Flash MX: text getting cut short in dynamic text box

[bismark65]

I have two dynamic text boxes. They load fine when I call them and the external text files load. However, only about half of the text is actually showing. I am able to scroll fine, but the text ends prematurely. Is there a limit on how much text it can hold? I have it set to "multiline"

Thanks for any help. I have searched the forums for this, but am unable to narrow it down enough to come up with less than 5000 posts regarding dynamic text. LOL

[Shotsy247]

Is there something in the text that may cause them to stop showing it, such as quotes?

_t

[bismark65]

No. I just checked the files and they are just straight text at the point that it stops.

[pecoes]

Hi there,

setting multiline=true ain't enough. You should also set "autoSize" to make the TextField expand beyond the size you have specified.
And if you want the field to expand vertically instead of horizontally, you should set "wordWrap" to "true" as well - otherwise only hard line breaks will expand the field vertically.

[bismark65]

OK. I set the autosize to "left" and now the scrollbar stopped working. I am using the scrollbar component that comes with Flash

[Shotsy247]

Is the text html formatted?

_t

[pecoes]

Right, forget my post, I was not aware of the fact that you're using the scrollbar component.
You can't have both - of course - an auto-expanding field and scrollbars.

A question: Have you tried to attach the scrollbars after filling in the text?

[bismark65]

The whole damn problem was an unescaped ampersand! Hate those stupid things. LOL. I just substituted %26 and everything is working fine now. Thanks a lot for all the suggestions.