Text formating

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I’m trying to make some scrollable text areas. But when i give the text area a specific size in weight and height, it’s changing the percentages in the transform tool and so, the text size and form is modifyed not in numbers but in look.

And also, when i’m paste-ing the text ( a big one ), the text area’s height is changed so all the text fits in, scrool bar being useles. I get the fixed shape text box only after a random number of Paste + Undo Paste of the text in the text area.

So, hopeing you understand what’s my problem, can anyone tell me how correct these things ??

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to resize the width and height select the text tool … double click over your text and you’ll a square in bottom right corner of the text field. drag the square to resize the field :slight_smile:

as for your second problem … it has never happened to me :-
try to assign the text through a variable or by the text property [size=1]textFieldInstancename.text[/size]

… hope it helps =)

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yea … only now i got back to the internet.
The first thing you’ve said is working, although it’s not very easy to set a specified size, but it’s better than before.

And about the second issue, you know that the square from bottom right has to be all black when you’re paste-ing the big text. How do you get it that way ???

And thanks in advance

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*Originally posted by aalucarD *
also, when i’m paste-ing the text ( a big one ), the text area’s height is changed so all the text fits in, scrool bar being useles. I get the fixed shape text box only after a random number of Paste + Undo Paste of the text in the text area.
sounds like the text field is static and not dynamic. here, this should sort you out: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/textscroller.htm

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i know the tutorial, that’s the one I was trying to learn.
But it ayn’t worknig. It’s all like in the tutorial.

And an other thing, after i’m saving the .fla file and reopen it, the text box has the size of the text in it.

i’m begining to believe it;s about the Flash software, which is a trial version.

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I’d start again - you must have missed something out - I’ve used that tutorial lots of times and it always works.

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nah … i don’t think so :-
the trial is fully functional

by the way … it’s true !!
the square goes black after a few paste - undo :stuck_out_tongue:

i didn’t see that before … like i said
i always assign the text through a variable or the text property :slight_smile:

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well … i’ll see what i can do. For the moment it;s allmost 3 AM … so i’ll try tomorrow. I’ll see if i can do that assigning through variable. :slight_smile: but if not … i’m gonna be on your head again
good night 4 now

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ok … i’ll be waiting :stuck_out_tongue:

good night :wink:

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Yes indeed it had worked. That assigning thing i like better because the text doesn’t get “blured” at all in the final .swf file.
I also found what step I missed. It said “drop the scroll bar ON the text area” not just any place on the movie. So that’s how you get the little square black :).
Anyway … now I’m chewing on an other tutorial on which i’m missing a point. But I hope i’ll make it. :slight_smile:
All my best to you all.