Elena,
Option 2 is exactly the track I am currently taking!
I am having a hard time adjusting the width of the movie clip based on
the length of the text after setting it to auto size. Can you help?
Here is my code:
for (var i=0; i<node_xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
// movieclip for each menu item
curr_item = curr_menu.attachMovie("menuitem","item"+i+"_mc", i);
curr_item.name.autoSize = "left";
curr_item._width = curr_item.name.textWidth;
curr_item._x = x + i*curr_item._width;
curr_item._y = y;
curr_item.trackAsMenu = true;
// truncated
Thanks,
Aaron
P.S. Option #2 is:
<quote>You could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly.</quote>
On 8/17/06, Elena Blanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A couple of ideas that pop in my mind
1. You can store the name in a temporary string and get the length of it
with string.length - then change the width of the movie clip accordingly
2. You could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then retrieve
the length of the text field once populated with the text, the adjust the
width of the movie clip based on it.. all on the fly.
Let me know if any helps!
ELENA BLANCO
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