Scrolling Text
1. Setup your movie the way you want it. Drag a text field on the
Stage (T). Choose Window > Panels > Text Options (Ctrl+T). Choose I
nput Text from the pop-up menu, or find it on the tab "Text Options".
Then enter the variable name text in the Variable field. For example
"mytext". Drag the text field's bottom right corner to resize the text
field to the size you want your text area to be..
2. Choose Window > Actions. Select frame 1 in the main Timeline and
assign a set variable action that sets the value of text. For example
mytext = "bla bla bla". No text will appear in the field until the
variable is set. Therefore, although you can assign this action to
any frame, button, or movie clip, it's a good idea to assign the
action to frame 1 on the main Timeline, as shown in the demo file.
3. Choose Window > Common Libraries > Buttons or Scroll Menu - it
depends what you have, and drag a button to the Stage. (Window >
Common Libraries has some buttons like upArrows etc...). Press Alt
(Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and drag the button to create a copy
(or insert your preferred opposite button - Down Arrow). Select the
top button and choose Window > Actions. Drag the set variables action
from the toolbox to the Script window in the Actions panel.
4. Enter mytext.scroll in the Variable box. Enter mytext.scroll -1 in
the Value box and select the Expression check box. Select the Down
Arrow button and assign the following set variables action: my text.
scroll = mytext.scroll+1;
5. Choose Control > Test Movie to test the scrolling text field
Thats the end of the tutorial
