RE: Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Matt Wells
12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Text question In a editable text member, can you edit the format on a word or words while the movie is playing? So, in the statement (Hello, World) changing the word Hello to a different color and font size. [To remove yourself from this list, or to

Re: Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Slava Paperno
You have to do this "manually," through lingo. E.g., if you put a button on the stage that says "Italics," this would be the button's script: on mouseUp me locFocusMember = sprite(the keyboardFocusSprite).member if locFocusMember.type <> #text then alert "Before using this button, sel

Re: Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Jeremy Aker
Yes, but it usually results in quite a performance hit. -Jeremy Aker On Jun 28, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Matt Wells wrote: In a editable text member, can you edit the format on a word or words while the movie is playing? So, in the statement (Hello, World) changing the word Hello to a different color and

Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Matt Wells
In a editable text member, can you edit the format on a word or words while the movie is playing? So, in the statement (Hello, World) changing the word Hello to a different color and font size. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-

Re: Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Mathew Ray
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathew Ray Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Text question Not to say you shouldn't use Director, but is shockwave -may- not be the best tool for the job...if all you are looking for is te

RE: Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Matt Wells
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathew Ray Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Text question Not to say you shouldn't use Director, but is shockwave -may- not be the best tool for the job...if all you are looking for is text handling of input selection, flas

Re: Text question

2004-06-16 Thread James Newton
On 16/6/04 8:00 pm, "Matt Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to read a couple of paragraphs from a database. (So this project > would be a shockwave project.) Into a editable text field. What I need > to do is highlight a specified word(s) in the text field and insert an > html tag on the

Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Mathew Ray
Not to say you shouldn't use Director, but is shockwave -may- not be the best tool for the job...if all you are looking for is text handling of input selection, flash can definitely do that. First Question: Have you tried using the custom text formatterstuff and the Selection class in flash? It h

Text question

2004-06-16 Thread Matt Wells
Hello, Tried this in flash and it doesn't have the capabilities. :( Can anyone tell me if this posibal in shockwave/director? I want to read a couple of paragraphs from a database. (So this project would be a shockwave project.) Into a editable text field. What I need to do is highlight a spe

Re: Text question.

2002-06-26 Thread Colin Holgate
>Another question, say I have a text member or field, is there some way >in script that I can retrieve the word that the mouse is over? For fields, look at the mouseword. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post message

Re: Text question

2002-06-12 Thread Buzz Kettles
on keyDown me if the key <> RETURN then pass end At 10:23 PM -0400 6/12/02, you wrote: >I need to know how I can set up a text field or member so that when the >user types something in it (editable), it wont go to a new line when >they hit enter, but just stay there at the end of the current l

Text question

2002-06-12 Thread DrEvil
I need to know how I can set up a text field or member so that when the user types something in it (editable), it wont go to a new line when they hit enter, but just stay there at the end of the current line.. Basically locking it into a single line while being editable. Thx [To remove yourself