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GRAB SCROLLER V.01

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COMPLETELY RESIZEABLE AND DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE SCROLLER

Other features include:
– easy to use
– CSS stylesheet
– unique scrolling experience
– text is loaded through an xml file for easy updating.
– only four variables to edit
– links are supported

Thanks for taking a look at my grab scroller. You should try it out with a tablet pen if you have one. The entire files is dynamic and is built from a .as file using only a few lines of code in the Fla. The mouse graphic is dynamic as well. A neat ActionScript circle is drawn when you mouse over the text field to show that there is a new type of interaction required. This mouse will also indicate when you’ve pressed the textfield and when you’ve moused over a link.

The .as file is not commented too much, but the entire thing is dynamic, and you shouldn’t have to touch it at all. Email me with questions. I wrote this code a long time ago, but i’ll try to answer some of your questions. I just figured the FD community would like to have this one.

INTERACTION

The entire text field is grabbable and there are a few different ways to interact with it. You can grab it and drag it to the desired position you want…OR…you can click it and fling it in the direction you want it to go. The arrows on the sides are also clickable and you can use them to navigate through the textfield.

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Posted 7 months ago

Hi Animike Very cool looking utility you have here, great job! Couple questions before I purchase… Can scroll area include text imported via XML ? Can it include graphics? Last, would you be able to provide a couple lines of code if necessary to assist a beginner Flash programmer (like me!) if needed to tweak this for a project? Thank you. Peter

Posted 7 months ago

Hey Peter. Currently the text is being pulled through and xml file. It is using stylesheets to populate the text area, but unfortunately that is not really my specialty. I have included some code examples you would need to set up, and repopulate the text area that I have created. While I am sure you would be able to add graphics to the scrolling area, I’m probably not the best person to ask for that help, nor do I know how the text field would behave. Please email me with any other questions you may have.

Posted 7 months ago

SupaSupaCool!!!

Posted 7 months ago

Please, can you show us the xml ? Thanks

Posted 7 months ago

XML can be viewed here

You may need to view the source on this page to see it.

Posted 7 months ago

Great file – however I couldn’t work out how to change it to horizontal.

What I am after is to be able to scroll a movie clip, horizontally, in the exact same fashion as your example. I.E be able to click, grab and throw it left or right.

Movie clip is around 5000px wide and just contains flash buttons etc…

If you make one – I will buy again!

Posted 7 months ago

Hi Animike,

Great Scrolling text file….

I have a simple question, right now all the text REPEATS twice, so where can I change so only shows once…

Even in my XML file shows only one set of copy, but still repeats.

Thanks

Posted 7 months ago

@stanny – i’ll see what is involved in making this horizontal. it is not an easy change.

@ aldomania – i don’t have the files in front of me, but i think it is a simple change. look at the string that you are defining in the function call. i think it is simply doubling the string before it is being passed.

Posted 7 months ago

How easy is it to change the font and the font size?

Renee

Posted 7 months ago

@rmaslikhov – it is all done using css stylesheets

Posted 6 months ago

Can I put images on it?

Posted 5 months ago

Hi..Instead of XML File..can I just pass a dynamic text to the variable “TEXTVAR” ?

Posted 2 months ago