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Since getRGB only reads the last setRGB. I think I need to retreive the color of a movie clip without using getRGB. Anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Thanks,
--Chuck
Chuck Davis...

Since getRGB only reads the last setRGB. I think I need to retreive the color of a movie clip without using getRGB. Anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Thanks,
--Chuck
Chuck Davis...

Of course embedding and exporting are two different things. Perhaps I misunderstood, but I assumed he meant "embed" since Flash already automatically exports the font.

Besides, I wanted to plug...

Sounds like you've got some real puzzling things going on there. See if this helps any:

http://www.letterheadfonts.com/help/installingfonts.shtml



--Chuck
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Yeah, I stumbled on to that and was excited at first. The text was nice and clear. I put a long string of text with links for each item... and it works -- sort of...

You can click on one item...

I've seen plenty of scrollers that will load an external text file and scroll it. I know I can add <a href></a> tags inside that text file so Flash will open a URL.

Has anyone got a clue how to...

I guess once the movie has loaded the first time, it's in the cache so it should load again upon button release almost as quickly as duplicateMovie...hmmm...

Thanks,
--Chuck
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For a minute there I thought you were some sort of genius who figured out some strange coding that worked... At this point if someone told me I needed to rub my belly in a counter-clockwise motion...

I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually possible...

Thanks for your help, although I tried it and I can get it to work. Here's the code now:

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on (release) {
duplicateMovieClip ("]_root.textcolor", "textshadow", 2)...

It's looking like this is an impossibility in Flash 5...

I have a movieclip called "textcolor" that loads an external "movie1.swf" into itself when a button is pushed -- and it works.

But when...

Within your actionscript, Netscape 6 requires full path to your external .swf movies. So while IE will uderstand "movie1.swf", Netscape requires "http://www.yoursite.com/movie1.swf"

Figured this...

I have a movieclip called "textcolor" that loads an external "movie1.swf" into itself when a button is pushed -- and it works.

But when I attempt to duplicate the "textcolor" movieclip after the...

First things first... Did you load them into the Windows Fonts folder correctly?

Shut down Flash and open up your Fonts folder (located within the Windows folder) and see if they are there, if not...

Yes, I've resorted to doing something similar to what you suggested temporarily.

But getting back to what I'd like to accomplish... If Flash can read a text file with <a href></a> tags, there must...

I've seen plenty of movies that call external text files into a movie clip so you can scroll through it. I can even make some of the text clickable using <a href></a> tags within the text document...

I've seen plenty of movies that call external text files into a movie clip so you can scroll through it. I can even make some of the text clickable using <a href></a> tags within the text document...

I've seen plenty of movies that call external text files into a movie clip so you can scroll through it. I can even make some of the text clickable using <a href></a> tags within the text document...

http://www.letterheadfonts.com/defartistsample.GIF

You can find "LHF Def Artist" under the "L" section in the Flash Kit fonts. Be sure to download all four fonts and read the instructions inside....

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