In this tutorial we will work primarily from the ActionScript code window. I'm going to show you how to display on the screen dynamic texts taken from an array. Please don't forget to install the extension before starting; if you encounter any problems, read "How to install an extension".
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1. Open Flash and create a new file.
Create file
2. Open the Actions panel and insert the following code.
initObj = new Object();
var myText:Array = Array("first text Element", "second text Element", "third text Element");
var counter:Number = 0;
function reInit() {
initObj._effect = "bounce";
initObj.textParams = new Object();
initObj.effectParams = new Object();
initObj.effectParams.yMove = -100;
initObj.textParams.embed = true;
initObj.textParams.font = "Verdana";
initObj.textParams.size = "20";
initObj.gradColors = new Object();
initObj.gradColors.color = ("#c62f38", "#5C407A");
initObj.gradColors.alpha = ("100", "100");
initObj.gradColors.ratio = "90";
initObj.spacing = 0;
initObj._duration = 70;
initObj._overlap = 90;
initObj._x = 100;
initObj._y = 100;
this.initObj.text = myText[counter];
_global["bounceEffect"] = xtd.effects.text.bounceEffect;
this.attachMovie("Creative TextFX DEMO","te",10,_root.initObj);
te.initEffect();
te.startEffect();
if (counter
3. If you will preview your file now, you will not see anything. We have to embed the used font first. Since we use Verdana, embed it; if you have any problems, visit „How to embed fonts” tutorial.
4. Preview your movie by pressing CTRL+Enter.
Preview your file
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