Flash9:TextScrollBox

Scrolling text
Text is an important part of any multimedia presentation be it CD-ROM or Web based. But if you have too much it can be difficult to format a page particularly if you have a screen based layout and do not want to scroll off the bottom of the screen. In this case we often place the text in a scrolling text box. This page guides you through creating a scrolling text box.

In this task you will create a basic scrolling text box (shown).



To add a scrolling text box:
1. Copy jnlText.fla to jnlText1.fla and open the new file in Flash.

.. the diagram below illustrates the following steps ...

2. Add a new Layer (ScrollBoxTxt).

3. With frame 1 of ScrollBoxTxt layer selected, click on the Text Tool

4. In Properties change Static Text to Dynamic text Single Line to Multiline (Also check some of the other properties to ensure the other settings are reasonable)

5. Click on the stage and enter some text (You can use [Enter] at the end of lines).

6. Add a box around the text (Click on “Show border around Text” button, next to Multiline)

Finally add the Scroll control by

7. Select Window > Components and Open the user Interface folder

8. Drag the UIScrollBar (UI= User Interface) onto the text area just created. A light blue placeholder will be added to the right of text area.



9. Add some more text into the area and it should scroll up the screen

10. Finally Text the Movie ([Ctrl]+[Enter]). You should have a working text box.