Dynamic txt in Flash
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- ape
Is there anyway to hide or mask dynamic text so it doesnt show through?
- ********0
do a search.
- goygoygoy0
got to look for that thread: "AHRRGHH. Masking dynamic text in Flash."
- autonoma0
Gots ta embed the font.
- blindpilot0
put a big block over it
- cphunk0
yes. just use a dynamic mask. u don't have to embed the font.
just make a movie clip. then set that movie clip as the mask of the text dynamically.
just look up movieClip.setMask in the actionscript dictionary.
it only works for flash 6, 0, 40, 0 players or later so make a flash sniffer if u use this method.
- vespa0
Isn't there a bug in flash when it comes to masking dynamic text?
- unfittoprint0
if you're using fonts from an external library in Flash 5, they will not show, even embed. in Flash 5, you can't also mask device fonts. All this wonderful stuff can be achieved in Flash 6 (regarding the device font you can only use rectangular masks).
- ********0
straight from the horses mouth:
Use player 6.0.79.0
AND
embed the fonts
(good practice anyway if you want the text to display the way you designed it to)over and out.
- Edo0
Just _alpha the parent mc and you are done aren't you?
Otherwise you can always clear the text when masking and pasting at unmask.
the mask trick also works fine