Scripted Alpha Fade on Text

[bluephoenix]

I'm having a problem scripting an alpha fade and I've been working on this for the past few hours. I'm ready to pull my hair out!

Here is my code:

function ExposeText(textMC) {

    if (textMC._alpha < 100) {
        textMC._alpha += 5;

    } else {
        clearInterval(textMC.interval);
    }

    updateAfterEvent( )
}

var speed = 30;

var T = this.createEmptyMovieClip("T", this.getNextHighestDepth());

T.createTextField("textField", 0, 0, 0, 600, 100);

T.textField.text = "We appreciate you sharing this special day with us!";

T._alpha = 0;

T.interval = setInterval(ExposeText, speed, T);

I did some tracing and found that the _alpha value does indeed change... just not reflected in the display of the text.

If I add a line to the movie clip with code that resembles the following:

T.lineStyle(50, 0x000, 100);
T.moveTo(0,0);
T.lineTo(100,100);

... the line fades in but the text does not.

I saw that there is an _alpha property listed for text fields, so I even tried adding within the function:

textMC.textField._alpha = textMC._alpha;

That didn't work either.

Can anyone shead some insight on this for me?

Thanks profusely in advance!!

-Tim

[jahasloth]

I don't believe text fields have an alpha setting. So, Flash is just interpreting it as another variable.

You need to put the textfield in an MC, and then alpha the mc.

[bluephoenix]

Thanks jahasloth. That's what I'm trying to do with my code, but it's not successful.

var T = this.createEmptyMovieClip("T", this.getNextHighestDepth());

T.createTextField("textField", 0, 0, 0, 600, 100);

T.textField.text = "We appreciate you sharing this special day with us!";

T._alpha = 0;

-Tim

[jahasloth]

Put T in a movie clip.
Then change your alpha with

code:

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T._parent._alpha = 0

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