MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH

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About embedding images, SWF files, and movie clips

in text fields

In Flash Player 7 and later, you can use the <img> tag to embed image files (JPEG, GIF,

PNG), SWF files, and movie clips inside dynamic and input text fields, and TextArea

component instances. (For a full list of attributes for the

<img> tag, see “Image tag”

on page 439.)

Flash displays media embedded in a text field at full size. To specify the dimensions of the

media you are embedding, use the

<img> tag’s height and width attributes. (See “About

specifying height and width values” on page 447.)

In general, an image embedded in a text field appears on the line following the

<img> tag.

However, when the

<img> tag is the first character in the text field, the image appears on the

first line of the text field.

Embedding SWF and image files

To embed an image or SWF file in a text field, specify the absolute or relative path to the

image (GIF, JPEG, or PNG) or SWF file in the

<img> tag’s src attribute. For example, the

following example inserts a GIF file that’s located in the same directory as the SWF file (a

relative address, on or offline).

Embedding an image in a text field:

1. Create a new Flash document, and save it as embedding.fla.

2. Add the following ActionScript to Frame 1 of the main Timeline:

this.createTextField("image1_txt", 10, 50, 50, 450, 150);

image1_txt.html = true;

image1_txt.htmlText = "<p>Here's a picture from my vacation:<img

src='beach.gif'>";

The preceding code creates a new dynamic text field on the Stage, enables HTML

formatting, and adds some text and a local image to the text field.

3. Add the following ActionScript below the code added in the previous step:

this.createTextField("image2_txt", 20, 50, 200, 400, 150);

image2_txt.html = true;

image2_txt.htmlText = "<p>Here's a picture from my garden:<img

src='http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/image2.jpg'>";

You can also insert an image by using an absolute address. The preceding code inserts a

JPEG file that’s located in a directory that’s on a server. The SWF file that contains this

code might be on your hard disk or on a server.

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