RE: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript

2005-12-17 Thread Johan Karlsson
:10 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript Hi, I'm working on a Flash-based label ordering application which requires entering dynamic text, typically just one word, and displaying it scaled to fill the available space on the label. This require

RE: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript

2005-12-17 Thread Johan Karlsson
: RE: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript Thanks Johan, but that only works if I break the text into its outline geometry and then instance it as a movie clip. Text within a movie clip stays the same size when the mc is scaled. Chris Chris Gaelic Netlist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 09 577-2277

RE: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript

2005-12-17 Thread Chris Gaelic
' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript Thanks Johan, but that only works if I break the text into its outline geometry and then instance it as a movie clip. Text within a movie clip stays the same size when the mc is scaled. Chris Chris Gaelic Netlist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 09 577

Re: [Flashcoders] Scaling text using ActionScript

2005-12-17 Thread Martin Wood
You have to embed the font to manipulate it in that way. martin Chris Gaelic wrote: I can get it to work if I use a truetype font like Arial set up as static text. The text then stretches inside the movie clip. However, if I change the text type to Dynamic - because I want to change it using