Scrollbars with falsh

Hi Everyone

I'm developing a website with Macromedia Flash MX and have seen website where part of the page scrolls and the rest remains static.

What I want to do is have a vertical scrollbar down the side, which scrolls a section of the page (a bit like an iframe with HTML).

Can anybody tell me how it's possible to acheive this?

Thanks in advance for your help/comments.

Joe

Hi, check this out:

Using the ScrollPane component

Thanks Tan

I've also been looking at a tutorial which seems to be the type of thing I'm looking for but doesn't seem to work with Flash MX 2004 Pro, http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/index.html. If you go to this link and select the top tutorial (Scrollpane componant) you will find the tutorial I've been working through.

The problem seems to be that I can't actually make a scrollpane from the compnants menu.

Can some please tell me why this is and if there is a way around it?

Thanks again

Joe

http://www.cbtcafe.com/flash/index.html

Sorry this is the link

Hi, I dont use mx2004 so I dont know what built in options you have. You could always download the MX components for 2004 and use them.

Flash MX Components for Flash MX 2004, V1.5.0

Hi Joe,

I had to solve the same problem last week. I use MX 2004 (not the pro version). The solution we used does not display a scrollbar, but it does display intuitive buttons and the text does, in fact, scroll.

This is how we did it:
1. Set the text type to "Dynamic".
2. Name the instance (say, scrollText).
3. Resize the text field.
4. Put a scroll up button next to the text field.
5. Use the following code in the Actions for the button:

on(release) {
scrollText.scroll -=1
}
6. Put a scroll down button next to the text field.
7. Use the following code in the Actions for the button:

on(release) {
scrollText.scroll +=1
}

Good luck!

Thanks Hilton

I've followed your instructions, which have semi-worked. I have a Flash file with two very simple buttons and a text box which goes below the scroll down button. However, when I publish the exe file, the text is all in a horizontal line and part is missing. Clicking the buttons has no effect but if I click on the text and drag to the right it moves right.

I've uploaded the .fla file to here. COuld you please have a look at it and tell me if there is anything wrong with it?

Thanks very much

Joe

Hi, you might have the text box set to singleLine instead of multiline. Check the text box properties.

Thanks everyone

I had the text set to single line rather than multi line. However, now when I click the down button the text moves down one line and then clicking the button has no effect. Is there a way of solving this so that the scrollbar can be clicked more than once?

Thanks again for your previous posts and in advance for any in response to this.

Joe

Hi, I'm not at a machine with flash installed right now so I cant look at your .fla file. If it's in 2004 format I can't anyway. The code that Hilton posted should of worked. You could try changing the relevant parts i.e.

scrollText.scroll -=1;

to:

scrollText.scroll = scrollText.scroll - 1;

That shouldn't really make a difference but it's worth a try.