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flash (macromedia) : paragraph in Dynamic text box


shad kam
10/29/2004 9:58:58 PM


Hi Guys,
I have a dynamic text box, which is used for my "scrolling text box",
how can I have a new paragraph in this text field?
My entire text becomes one big block of text and if I press return to
make a new paragraph, when published it gives me errors.
What can insert in the middle of text so it will be recognized as new
paragraph. I hope I am making sense.

Thanks for all your help






Here is the way I have my code set up in an action's layer.


for (i = 1; i <= 55; i++) {
my_text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,
sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam
erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse
molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero
eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum
dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh
euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut
wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.Duis autem vel
eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie
consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et
accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril
delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor
cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod
mazim placerat facer possim assum.";
}
showText(my_text);
Der_Zählmeister
10/30/2004 8:11:49 PM
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use "\n" which stands for "new line".

e.g.
my_text = " first para etc etc\n para 2 etc\n para 3\n";

and/or use += to add on new text like this:-
my_text = ""; // when initialising
my_text += " first para etc etc\n";
my_text += " para 2 etc\n";
my_text += " para 3\n";

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