xFF9900; myText.wordWrap = true; myText.multiline = true; myText.border = true; myText.type = "dynamic"; myText.autoSize = false; myText.setNewTextFormat (my_fmt); myText.text = e; } btn1.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 1 text"); }; btn2.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 2 text"); }; btn3.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 3 text"); }; btn1.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; btn2.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; btn3.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; ``` ---
**Author:** ![Spartan\_301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Spartan\_301](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spartan_301)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/3 "2008-05-29T01:02:51Z")
That’s freaking awesome! Only thing I needed to do was change the autosize to true and it works great! 2 more questions… 1. Can the box be filled with #333333 or #666666? 2. Can line breaks be inserted into each text section? ie… ```auto Comments? Questions? Contact us at [EMAIL="jibberjabber@somewhere.net"]jibberjabber@somewhere.net[/EMAIL] You can also contact us at 800-123-4567 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/4 "2008-05-29T14:33:43Z")
Sure. Just use the background color property and use html text ```auto function showText (e:String) { _root.createTextField ("myText",this.getNextHighestDepth (),(640 - 200) / 2,(400 - 30) / 2,200,30); myText.background = true; myText.backgroundColor = 0x666666; var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat (); my_fmt.bold = true; my_fmt.font = "Arial"; my_fmt.color = 0xFF9900; myText.wordWrap = true; myText.multiline = true; myText.border = true; myText.type = "dynamic"; myText.autoSize = true; myText.html = true; myText.setNewTextFormat (my_fmt); myText.htmlText = e; } btn1.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 1 text
something else here"); }; btn2.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 2 text"); }; btn3.onRollOver = function () { showText ("Button 3 text"); }; btn1.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; btn2.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; btn3.onRollOut = function () { myText.removeTextField (); }; ``` Should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Spartan\_301](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Spartan\_301](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spartan_301)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/5 "2008-05-29T16:45:07Z")
Very nice. The background worked great but I think that it doesn’t recognize the \ as code rather than just text. It just shows the \ tag in the text. btw, thanks for all the help man! ---
**Author:** ![swasgrafx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@swasgrafx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swasgrafx)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/6 "2008-06-03T22:39:04Z")
Great tutorial and help. Is there a way to Pass the text as a Variable to a web page with getURL call? Attempting to pass the myText a string in ASP. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/7 "2008-06-03T23:42:39Z")
I wouldn’t use getURL, I would use Load Vars(). Then send as a form value to ASP. ```auto myData = new Load Vars(); myData.myText = _root.myText.text; myData.send("yourasp.asp",myData, "POST"); ``` Then is your asp just do something like ```auto <% myText = Request.Form("myText") %> ``` That’s not tested or anything but it’s the basic idea. ---
**Author:** ![swasgrafx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@swasgrafx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swasgrafx)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/8 "2008-06-04T00:02:54Z")
Forgive me as I’m still trying to catch up to you all in knowledge and experience; Here’s what I have. Flash working but not passing to ASP; stop(); function showText (e:String) { \_root.createTextField (“myText”,this.getNextHighestDepth (),(400 - 40) / 2,(100 - 30) / 2,200,30); var my\_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat (); my\_fmt.bold = true; my\_fmt.font = “Arial”; my\_fmt.color = 0xFF9900; myText.wordWrap = true; myText.multiline = true; myText.border = false; myText.type = “dynamic”; myText.autoSize = false; myText.setNewTextFormat (my\_fmt); myText.text = e; } btn1.onPress = function () { showText (“Part1”); }; btn2.onPress = function () { showText (“Part2”); }; btn3.onPress = function () { showText (“Part3”); }; send\_btn.onRelease = function() { myData = new Load Vars(); myData.myText = \_root.myText.text; myData.send(“cart.asp”,myData, “POST”); ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/9 "2008-06-04T01:15:08Z")
Ha, I’m sorry no space between LoadVars(); ```auto stop(); function showText(e:String) { _root.createTextField("myText",this.getNextHighestDepth(),(400-40)/2,(100-30)/2,200,30); var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); my_fmt.bold = true; my_fmt.font = "Arial"; my_fmt.color = 0xFF9900; myText.wordWrap = true; myText.multiline = true; myText.border = false; myText.type = "dynamic"; myText.autoSize = false; myText.setNewTextFormat(my_fmt); myText.text = e; } btn1.onPress = function() { showText("Part1"); }; btn2.onPress = function() { showText("Part2"); }; btn3.onPress = function() { showText("Part3"); }; send_btn.onRelease = function() { myData = new LoadVars(); myData.myText = _root.myText.text; myData.send("cart.asp",myData,"POST"); }; ``` That should work. ---
**Author:** ![swasgrafx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@swasgrafx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swasgrafx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/10 "2008-06-05T14:53:37Z")
OK. Thanks for the LoadVars Fix… I’m understanding more of these functions, but still can’t seem to send any of the Vars successfully. I have tried the following ASP scripts with the following results; Flash Code “POST”: send\_btn.onRelease = function() { myData = new LoadVars(); myData.myText = \_root.myText.text; myData.send(“cart.asp”,myData,“POST”); }; ASP Code: \<% showText = Request.Form(“myText”) %\> Browser Yields Blank Page With URL Reading; [http://www.websitename.com/cart.asp](http://www.websitename.com/cart.asp) * * * Flash Code “GET”: send\_btn.onRelease = function() { myData = new LoadVars(); myData.showText = \_root.createTextField; if(my\_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat ()); myData.send(“cart.asp”,myData,“GET”); }; ASP Code: \<% showText = Request.QueryString(“myText”) %\> Browser Yields Blank Page With URL Reading; [http://www.websitename.com/cart.asp?showText=[type%20Function]](http://www.websitename.com/cart.asp?showText=%5Btype%20Function%5D) If flash is sending Vars successfully to the ASP page shouldn’t we be seeing something like myData=Part1,Part2,Part3 ---
**Author:** ![Digitalosophy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/digitalosophy/32/1114_2.png) [@Digitalosophy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Digitalosophy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/11 "2008-06-05T15:41:16Z")
Pm me the public URL to addCart.asp and I will try and hook it up… Just do a response.write so i can see the result… ---
**Author:** ![swasgrafx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@swasgrafx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/swasgrafx)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-box-help/261487/12 "2008-06-11T16:05:25Z")
Thanks Digitalosophy. Finally figured it out… now attempting to do multiple submissions. Will post successful code when complete.