getting and displaying text from external file

[xanthus]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get and display text from an external file without being bounded by the number of characters limit?

Currently, I can only display a little part of the text.

[nocrapchurch]

You can always create a scroll bar that will move the text down. Here's a tutorial on how to make one:

http://www.wildform.com/tutorials/flash5_scroll/

Hope this helps.

-scott
http://www.scottmanning.com

[mike4president]

try to select, in the text options palette dynamic text / multiline...

are you getting texts from a DB?
if yes, plaese tell me about that.

bye

[xanthus]

Thanks guys, I have found the problem. The problem is, flash textscroll detect the "&" character as a terminator which it will cause the text following after that character to be truncated.


Does anyone knows of anyway to get over it? I need the "&" as part of the text.



--> Mike
I'm pulling my text directly from a text file.

[nocrapchurch]

Originally posted by xanthus
Thanks guys, I have found the problem. The problem is, flash textscroll detect the "&" character as a terminator which it will cause the text following after that character to be truncated.


Does anyone knows of anyway to get over it? I need the "&" as part of the text.



--> Mike
I'm pulling my text directly from a text file.

Yes. Use

%26

More codes can be found at:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...l_encoding.htm

-scott
http://www.scottmanning.com

[xanthus]

Thanks nocrapchurch!

The hex code works but flash still did not detect certain character correctly.
For example:
"the ISP will" is displayed as
"the IS"
"P will"

Seems like flash detect the capital P as the <P> tag.
I'm using flash5 so i wonder does anybody else have the same problem.