FWS p C?] scrollableTexttext scroller type 2 ! version 1.1! !last updated nov 09, 1999! ! !this is a moderately advanced implementation of scrolling text. fundamentally, it works much like the basic scrolling text example--it uses a textfield variable, the .scroll property, and the .maxscroll property to move a body of text up and down. but instead of requiring a mouse click for each line scroll, this scroller continues to move the text as long as the user holds their mouse down.! ! !&here's how it works: in basic scrolling, we simply increment or decrement the .scroll property right on the button itself with the set variable action. one click calls one action, so only one line can be moved at a time. but in this scroller, we set our .scroll property on a keyframe in a short looping movie clip. when the scroll button is pressed, the movie clip is told to play, and because of the loop, the .scroll property gets repeatedly increased or decreased. when the button is released, the movie is told to stop so the scrolling ceases.! ! !{as with the basic scroller, this code is quite portable. you can download the source .fla and change the contents of the scrollableText variable, redesign the buttons, and rearrange the movie without affecting the behaviour of the scrolling. to set the value of the scrollableText variable, edit the set variable action on the first frame of the actions layer in the .fla file.! ! !one not-so-obvious implementation aspect to note is that you need the 'press' and 'drag over' event handlers to start the scroll and the 'release' and 'release outside' handlers to stop it. using both handlers in those cases makes the buttons work like real os interface buttons.! ! !Rfinally here are answers to a few faqs: 1) no, you can't control the font face or style on individual portions of text within the text field. the first letter's formatting determines the font for the whole field. if you *must* do formatting, view the flash 3 scroller on my main flash page. 2) no, you can't directly link a piece of text in the text field. to achieve these more rich qualities in your text field, take a look at the scroller provided with the flash 4 app under help>> samples>> widgets. 3) yup, sometimes the scroller is slow. too much text can become unmanageable for flash.!'ppfPf5a] ciύP $\j<fPf5sH|}ːDр$\j<fPf5sH|}ːDрQ /scrollUpH /scrollUpT scrollDownH /scrollDown&q ?@?currentScroll/:scrollableText.scrollcurrentScroll/:scrollableText.maxscroll7/:scrollableText.scrollcurrentScroll1 @?@&scrollDown? _sans ,w`m PP(scrollableTextFKo ?@?currentScroll/:scrollableText.scroll1currentScroll7/:scrollableText.scrollcurrentScroll1 @?@& PscrollUp@