Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-07 Thread Steven Sacks
Did you choose the characters you wanted to embed on the TextField? John R. Sweeney Jr wrote: After I attach the mc, I position both the _x and _y with no problem. The _alpha does not function. I¹m now trying it in just a simple, new moving and the alpha works if I attach the mc, but if I

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-07 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr
Hi Steven, I created a new font in my library and set the linkage, then created a new dynamic text field in my mc in the library and embedded the 114 gylphs that I need and set its linkage. Since its only one textfield, attached and placed all over the stage, its still a small .swf. It worked

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-05 Thread Glen Pike
Hi, Check this one out :) http://www.oddhammer.com/tutorials/alpha_dynamic_text/ Glen John R. Sweeney Jr wrote: Howdy all, Does anyone know of a solution to doing an alpha Tween on a movieclip that contains dynamic text field. This is AS2 CS3. I attach a linked mc from the

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-05 Thread Jordan L. Chilcott
Did you set your embed properties (either in the property control panel or with AS)? jord John R. Sweeney Jr wrote: Howdy all, Does anyone know of a solution to doing an alpha Tween on a movieclip that contains dynamic text field. This is AS2 CS3. I attach a linked mc from the library,

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-05 Thread Zeh Fernando
It's likely it's not using an embedded font (whether it's embedded on the library or not is just a detail and doesn't say much about your actual textfield). Can you rotate the mc? If you can't, it's not using it. If you use embedded fonts you'll be able to change its _alpha. If you *can* rotate

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-05 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr
After I attach the mc, I position both the _x and _y with no problem. The _alpha does not function. I¹m now trying it in just a simple, new moving and the alpha works if I attach the mc, but if I change the text with AS, then it does not work. John on 6/5/09 9:47 AM, Jordan L. Chilcott at

Re: [Flashcoders] Dynamic fonts and Tweens

2009-06-05 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr
I'm not sure what you mean by embed. I created in the library a ³New Font², selected Tahoma, set the linkage ³export in first frame², gave it a name ³myTahoma². The I went to my dynamic text field and selected for its font ³myTahoma *². Then I set the linkage for the mc with the textfield inside