pmineault
05-25-2004, 09:04 PM
Since the massive competition is taking place, I thought I might update my old tutorials, scrolling a text box I and II. I think the 'Scrolling a text box' tutorial is still relevant but it needs some definitive revamping. I know there are a lot of tutorials on the subject but all of them have some issues. The best so far I think is the one by Jesse, 'Scrolling Text' but it uses a looping movieclip, Flash 4 style instead of onEnterFrame or setInterval.
As for 'Scrolling a text box II' as it is it's a nuisance. The first part covers URL-encoding text which with the new Unicode support is irrelevant. The second part is almost funny, an ackward workaround concerning making button-like movieclips. How we lived without useHandCursor I do not know. The only part marginally relevant is the last one but without the first two it's out of context so a re-write would be necessary.
Also with the advent of the scrollbar component I'm wondering about the relevance of writing a tutorial on the subject. However, quickly looking at the Flashkit forums, at least 10 questions were asked in the last two days concerning this subject. So maybe it's not so irrelevant, however I'm a bit torn on this subject.
I see two options:
1) Creating a new version of 'Scrolling a text box' using LoadVars and setInterval and officially canning 'Scrolling a text box II'
2) Combining and revamping 'Scrolling a text box I and II' for a single, definitive tutorial on scrolling. As far as image scrolling, refer people to the Scrollpane component.
You can see the current tutorials here:
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling_a_text_box/index.shtml
And here:
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling_a_text_box_II/index.shtml
I was hoping you would give your opinion on this issue as I think it's important that actionscript.org have up-to-date and relevant tutorials, and I don't think they are as is. Thanks in advance for your input,
Patrick Mineault
As for 'Scrolling a text box II' as it is it's a nuisance. The first part covers URL-encoding text which with the new Unicode support is irrelevant. The second part is almost funny, an ackward workaround concerning making button-like movieclips. How we lived without useHandCursor I do not know. The only part marginally relevant is the last one but without the first two it's out of context so a re-write would be necessary.
Also with the advent of the scrollbar component I'm wondering about the relevance of writing a tutorial on the subject. However, quickly looking at the Flashkit forums, at least 10 questions were asked in the last two days concerning this subject. So maybe it's not so irrelevant, however I'm a bit torn on this subject.
I see two options:
1) Creating a new version of 'Scrolling a text box' using LoadVars and setInterval and officially canning 'Scrolling a text box II'
2) Combining and revamping 'Scrolling a text box I and II' for a single, definitive tutorial on scrolling. As far as image scrolling, refer people to the Scrollpane component.
You can see the current tutorials here:
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling_a_text_box/index.shtml
And here:
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling_a_text_box_II/index.shtml
I was hoping you would give your opinion on this issue as I think it's important that actionscript.org have up-to-date and relevant tutorials, and I don't think they are as is. Thanks in advance for your input,
Patrick Mineault