DYNAMIC TEXT

[CUBALIBRAS]

I am being driven mad by this problem.

I'm a relatively newbie to Flash 2004 Pro, but I have followed the tutorials without success.

I draw dynamic text box, name the instance, name the variable etc but nothing works. I'm in no doubt I am doing something fundamentaly wrong.

Has anybody have or know of a 'dummy' visual step by step to achieve this as I am now at my wits end.

Jon

 

[MJB3K]

what are you trying to acheive?

Regards,

Martin

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[CUBALIBRAS]

Sorry, I'm trying to load text from an external source, and also format it.

 

[pixl8r]

Use the instance name and not the Var. (do not use both)

Here is a simple sample. Create a dynamic text box with instance name "textbox" on the main timeline layer 1 frame 1.

Create a new layer called "actions".

On frame 1 of the actions layer add the following actionscript:

var theVariable:String = "Hello World!";
_level0.textbox.text = theVariable;

Test the movie (Ctrl+Enter).

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[CUBALIBRAS]

Thanks once again buddy, works perfectly.