[MX04] Dynamic Text input -> animated text

[TechNoiZ]

Hi

Does anyone have any help regarding converting dynamically input text into animated text. Probably a bit like flashtyper but the site is down and I can't see it in action. I want to be able to change the font, colour and size of the input text and then allow simple animations to be performed on it as part of the movie ....

Any help gratefullt recieved ..

[a_modified_dog]

this might help you on your way
add 2 new fonts to your Library with linkahe identifiers - f1 and f2
add code to main timeline to create textfield inside a movieclip
use onEnterFrame to animate (and change)

this is purely an example and should be modified to suit your project

fm1 = new TextFormat();
fm1.size = 32;
fm1.font = "f1";

fm2 = new TextFormat();
fm2.size = 22;
fm2.font = "f2";

this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder",100);
holder._x = holder._y = 50;
ref = holder.createTextField("txt",101,0,0,100,35);
ref.type = "input";
ref.autoSize = true;
ref.border = true;
ref.embedFonts = true;
ref.borderColor = 0xFF0000;
ref.textColor = 0x0000FF;
ref.text = "F1 FONT";
ref.setTextFormat(fm1);

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
ref._x += 1;
ref._x > 30 ? func1() : null;
ref._x > 60 ? func2() : null;
ref._x >100 ? this.onEnterFrame = null : null;
}

function func1(){
ref.autoSize = true;
ref.borderColor = 0x00FF00;
ref.textColor = 0xFF0000;
ref.text = "CHANGE TO F2 FONT";
ref.setTextFormat(fm2);
};

function func2(){
ref.autoSize = true;
ref.borderColor = 0xFF0000;
ref.textColor = 0x0000FF;
ref.text = "ORIGINAL FONT";
ref.setTextFormat(fm1);
};

hth

[TechNoiZ]

Hey thank you modified dog ...

looks good ... thanks. I'll give it a go and adapt as required.

cheers

TechNoiZ