Example: Creating Scrolling Text - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH Manual

About making hypertext links out of embedded media
To make a hypertext link out of an embedded image file, SWF file, or movie clip, enclose the
tag in an tag:
<img> <a>
textField_txt.htmlText = "Click the image to return home<a
href='home.htm'><img src='home.jpg'></a>";
When the mouse pointer is over an image, SWF file, or movie clip that is enclosed by
tags, the mouse pointer turns into a "pointing hand" icon, the same as it does with standard
hypertext links. Interactivity, such as mouse clicks and keypresses, does not register in SWF
files and movie clips that are enclosed by
For information on embedding media, see
media" on page 449.

Example: Creating scrolling text

You can use several methods to create scrolling text in Flash. You can make dynamic and input
text fields scrollable by selecting the Scrollable option from the Text menu or the context
menu, or by pressing Shift and double-clicking the text field handle.
You can use the
scroll
scrolling and the
hscroll
field. The and
scroll
positions, respectively; you can read and write these properties. The
properties specify the maximum vertical and horizontal scrolling positions,
maxhscroll
respectively; you can only read these properties.
The TextArea component provides an easy way to create scrolling text fields with a minimum
amount of scripting. For more information, see "TextArea component" in the Components
Language Reference.
To create a scrollable dynamic text field:
Do one of the following:
Shift-double-click the handle on the dynamic text field.
Select the dynamic text field with the Selection tool, and select Text > Scrollable.
Select the dynamic text field with the Selection tool. Right-click (Windows) or Control-
click (Macintosh) the dynamic text field, and select Text > Scrollable.
<a>
"About making hypertext links out of embedded
and properties of the TextField object to control vertical
maxscroll
and
maxhscroll
properties specify the current vertical and horizontal scrolling
hscroll
tags.
properties to control horizontal scrolling in a text

Example: Creating scrolling text

<a>
and
maxscroll
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