Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Roberson Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:23 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically John, That is what I am trying to do but it's not working for some reason. Can you detect any problem

RE: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Potter
nt: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:23 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically John, That is what I am trying to do but it's not working for some reason. Can you detect any problem or give me a suggestion with the following code: for (var

Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
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Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread John VanHorn
t; -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron > Roberson > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM > To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically > > I am creating a dy

Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
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; iYou could set autosize = true for the dynamic text field, then

Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
TECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically Yes, I am referring to the length of the text in the name attribute of the xml nodes. The script is creating a new movie clip based on an existing movie clip in the library. The movie clip in the library (menuitem) has an a

Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically >> >>I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having >>trouble spacing out each menu item. >> >>Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml n

Re: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
ext (in this case the name?) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Roberson Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:55 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically I am creating a dynamic drop

RE: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Merrill, Jason
ions >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Roberson >>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 4:55 PM >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Help Getting Size

[Flashcoders] Help Getting Size of Text Dynamically

2006-08-17 Thread Aaron Roberson
I am creating a dynamic drop down menu using XML and I am having trouble spacing out each menu item. Is there a way of determing the size of the text in each xml node? Thanks for your help, Aaron P.S. This menu is based on a tutorial at kirupa.com. Here is the XML: http://whitehorse