How does one dynamically give an outline to a dynamic TextField that changes
from time to time.

The text will be yellow, and I need a black border to keep it from being
blended into the background.

Being an avid fan of the Discovery channel, I do what they do and have a dark
translucent rectangle movie clip that calculates its size based on the length
of the dynamic text and displays beneath the text (wherever it is) so that the
text stands out. I hope you find a better solution so I will subscribe to the
thread.

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You can't make text outline in flash . The text has to be a graphic, than you can use INK
tool to apply but text itself , editable one , not possible.
Perhaps you should consider to make copy of the text place it beneath the original text.
This however would become challenging in longer sentences due to the kerning .



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urami_*



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try making a second set and make it larger text and black, dont have time to
test it but might work.

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1. Yes, I was expecting that I would have to use the width, height
properties of the TextField to create a growable black rectangle below the
text. I was just hoping that there might be a way to create a less "heavy"
form of outline.
Break-apart-symbol->expand and fill is an author-time only approach.

2. As for the other suggestion in this thread, I proposed having a Bold
Tahoma in black mirroring a lighter Tahoma font on top. But I was advised in
this group that it would lead to a mess.


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