I have a text box in my movie. When I try and dynamically place text into this text box, the text seems not to be there. However, in actuality, I can select the text, copy and then paste it into another file, like say a Word Doc. So my text is there, but I can't see it!

It is not an _alpha=0 thing because I have looked carefully at the code and don't have that. It is not that the text is the same color as the background because if I make the textbox static, the text is nice and red like I planned. And, it does not seem to be a connection problem between the text I'm loading and the textbox since the text is there, I just can't see it with the naked eye.

Here's another weird thing. You know how when you select text with your mouse and it normally highlights all the text, putting a colored box around the text while making the text color invisible? So even if I had, say, white text on a white background, it should be highlighted and thus visible when I select it. Well, in this case, the text never gets highlighted or turns a color. It is still completely invisible.

One last observation, the textbox is in movie A that is being loaded into movie B. When I test movie A the dynamic text is visible and red. But, when I look at movie B, (which loads movie A), the text is not visible and this weird problem occurs.

Any ideas?

DKnighte

this is just a w.a.g., but is it underneath a mask layer? that's happened to me before, and the symptomology (is that a word?) fits exactly. :)

good luck!

Brilliant! I'm such an idiot!

That pesky mask was hiding. I didn't have it visible on the stage when I went to movie B, the main movie, so I forgot about it.

I've had this problem before I should have thought about it. I've gone back and embedded my text in movie A and now it works. Thanks. Good call.

What's a w.a.g.?

lol glad i could help. w.a.g. = wild a** guess ;)