flash actionscript: I have a script that will bring in my resume and scroll it beautifully - the
only problem is that the text is extremely small and hard to read. If you could
alter this text in a way that will let me apply font, style, size, and color to
the imported text, and then display it that way as it scrolls, I would be most
grateful. Telling me to use such and such a function doesn't work at my level
of understanding - I need to see it in the code for me to be able to get it to
work.

Thanks,
jcarruth

var external_txt:TextField = new TextField();
var externalReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("resume.txt");
var externalLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
externalLoad.load(externalReq);
externalLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textReady);

external_txt.x = 9;
external_txt.y = 5;
external_txt.border = true;
external_txt.width = 480;
external_txt.height = 345;
external_txt.wordWrap = true;
addChild(external_txt);
function textReady(event:Event):void
{
external_txt.text = event.target.data;
}

var dir:int
var t:Timer=new Timer(50,0);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,scrollF,false,0,true);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollUp);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollDown);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopScrollF,false,0,true);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopScrollF,false,0,true);
function scrollUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
dir = -1;
t.start();
}
function scrollDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
dir = 1;
t.start();
}
function stopScrollF(evt:MouseEvent){
t.stop();
}
function scrollF(evt:TimerEvent){
external_txt.scrollV += dir;
}

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.font = "Arial";
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.size = 14;

external_txt.defaultTextFormat = format;


hope this of some help

Zibber,

Thanks for your answer. Do I just stick your code as is on top, above my first line?

I put the code in the top above my first line and it generated errors and did
not work.

I put the code after textReady); and it created a blank screen.

Any ideas on how (or where) to implement this code?

Thanks,
jcarruth

what erros di u get. I cant see it would hurt to place the actual format
paramters(the first four lines) above your external_text declarations. Whilst
palcing the 5th line just above your addingof external_text to display list

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]zibber[/b][/b][/i]
what erros di u get. I cant see it would hurt to place the actual format
paramters(the first four lines) above your external_text declarations. Whilst
palcing the 5th line just above your addingof external_text to display list[/q]

I either get a blank screen, or no change to the text being displayed. Here's
where I put the first four lines of your code:
I can't seem to get the location of where to put the
"external_txt.defaultTextFormat = format;" line. Could you give me the full
line of code, and then tell me if it goes before or after that line? I tried
"Whilst palcing the 5th line just above your addingof external_text to display
list" and it was not specific enough for me, obviously. Here's the code with
your 4 lines added. So far, the text appears and scrolls, but no formatting
happens.

Thanks,
jcarruth



var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.font = "Arial";
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.size = 14;

var external_txt:TextField = new TextField();
var externalReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest("resume.txt");
var externalLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
externalLoad.load(externalReq);
externalLoad.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textReady);

external_txt.x = 9;
external_txt.y = 5;
external_txt.border = true;
external_txt.width = 480;
external_txt.height = 345;
external_txt.wordWrap = true;
addChild(external_txt);
function textReady(event:Event):void
{

external_txt.text = event.target.data;
}

var dir:int
var t:Timer=new Timer(50,0);
t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,scrollF,false,0,true);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollUp);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollDown);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopScrollF,false,0,true);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopScrollF,false,0,true);
function scrollUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
dir = -1;
t.start();
}
function scrollDown(event:MouseEvent):void {
dir = 1;
t.start();
}
function stopScrollF(evt:MouseEvent){
t.stop();
}
function scrollF(evt:TimerEvent){
external_txt.scrollV += dir;
}