MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Page 154

154 Chapter 8: Working with Text
To use the scroll property to create scrolling text:
1 Do one of the following:
■ Use the Text tool to drag a text field on the Stage. Assign the text field the instance name
textField in the Property inspector.
■ Use ActionScript to create a text field dynamically with the
MovieClip.createTextField() method. Assign the text field the instance name
textField as a parameter of the method.
2 Create an Up button and a Down button, or select Window > Other Panels > Common
Libraries > Buttons and drag buttons to the Stage.
You will use these buttons to scroll the text up and down.
3 Select the Down button on the Stage.
4 In the Actions panel (Window > Development Panels > Actions), enter the following code to
scroll the text down in the text field:
on(press) {
textField.scroll += 1;
}
5 Select the Up button on the Stage.
6 In the Actions panel, enter the following code to scroll the text up:
on(press) {
textField.scroll += 1;
}
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