tipTxt what does it mean?

[ripetorip]

Hello group,

I'm a first time poster. Although I have been a professional flash animator for three years now, I'm a babe when it comes to action scripting. It seems I knew only enough to get me by.

However, know it is time for be to grow up. I have to really learn action scripting. I have a job coming up, that requires me to learn it.

I was looking through this tutorial http://www.actionscript.org/showMovie.php?id=858
I will need to do this for the CD Rom I am going to create. I have to dissect the action scripting to learn what it all means.

My first question is, what is tipTxt?

I guess the only way I can use the font properties with action scripting, is when it is in dynamic text mode, correct?

Thanks for your help.

[webguy]

Hello ripetorip, and welcome to the forums!

tipTxt is the name of the dynamic textField contained within the toolTip MovieClip. It is simply a dynamic text field, that allows you to change the text to whatever you want.

Go to > GraphComponent > ToolTip > txtClip and you will see it.

Also remember the movie Explorer. If you searched for txtClip you would have found it, just as I had.

webG

[ripetorip]

Thanks webguy.
By choosing graphic component, do you mean choose a diaologe box canmed graphic component within flash mx? I'm not sure I follow you.
Thanks for the welcome.

[webguy]

no those are names of the MC's. Just use the movie explorer and search the symbols for txtClip, and you will find it.

web