scrollbar - how to edit scroll height?

[mybeibei]

Hi,

I've created a movie with a scroll area for text. Upon publishin the movie, the bottom few lines of the text is not displaying. The length of the scrollbar seems to be pre-set, can anyone pls advice on where goes wrong here? Tx.

[517210]

The length of the scrollbar is pre-set,but you can modify it in "button" MovieClip in Library. It is easy to change it's length.
And in my computer the bottom few lines displays well.

The text content is static text.
I have seen a fla,that loads data from external file,and it scrollbar can change with the text contents.Sounds good.

[mybeibei]

Hi, i think the scroll content in the attached file is pre-set to auto. And i cant find the settings under the "button" movieClip. Could u pls advice in more details? Tx alot!

[517210]

Do you find the "button" movieClip?
If you find it,edit that white rectangle.

[mybeibei]

yup.. found it! But the actions on the 'button' says:

onClipEvent (load) {
_parent.mc2.mc2.mc2.autoSize = false;
//so that the textbox autoresize itself
_parent.mc2.mc2._y = -_parent.mc2.mc2._height/2;
//_parent.mc2.mc2.m2._y = -_parent.mc2.mc2.m2._height/2;
//once the textbox autoresized itself this will replace it on the center
this._x = Math.round(this._x);
//this roundup the position of the button on the x-axis. Thanks Chris!
a = this._x;
b = this._y;
}
on (press) {
this.startDrag(false, a, b, a, _parent.mask._height-this._height);
//when pressed, the button can be draged in the mask
}
on (release) {
this.stopDrag();
}
// These following lines are just to make sure IE don't bug
on (releaseOutside) {
this.stopDrag();
}

I don't understand which part to edit so that the last few sentences will show. tx again.

[517210]

I know,
If you only want to change the scrollbar length,you can modify the button directly.

If you want to let the scrollbar change automatically with contents,the code above is not usefull.You must rewrite it.

[517210]

look this
in MovieClip "contener"
at frame2

speed = .7;
mc2.setMask(mask);
//sets the mask
createEmptyMovieClip("mc1",this.getNextHighestDept h());

//creates an empty movie clip
smoothscroll();
setInterval(smoothscroll, 40);
function smoothscroll() {
mc1._y = speed*(mc1._y-(button._y+mc1._y*(button._height/mask._height)))+(button._y+mc1._y*(button._height/mask._height));
mc2._y = (1-(mc2._height+200)/mask._height)*mc1._y+mc2._height/2;
}

[mybeibei]

I see. I wanted the scrollbar to change automatically with contents.

Is there anyway i can edit from whatever code that's already there to have all the content displayed?

And if the code is needed to be replace, can u pls direct me to a code that i can use for this instance?

I'm not familiar with actionscripting.. as i took over this job from my programmer and he's no where to be found!

Thanks again!

[517210]

the last line
mc2._y = (1-(mc2._height+200)/mask._height)*mc1._y+mc2._height/2;
you can change the value 200 to adapt you want.

[asjb]

I think it's to do with the size of the text instance.

If you go into the mc2 movie clip and scroll the stage down all the way to the bottom you'll see that the Flash window won't let you go any further down than "New Zealand" - which is where the swf scroll finishes for me.

[mybeibei]

I tried both method u guys recommend but yet it's still not working!

When i add "mc2._y = (1-(mc2._height+200)/mask._height)*mc1._y+mc2._height/2;"
all text appeared missing aft publish.

As for the scroll limit, i'm able to see all the text even when i'm in the mc2 movieclip.

[mybeibei]

Hi,

I'm still not able to solve this issue.

Just wondering if flash has a default control over the maximum length of any text within each scene?