MovieClip rules not being applied to text

[vinyladdict]

Hi,

I have some movieClips that contain text.
At the start of my movei I declare all the movieClips as having an _alpha property of 0.

However - You can still see the text. I have tried makign the text a movieClip itself but this doesnt make any difference.

The only way I can get it to work is by breakling apart the text (twice) so that it's a graphic - which creates a larger file doesnt it? - Although there's not a huge amount text.

Has anyone heard of this?

Cheers,

Pete

[badlorry]

have you tried setting this?

TextField._alpha

[badlorry]

also have you embedded the font in the text box, this often has some effect

[vinyladdict]

Hey BadLorry,

Thanks for the replies,

I assumed that the TextField would simply not be visible because the containing movieClip had an _alpha of 0.

It seems that, like you say, it was because I was using Device Fonts.

Thanks again,

Pete