MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 154

To use the scroll property to create scrolling text:
Do one of the following:
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Use the Text tool to drag a text field on the Stage. Assign the text field the instance name
textField
Use ActionScript to create a text field dynamically with the
MovieClip.createTextField()
textField
Create an Up button and a Down button, or select Window > Other Panels > Common
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Libraries > Buttons and drag buttons to the Stage.
You will use these buttons to scroll the text up and down.
Select the Down button on the Stage.
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In the Actions panel (Window > Development Panels > Actions), enter the following code to
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scroll the text down in the text field:
on(press) {
textField.scroll += 1;
}
Select the Up button on the Stage.
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In the Actions panel, enter the following code to scroll the text up:
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on(press) {
textField.scroll += 1;
}
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in the Property inspector.
as a parameter of the method.
method. Assign the text field the instance name