Comments on: Flash CS3: Made-To-Order Text

By: http://chottuweb.com

http://chottuweb.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:28:39 +0000

thanks, good tutorial

By: William

William — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:28:07 +0000

thanks, helpful tutorial

By: steffen

steffen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:12:11 +0000

GREAT TOOL!!!
THX a lot.
But I`d like to integrate/load my text with a XML-file.
e.g. text.xml
Can anyone help me here out? THX in advance

By: pinquingiraf

pinquingiraf — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:09:18 +0000

After a little messing around i got something that, at least works on a PC.

After discovering that the font type changes on the slider change event. I tried to create a slider event manually on runtime.
It worked! but the font size did not change accordingly.
So i tried to call it assyncronously via setTimeout.
And it worked… Butifully.. erhmm

Im used to ASP.Net which is a sickening technology.
So i thought i would try to look at Flash + Flex and some other alternatives to extend my skillset.
And i think that Flash as a proven technology has an advantage over MS’s upcoming Silverlight.

I think i can make a class that hides the below hackish approach.
But..Hello Adobeee
——————

import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
MySlider.value = 52;
this.addChild(ta);

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;

setTimeout(function(){slydaChange(new SliderEvent(”Slider”, 0, “MySlider”, “SliderEvent”))}, 0);
MySlider.value = 33;

MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);

function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}
NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

By: pinquingiraf

pinquingiraf — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:13:05 +0000

Forgot the addChild statement.
Still doesnt work.

——

import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 22;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
this.addChild(ta);

MySlider.maximum = 100;
MySlider.minimum = 12;
MySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);
function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent):void
{
tf.size = MySlider.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
NumberStepper.value = e.value;
}

NumberStepper.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);
NumberStepper.maximum = 100;
NumberStepper.minimum = 12;
function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = NumberStepper.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
MySlider.value = NumberStepper.value;
}

stop();

By: pinquingiraf

pinquingiraf — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:51:11 +0000

Sorry about all the Lorem ipsum

This is better i think

————

import fl.events.*;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

ta.appendText(”Lorem ipsum skipsome..”);

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 12;

stop();

By: pinquingiraf

pinquingiraf — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:47:50 +0000

Hi,

I managed to get this working (on PC).
But… the correct font did not appear before i changed the size via the slider or the number stepper.
Can anyone explain??

——————-

import fl.events.*;

//S1_Frame.text = “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “;

var s:Sprite = new Sprite();

var ta:TextArea = new TextArea();
//ta.text = “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque aliquet lacus sit amet erat. Curabitur dictum. Sed ac tellus. Pellentesque tristique lacus at metus. Vivamus id dolor. Integer sem mi, iaculis congue, egestas vulputate, imperdiet non, felis. Nam interdum est id dolor. Nam nibh mauris, ultricies laoreet, pretium nec, luctus non, risus. Etiam vulputate interdum ligula. Vestibulum est orci, dignissim et, euismod nec, varius a, augue. Quisque diam leo, aliquet quis, dignissim quis, congue et, metus. Proin dignissim nibh at ipsum. Pellentesque non orci venenatis ipsum fermentum cursus. Praesent egestas sollicitudin quam. Praesent dictum, mi tincidunt feugiat ornare, lorem nulla auctor nisl, sit amet varius tellus sapien sed augue. “;
ta.x=34;
ta.y=21;
ta.width = 486;
ta.height = 340;

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Wingdings”, 12);
tf.size = 12;

stop();

By: DMA

DMA — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:17:42 +0000

I have the same blinking issue as the others above. I’ve tried their fixes, but it’s not working. These are my error messages:

1095: Syntax error: A string literal must be terminated before the line break.

By: Pierre Hardy

Pierre Hardy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:11:26 +0000

Thanks for this great tutorial!
Now need help for the following….

1) What is coding for positioning the textarea vertical scrollbar to the left side.

2) What is coding for transparent textarea background.

3) What is coding for textarea font color.

4) What is coding for textarea content to be justified.

Looking forward to your help!

By: rl

rl — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:21:48 +0000

I have notice a flaw.
Regardless of what point size I set in the ‘var’ line or the component, it always defaults to 12 point. Not good if you want the text tp 18 point.
Try it and see if it just me
Regards

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:57:56 +0000

the actionscript from my attempt
having the blinking problem that maclan had on testmovie
what do I need to remove?

import fl.events.*;

ta.text = “ipsom lori petty tank girl ipsom lori petty tank girl”

var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat(”Myriad Pro”, 12);

slyda.addEventListener(SliderEvent.THUMB_DRAG, slydaChange);

function slydaChange(e:SliderEvent)void
{
tf.size = slyda.value;
ta.setStyle(”textFormat”, tf);
ns.value = e.value;
}

ns.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, nsChange);

function nsChange(e:Event):void
{
tf.size = ns.value;
ta.setStyle(”textformat”, tf);
slyda.value = ns.value;
}

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:16:16 +0000

That’s really simple.
I try to do the same thing with a radiobutton, but that don”t work.