groksoup
04-15-2003, 01:42 PM
I am new with Flash, so I am struggling more than I should be with this undoubtedly simple problem. Here is the gist:
I have fifty-ish one-line, textual production upates on a screen. Every time a new update comes out -- read from an XML file that changes every five minutes or so -- I want to move all the existing text updates down by the number of new product updates that period (anywhere from zero to twenty or so), and insert the new items at the top of the list. Old items will be pushed down, and steadily scroll off the bottom.
What is the best way to go at this? Individual text boxes for each update? How do I group things so that old updates can all be pushed down as a set? I already have two XML files, one containing a full list of updates, and one containing just the most recent ones since the prior period.
Any assistance _much_ appreciated.
I have fifty-ish one-line, textual production upates on a screen. Every time a new update comes out -- read from an XML file that changes every five minutes or so -- I want to move all the existing text updates down by the number of new product updates that period (anywhere from zero to twenty or so), and insert the new items at the top of the list. Old items will be pushed down, and steadily scroll off the bottom.
What is the best way to go at this? Individual text boxes for each update? How do I group things so that old updates can all be pushed down as a set? I already have two XML files, one containing a full list of updates, and one containing just the most recent ones since the prior period.
Any assistance _much_ appreciated.