Wrap Text Around a Graphic?

[DChapin]

Hi Again,

Is it possible using a dynamic text box to wrap the text around an object/shape? I have tried to add a point to the parameter of the dynamic text box, then actually reshape the text box to follow along the shapes path. Naturally this does not work. Is there a way.

Dan

[fwhilton]

The answer is "No"

You can not use Dynamic Text to do this automatically like you would do in WordPerfect, CorelDraw and other publishing programs.

You have to manually do using text boxes and placing them around your object.

[mmreed]

Originally posted by fwhilton
The answer is "No"

You can not use Dynamic Text to do this automatically like you would do in WordPerfect, CorelDraw and other publishing programs.

You have to manually do using text boxes and placing them around your object.

That would be an interesting feature... being able to add points and reshape the text boxes and have it wrap accordingly!

Bob - is this even possible?

[Bob Hartzell]

I would not know how to do it.

[JON FISH]

The answer is "No"

You can not use Dynamic Text to do this automatically like you would do in WordPerfect, CorelDraw and other publishing programs.

You have to manually do using text boxes and placing them around your object.

Actually the answer is "Yes"
Link to Solution

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[Seddonym]

Hi all, I've been trying to solve this problem but am fairly new to flash so apologies for any huge areas of naivety.

The above solution is good for getting text to wrap around a rectangular image, but I was wondering if a more sophisticated wrapping solution could be possible.

What I really want to do is to allow dynamic text to flow into a non-rectangular text area.

Could it be possible to achieve this by creating several adjoining text areas, and writing a bit of actionscript to detect when each text area is filled with the content - then moving onto the next text area. Maybe it's impossible, maybe it would just end up with a mess. If anyone has any idea whether I'm just wasting my time I'd be grateful if you could let me know!

Thanks

David

[w.brants]

A possible solution could be to use an image for the font and for the text.

If each character is equal in size, you can use copyPixels to copy a character image onto the bitmap representing the text.

If you start with drawing the shape the text should flow around onto the bitmap, you can detect the transparent areas to know where a character can be placed.

In theory such an approach should be possible but it might not be fast enough. I have never tried it.

[Seddonym]

Thanks w.brants - it sounds from your reply like what I'm trying to do is a bit overcomplicated. Have ended up just using static text and duplicating the html by hand.