I got a ticker component from flashComponents.net called the toolsCo ticker.
(go to http://www.flashcomponents.net and search for toolsco ticker)
There are a few quirks that I can’t work out with it…
First of all, from viewing the code (drag the component to the stage, then double click it when it appears in the library), i’ve gatherd that everything is drawn dynamically with the drawingAPI. Unfortunately, it is drawing the ticker at the very top of the stacking order, so I am unable to make anything overlap it. I have tried nesting the component inside of a movieclip, and also loading the component as an external SWF using the loadMovie command. Neither worked. It is still at the top of the stacking order. Any ideas on how I might put it further down in the stacking order, so that I can make other stuff overlap it?
Also, since it is drawn dynamically, I haven’t been able to rotate it at all. When I rotate the component on stage, it is still perfectly straight when published. Again, I tried nesting it inside of another MC, but it ignored the rotation of its parent MC. Any ideas how it might be possible to rotate it?
And one other more trivial thing…Are there any ideas how one might load the text into this ticker from an external text file?
Thanks for any input!
