Hi,
As you cannot apply _alpha property to a dynamic textfield, here I suggest a
workaround solution. By changing the text color from white to black, it will
look like fade in. There might be better solution to this problem. Here under
is my code: (I modified the whole fadin function and code lines with "####"
comments)
[CODE]
var fadeInSpeed = 10; // fade in speed
MovieClip.prototype.FadeIn = function (txt) {
this.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
var myformat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
this.R >this.nR ? this.R -= fadeInSpeed : this.R = this.nR;
this.G >this.nG ? this.G -= fadeInSpeed : this.G = this.nG;
this.B >this.nB ? this.B -= fadeInSpeed : this.B = this.nB;
var RGB = "0x" + this.R.toString(16) + this.G.toString(16) +
this.B.toString(16);
myformat.color = RGB;
txt.setTextFormat(myformat);
};
};
function randomBetween (a, b)
{
return Math.min (a, b) + random (Math.abs (a - b) + 1);
}
var textMessage = "blah <br>blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
<br /> blah balh";
var positioning = 20;
var letterSpacing = 10;
for (i = 0; i < textMessage.length; i++) {
var mc = letterDuplicate.duplicateMovieClip ("letterDuplicate" + i, i);
mc._x = positioning;
//test code
mc.WhatLetter.html = true;
mc.WhatLetter.htmlText = textMessage.charAt (i);
mc.R = mc.G = mc.B = 255; // #### starting RGB value
mc.nR = mc.nG = mc.nB = 0; // #### final RGB value you want
//test code
//mc.WhatLetter.text = textMessage.charAt (i);
mc.FadeIn (mc.WhatLetter); // #### passing its textfield
object to fadein function
// #### You can remove the parameter if you hardcode your fadeIn
function
// #### to read "this.WhatLetter" instead of "txt" parameter
positioning += letterSpacing;
}
If my understanding of your MC structure and layout is right, this code should
work.
Cheers!!!
[...] Sam Liu
Flash Developer - Languages Online
Office of Learning and Teaching
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corban Baxter
Sent: Thursday, 20 October 2005 8:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Flashcoders] dynaimc text animation
Hello boys its glad to have everyone back. I missed the list. Anyway enough
with the mushy stuff...
I am trying to figure out how to get this nifty text effect to work. Below is
the code: [code] MovieClip.prototype.FadeIn = function () {
this._alpha = randomBetween (-200, 0);
this.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
if (this._alpha < 100)
{
this._alpha += 10;
}
};
};
function randomBetween (a, b)
{
return Math.min (a, b) + random (Math.abs (a - b) + 1);
}
var textMessage = "blah <br>blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
<br /> blah balh"; var positioning = 60; var letterSpacing = 30; for (i = 0; i
< textMessage.length; i++) {
var mc = textToDuplicate.duplicateMovieClip ("letterDuplicate" + i, i);
mc._x = positioning;
//test code
mc.WhatLetter.html = true;
mc.WhatLetter.htmlText = textMessage.charAt (i);
//test code
//mc.WhatLetter.text = textMessage.charAt (i);
mc.FadeIn ();
positioning += letterSpacing;
}
[code]
all the code is doing is duplicating out one dynamic text box with each letter
in it and fading it randomly. How can I take this to the next level and get the
code to know it needs to skip a line when it reaches a <br>. Is there an
entirely different approach to this? Thanks!
Corban Baxter | rich media designer | www.funimation.com
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