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Subject: Re: FLASH: Using ascii codes in Flash variables for text formatting?
From: Branden Hall
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 03:25:46 +0100

You don't need a carriage return.. there is a special flash function,
newline, that does just that. Open up your expression editor and you will
see it there.

-= Branden J. Hall
-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor
-= Fig Leaf Software

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Sobczak <zonaatvelocityhsi [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 10:01 PM
Subject: FLASH: Using ascii codes in Flash variables for text formatting?


> Hi,
>
> I'm making a flash movie that changes the text in a text field box once
the
> user clicks on a button. I'm using variables to tell Flash which button
has
> been pressed, so it knows which text to place within the text field (by
> setting the value of "Text" -- the variable that holds my text -- in an
> Action).
>
> So my question is, is there a way to use ascii codes within variables?
> i.e. I want to have 2 lines of text in my "Text" variable, but I want the
> two lines separated by a carriage return.
>
> Basically I'm lookin to do the equivalent of:
>
> Text$ = TextLine1$ + chr$(13) + TextLine2$
>
> Is this possible in Flash? I've not found a configuration that works yet.
>
> Thanks!
> -Dan Sobczak
>
>
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