can hardly remember but the "autoSize" field is ->"left" ->or [see help]
and does the resizing for you. you get the width by the field [_width] of the movieClip after resizing so long v. > >myText._width = 1; >myText.autoSize = true; >?? > >Charles P. > > >On 2/7/06, Corban Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hey guys just a quick question about creating dynamic text fields. >> I am working on a horizontal scrolling menu that uses xml to store url's >> and website titles that will be used to create a menu. >> Below is example XML. >> >> <websites> >> <link title="Google" url=http://www.google.com /> >> <link title ="MSN" url=http://www.msn.com /> >> <link title ="Yahoo" url=http://www.yahoo.com /> >> etc.... >> </websites> >> >> What I want to do is place the "title" in a dynamic text field and create >> a button around that text field. >> Problem is I need to determine the width of the text field by the length >> of the string so the buttons can vary in size. >> Cause "google" is a lot longer than "MSN" etc.. >> >> |___|_title_|___| - Example button.. the blank area would be extend area >> for the hit state. >> >> So is there a way to adjust the text field width to the length of the >> string? >> I hope this makes enough sense to get the question answered. >> If you need more help let me know and I will put together some kind of a >> test to show. >> I have tried but not really getting the results I want. Thanks all! >> >> >> Corban Baxter |rich media designer |www.funimation.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
