Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts
Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries and
it works a treat.
FYI I created a text field at the position I wanted the letters to finally
go then stored the rectangle object for each char in an array and then
cycled through the array as Glen suggested.
Only thing is, when I use a multiline textfield my function will only gather
the char boundaries for the first line:
If anyone can suggest why it would be a help.
Cheers!
Ali
public static function letterPosAr(t:TextField):Array
{
trace(letterPosAr);
var retA:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int = 0; i t.text.length; i++){
var rect:Rectangle = t.getCharBoundaries(i);
trace(---index+i+ char:+t.text.substr(i, 1)+ x:+rect.x+
y:+rect.y+ w:+rect.width);
retA[i] = rect;
}
return retA;
}
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.comwrote:
the AS2 one is a cool idea!
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
and for as2:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.com
wrote:
Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries()
I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect:
http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html
--Matt
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk
wrote:
Hi,
You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single
letter
in???
Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x -
letterWidth,
increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0,
create
show the next one, add it to your array.
Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of
the
letters, removing them when they reach the other side???
Something like that??/
Glen
ali drongo wrote:
Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in
their
own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a
stream.
Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to
find
their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non
fixed-width
font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter.
Any ideas very gratefully received!
Thanks :)
Ali
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts
Hi,
Can you get text metrics for characters / lines in the text field???
Glen
ali drongo wrote:
Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries and
it works a treat.
FYI I created a text field at the position I wanted the letters to finally
go then stored the rectangle object for each char in an array and then
cycled through the array as Glen suggested.
Only thing is, when I use a multiline textfield my function will only gather
the char boundaries for the first line:
If anyone can suggest why it would be a help.
Cheers!
Ali
public static function letterPosAr(t:TextField):Array
{
trace(letterPosAr);
var retA:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int = 0; i t.text.length; i++){
var rect:Rectangle = t.getCharBoundaries(i);
trace(---index+i+ char:+t.text.substr(i, 1)+ x:+rect.x+
y:+rect.y+ w:+rect.width);
retA[i] = rect;
}
return retA;
}
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.comwrote:
the AS2 one is a cool idea!
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
and for as2:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.com
wrote:
Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries()
I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect:
http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html
--Matt
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk
wrote:
Hi,
You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single
letter
in???
Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x -
letterWidth,
increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0,
create
show the next one, add it to your array.
Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of
the
letters, removing them when they reach the other side???
Something like that??/
Glen
ali drongo wrote:
Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in
their
own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a
stream.
Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to
find
their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non
fixed-width
font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter.
Any ideas very gratefully received!
Thanks :)
Ali
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[Flashcoders] Remote Fonts and Sandbox?
Hello All,
I've run into a confusing issue:
I've created several font SWFs that contain only the characters that
I need for a particular language and I was loading them in using a
FontLoader class that I pass a language parameter to. After the
FontLoader class loads the proper font (Event.COMPLETE), It calls a
method that had Font.registerFont in it, to add it to the list of
available fonts.
This was working perfectly until the client threw a wrench into the
gears. I now have to have the font files on a different server
because the CMS that they're using only allows them to upload a
single SWF into the page (no assets are allowed). I added the proper
Security.allowDomain stuff and I know the fonts are loading because
they trace out, but now when I try to register the font, I get this
error:
ArgumentError: Error #1508: The value specified for argument font is
invalid.
at flash.text::Font$/registerFont()
at com.johnsoncontrols.bsrbanner.utils::FontLoader/registerFont()
Here's my registerFont method that used to work:
private function registerFont(e:Event):void
{
var FontLibrary:Class = e.target.applicationDomain.getDefinition
(ArialUnicode_ + _language);
Font.registerFont(FontLibrary[ArialUnicode_ +
_language]);
_loadedFont = FontLibrary[ArialUnicode_ + _language];
trace(FONTS: + Font.enumerateFonts());
}
...And here's the document class of the font SWF I'm loading in:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.system.Security;
import flash.text.Font;
public class ArialUnicode_ENG extends Sprite
{
[Embed(source='/Users/mike/MCDILL FONTS/A/Arial Unicode/Arial
Unicode.ttf', fontName='ArialUnicode_ENG', unicodeRange='U+0041-U
+0041,U+0042-U+0042,...')]
public static var ArialUnicode_ENG:Class;
public function ArialUnicode_ENG()
{
Security.allowDomain(*);
}
}
}
Anybody know what the problem might be?
Thanks for any help in advance,
_mike
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[Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a new
browser window open in IE?
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Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3 though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a new
browser window open in IE?
Thanks.
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RE: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Yes, these are many AS 2 SWFs that suddenly stopped working when served
from a particular. getURL fails without a _blank target consistently
with FP 8-10. Adding the _blank is a fine fix for all links other than
mailto: which leaves a new browser window open in IE.
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3
though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began
to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other
server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a
new
browser window open in IE?
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RE: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Yes, that sounds similar although these movies had been working as
expected for years and they still work everywhere except when served by
one particular server. Unfortunately, the server they're stored on.
It also is similar to this:
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/09/11/FSCommand-and-getURL-Bug-in
-Flash-Player-9
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Don't know if this helps, but it sounds like it might be similar to your
problem??
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157581
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, these are many AS 2 SWFs that suddenly stopped working when
served
from a particular. getURL fails without a _blank target consistently
with FP 8-10. Adding the _blank is a fine fix for all links other than
mailto: which leaves a new browser window open in IE.
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3
though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if
you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began
to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other
server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a
new
browser window open in IE?
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Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Hi,
Do you have a URL that you can send??
Is it IE7 / IE6 / both / +others??
Glen
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, that sounds similar although these movies had been working as
expected for years and they still work everywhere except when served by
one particular server. Unfortunately, the server they're stored on.
It also is similar to this:
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/09/11/FSCommand-and-getURL-Bug-in
-Flash-Player-9
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:57 PM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Don't know if this helps, but it sounds like it might be similar to your
problem??
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157581
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, these are many AS 2 SWFs that suddenly stopped working when
served
from a particular. getURL fails without a _blank target consistently
with FP 8-10. Adding the _blank is a fine fix for all links other than
mailto: which leaves a new browser window open in IE.
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Weber Shandwick Digital Minneapolis
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3
though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if
you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began
to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other
server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a
new
browser window open in IE?
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Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Or this maybe...
http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash/browse_thread/thread/4a8f27962bab6a0e
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, that sounds similar although these movies had been working as
expected for years and they still work everywhere except when served by
one particular server. Unfortunately, the server they're stored on.
It also is similar to this:
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/09/11/FSCommand-and-getURL-Bug-in
-Flash-Player-9
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:57 PM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Don't know if this helps, but it sounds like it might be similar to your
problem??
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157581
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, these are many AS 2 SWFs that suddenly stopped working when
served
from a particular. getURL fails without a _blank target consistently
with FP 8-10. Adding the _blank is a fine fix for all links other than
mailto: which leaves a new browser window open in IE.
--
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Senior Interactive Developer
Weber Shandwick Digital Minneapolis
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-Original Message-
From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3
though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if
you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began
to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other
server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a
new
browser window open in IE?
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RE: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
An example: Illustration of getURL not working without a _blank parameter when served from a problematic server, but fine on another: http://weber10.ws-wr.com/em/swftest/test_badServer.html http://weber10.ws-wr.com/em/swftest/test_thisServer.html Also illustrated IE (6 and 7) leaving a window open when there's a _blank parameter in a getURL call to a mailto: address - I'm assuming this isn't a bug, but just the expected behavior. Wondering if there's anything else I can do that wouldn't require JS. Thanks. -- Erik Mattheis Senior Interactive Developer Weber Shandwick Digital Minneapolis ph: 952 346 6610 cell: 612 377 2272 -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen Pike Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:46 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug? Hi, Do you have a URL that you can send?? Is it IE7 / IE6 / both / +others?? Glen ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Remote Fonts and Sandbox?
Might be a sandbox issue that needs a crossdomain file. Try adding one and
see what happens. The crossdomain file sits in the root of the server that
is serving the assets.
Eg: http://twitter.com/crossdomain.xml
2009/2/25 Mike Grunwald mgrunw...@mcdilldesign.com
Hello All,
I've run into a confusing issue:
I've created several font SWFs that contain only the characters that I need
for a particular language and I was loading them in using a FontLoader class
that I pass a language parameter to. After the FontLoader class loads the
proper font (Event.COMPLETE), It calls a method that had Font.registerFont
in it, to add it to the list of available fonts.
This was working perfectly until the client threw a wrench into the gears.
I now have to have the font files on a different server because the CMS that
they're using only allows them to upload a single SWF into the page (no
assets are allowed). I added the proper Security.allowDomain stuff and I
know the fonts are loading because they trace out, but now when I try to
register the font, I get this error:
ArgumentError: Error #1508: The value specified for argument font is
invalid.
at flash.text::Font$/registerFont()
at com.johnsoncontrols.bsrbanner.utils::FontLoader/registerFont()
Here's my registerFont method that used to work:
private function registerFont(e:Event):void
{
var FontLibrary:Class =
e.target.applicationDomain.getDefinition(ArialUnicode_ + _language);
Font.registerFont(FontLibrary[ArialUnicode_ +
_language]);
_loadedFont = FontLibrary[ArialUnicode_ +
_language];
trace(FONTS: + Font.enumerateFonts());
}
...And here's the document class of the font SWF I'm loading in:
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.system.Security;
import flash.text.Font;
public class ArialUnicode_ENG extends Sprite
{
[Embed(source='/Users/mike/MCDILL FONTS/A/Arial
Unicode/Arial Unicode.ttf', fontName='ArialUnicode_ENG',
unicodeRange='U+0041-U+0041,U+0042-U+0042,...')]
public static var ArialUnicode_ENG:Class;
public function ArialUnicode_ENG()
{
Security.allowDomain(*);
}
}
}
Anybody know what the problem might be?
Thanks for any help in advance,
_mike
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RE: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
That explains it precisely and allowScriptAccess=always fixes it.
http://weber10.ws-wr.com/em/swftest/test_fix.html
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Or this maybe...
http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash/browse_thread/thread/4a8
f27962bab6a0e
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, that sounds similar although these movies had been working as
expected for years and they still work everywhere except when served
by
one particular server. Unfortunately, the server they're stored on.
It also is similar to this:
http://www.northcode.com/blog.php/2007/09/11/FSCommand-and-getURL-Bug-in
-Flash-Player-9
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Don't know if this helps, but it sounds like it might be similar to
your
problem??
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157581
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Yes, these are many AS 2 SWFs that suddenly stopped working when
served
from a particular. getURL fails without a _blank target consistently
with FP 8-10. Adding the _blank is a fine fix for all links other
than
mailto: which leaves a new browser window open in IE.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Glen
Pike
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] is this the getURL bug?
Think I fixed it by using a URLRequest rather than getURL - AS3
though...
I do remember this being a problem in IE before that. (Apologies if
you
are still on AS2).
The other way maybe to try _self instead of _blank???
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
Suddenly a few weeks ago, getURL actions in several dozen swfs began
to
fail consistently when served from a particular server. The SWFs
will
work when viewed outside of HTML as well locally or on any other
server.
The content-length of the SWF is correct on the problematic server.
Adding a _blank target to the getURL fixes it, but
nextFrame();
getURL('mailto:em...@domain.org');
does not.
Two questions:
Is this the odd getURL/FSCommand bug or something else?
How can I work around this for getURL with mailto: without leaving a
new
browser window open in IE?
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Re: [Flashcoders] How to know coordinates of letters in non fixed-width fonts
TextField has a getLineMetrics() function, which returns a TextLineMetrics
object.
Check out the AS3 Reference stuff for TextField and the TextLineMetrics
class for the breakdown, there's all kinds of good, fun stuff in there.
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Glen Pike g...@engineeredarts.co.ukwrote:
Hi,
Can you get text metrics for characters / lines in the text field???
Glen
ali drongo wrote:
Thanks for all of your responses guys,I ended up using getCharBoundaries
and
it works a treat.
FYI I created a text field at the position I wanted the letters to finally
go then stored the rectangle object for each char in an array and then
cycled through the array as Glen suggested.
Only thing is, when I use a multiline textfield my function will only
gather
the char boundaries for the first line:
If anyone can suggest why it would be a help.
Cheers!
Ali
public static function letterPosAr(t:TextField):Array
{
trace(letterPosAr);
var retA:Array = new Array();
for (var i:int = 0; i t.text.length; i++){
var rect:Rectangle = t.getCharBoundaries(i);
trace(---index+i+ char:+t.text.substr(i, 1)+ x:+rect.x+
y:+rect.y+ w:+rect.width);
retA[i] = rect;
}
return retA;
}
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.com
wrote:
the AS2 one is a cool idea!
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Hans Wichman
j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com wrote:
and for as2:
http://objectpainters.com/blog/2008/10/12/finding-character-positions/
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Matt Gitchell m...@moonbootmedia.com
wrote:
Is this AS3? you can use TextField.getCharBoundaries()
I used it in an experiment a while back here to pretty good effect:
http://www.moonbootmedia.com/interactive/m/textcompare.html
--Matt
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.uk
wrote:
Hi,
You should be able to get the width of each sprite with the single
letter
in???
Maybe mask the stream area out. Start each letter at x -
letterWidth,
increase the x after each interval, when the letter reaches x=0,
create
show the next one, add it to your array.
Loop through the array each timer increasing the x position of
the
letters, removing them when they reach the other side???
Something like that??/
Glen
ali drongo wrote:
Hi there, I'm animating some letters that are dynamically created in
their
own sprites across the screen as if they are being fired in a
stream.
Currently I am using a fixed width font so it's straight forward to
find
their final position. My problem is that I need to use a non
fixed-width
font and I don't know how to calculate the position of each letter.
Any ideas very gratefully received!
Thanks :)
Ali
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