[RESOLVED] The frustration a scrollbar can cause - xml loaded text

[suzisweet]

can anyone shed any light on a really frustrating problem I having regarding a swf which handles dynamically loaded xml content.

basically I am loading this ' xml.swf ' into the main site called ' main.swf '

Everything is fine at first, however when I move the scrollbar of the text field all the text contained within it gets selected.

can anyone help me or give me any advice ...

would really appreciate it

before I go bald !

thanks in advance

suzi x

[suzisweet]

I forgot to mention,

I am using this code on my xml.swf

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////



//init TextArea component
myText.html = true;
myText.wordWrap = true;
myText.multiline = true;
myText.label.condenseWhite=true;
myText.selectable=false;
myText.depthChild0._alpha=0;



//load css
kungFuStyle = new TextField.StyleSheet();
kungFuStyle.load("kungfu.css");
myText.styleSheet = kungFuStyle;

//load in XML
kungFuContent = new XML();
kungFuContent.ignoreWhite = true;
kungFuContent.load("kungfu.xml");
kungFuContent.onLoad = function(success)
{
if(success)
{
myText.text = kungFuContent;
}
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


I thought the ' myText.selectable=false; ' would do the trick but its not,

any help ?

thanks in advance

[cancerinform]

Could you publish your files once on your server to see the effect.

[suzisweet]

it seems i am not alone,

check this page from actionscript.org

loads of flashers are having the same problem with it seems no solution.

is this basically unsolvable,

a real project depends on this

here is the link :

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=45443

[cancerinform]

Which are you using the textarea or scrollbar component?

[cancerinform]

The solution is simple.It is a problem with all components. You need to have the textarea in the parent movie as well. Then all the problems disappear, no bug no nothing

[suzisweet]

im realising that yes, i need to have the text area in the main.swf.

but to keep loading times down my original plan was to have all items in the homepage load in as external swf's. Now its becoming clear that dynamically loading a swf which contains an xml text area component isnt, it seems, possible.

Will having my xml text area component beef up my loading times?

A preloader for this would be the way to go,

Any advice,

Thanks for your help,

really appreciate it

suzi x

[cancerinform]

No you misunderstand. You have your textarea in the child movie of course, but put the textarea in the library of the parent movie also. So just take your parent movie as you have it and place the textarea on your stage and delete it and test movie.

[suzisweet]

My God !

My love for you has grown very strong...we have to get married !

That worked a treat, may I asked how you found that solution.

Thank you very much,

will send you a link when the site is complete.

suzi x

[cancerinform]

Wow, what an offer

It all started with the combobox, which gives a problem. The scrollpane gives green border etc.

[bradinho]

Hi I have unsuccessfully tried to put the textarea in the library of the parent movie like Cncerinform suggested to do, does any one got another solution?
thanks
bradinho

No you misunderstand. You have your textarea in the child movie of course, but put the textarea in the library of the parent movie also. So just take your parent movie as you have it and place the textarea on your stage and delete it and test movie.

[cancerinform]

Hi I have unsuccessfully tried to put the textarea in the library of the parent movie like Cncerinform suggested to do, does any one got another solution?
thanks
bradinho

What exactly is your problem, the same as above?

[bradinho]

Hi,

yes my problem is very similar, but I am using flash8
So i have some html text (with various colour settings, and some hyperlink) in a textArea. when I open the swf file it all works fine, but as soon as I insert the movie in another .swf file the use of the scroll highlight the whole content of the textArea. There is also the green line all around the component. Do you have any idea?

thanks

bradinho

[cancerinform]

If the problem does not disappear by putting all components in the library of the parent movie you have probably an additional scope problem. Try locking the root of the movieclip, into which you load the movie.

mc._lockroot = true;

[bradinho]

Hi

First of all thanks for the help.

I tried the "._lockroot = true;" option on the movieclip without success, then I tried to add "enabled = false" to that same movieclip and it did the work.

so far it works on my computer but I havent tried on a server yet. The html displays itself pretty well and the hyperlinks are actives.

Now not being a good actionscript developper I fail to understand why it (mc.enabled = false did the trick. would you have any idea? or this might be another flash mysteries................

thanks again

bradinho

[cancerinform]

I frankly don't know your movie. As you can imagine in many cases here we are doing a guessing game

enabled = false is normally used on a movieclip to disable button functions.