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there are tons of archives you can go through, most all of your questions are answered in there. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM, David Hunter <davehunte...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > beno, > > > > is the background color of the swf white? your textformat is setting the text > color to 0xffffff, also white. > >> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:11 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Creating And Printing String With AS3 >> From: flashmeb...@gmail.com >> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM, David Hunter >> <davehunte...@hotmail.com>wrote: >> >> Glen Pike says I need to embed fonts, but David Hunter didn't mention that. >> Is it so? If so, is there a good tutorial on this? >> >> >> > quickly scanning the code, i can't see where you have assigned a string to >> > any of your textfields.eg. >> > var myString:String = "this is my string";var myTF:TextField = new >> > TextField();myTF.text = myString; >> > >> >> Here's the new code: >> >> package >> { >> import flash.text.* >> import flash.display.MovieClip; >> import com.greensock.*; >> import com.greensock.plugins.*; >> import com.greensock.easing.*; >> public class Holt extends MovieClip >> { >> public function Holt():void >> { >> } >> public function init():void { >> blurName(); >> easeOfc(); >> easeAtty(); >> } >> public function blurName():void >> { >> trace('blurName'); >> var name:TextField = new TextField(); >> this.addChild(name); >> var nameString:String = 'Joel Holt'; >> name.text = nameString; >> name.x = 100; >> name.y = 100; >> name.height = 20; >> name.width = 200; >> var nameFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); >> nameFormat.color = 0xffffff; >> nameFormat.size = 20; >> nameFormat.font = 'Arial'; >> name.defaultTextFormat = nameFormat; >> TweenMax.to(name, 1, {blurFilter:{blurX:20}}).reverse(); >> } >> public function easeOfc():void >> { >> trace('easeOfc'); >> var ofc:TextField = new TextField(); >> this.addChild(ofc); >> var ofcString:String = 'Joel Holt'; >> ofc.text = ofcString; >> ofc.x = 100; >> ofc.y = 150; >> ofc.height = 20; >> ofc.width = 200; >> var ofcFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); >> ofcFormat.color = 0xffffff; >> ofcFormat.size = 20; >> ofcFormat.font = 'Arial'; >> ofc.defaultTextFormat = ofcFormat; >> TweenLite.to(ofc, 1, {x:58, y:229, ease:Circ.easeIn}); >> } >> public function easeAtty():void >> { >> trace('easeAtty'); >> var atty:TextField = new TextField(); >> this.addChild(atty); >> var attyString:String = 'Joel Holt'; >> atty.text = attyString; >> atty.x = 100; >> atty.y = 200; >> atty.height = 20; >> atty.width = 200; >> var attyFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); >> attyFormat.color = 0xffffff; >> attyFormat.size = 20; >> attyFormat.font = 'Arial'; >> atty.defaultTextFormat = attyFormat; >> TweenLite.to(atty, 1, {x:58, y:229, ease:Circ.easeIn}); >> } >> } >> } >> >> It doesn't print anything in the swf either :( >> TIA, >> beno >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _________________________________________________________________ > Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/_______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders