fade text in and out?

I created a text field dynamically. That works great. Now I want to fade the text in and out. I tried putting it into a mc and changing the alpha, but that didn't work. Any ideas?

i dun think that can be done using a dynamic text field..even if it's within a mc but my idea is to create another movie clip with a borderless rectangle in it (it's color depeneds on ur background color) and put it above the movie that has the dynamic text and make it's alpha = 100 for fade out effect and make alpha=0 for fade in effect..

but for fade in and fade out effect u gotta use setInterval() , clearInerval() functions..

let me know if it works..

good luck

Noor

Thanks for the reply. I created another mc dynamically with a higher depth, and put it over the text. The text still shows through it. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? I'm trying to keep everything dynamic.

Thanks again.

put this on the MC....

Code:

---

onClipEvent (load) {
        this._alpha = 0;
        this.onEnterFrame = function() {
                if (this._alpha<100) {
                        this._alpha += 5;
                trace(this._alpha);
                } else if (this._alpha>=100) {
                                        trace("It's Done!");
                                        delete this.onEnterFrame;
                }
        };
}

---

That or put a movie clip on top of the text that fades in with the bacground and out to display teh text.

hey gamist,

the thing is (NOT) to create an empty movie clip and just put on the other movie clip (BUT) create a movie clip with a white borderless rectangle in it and then put it above the movie and control it's alpha to get the fade in , fade out effect..

I used the code below and put it at a higher depth than the text, but for some reason the text always shows:

Quote:

---

//Function that draws the rectangle
function drawRectangle(nameOfMC,left,right,top,bottom,boxCo lor,lineColor,depthNumber) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(nameOfMC,depthNumber);
with(nameOfMC) {
beginFill(boxColor, 100);
lineStyle(1, lineColor, 100);
moveTo(left,top);
lineTo(right,top);
lineTo(right,bottom);
lineTo(left,bottom);
lineTo(left,top);
}
}

---

i didn't work much with creating movie contents dynamicly, why don'tu try to create a movie and put a rectangle in at (DESIGN TIME)..that is going to work..i have just tried that,,

Good Luck,

Noor

Thanks. I just created a mc the old fashioned way like you recommended. It worked. I was just hoping to have my whole movie dynamic.

Thanks again for your help.

i know what u meant..u wanted to be unique..u r a capricorn if im not worng..but something is gifted, accept it..

Good Luck,

Noor