Visual effects to scroll up a field?

[Ken Ray]

On 5/20/06 10:33 AM, "Jim Ault" <JimAultWins at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Further, you could use windowShape to mask the text field, then smoothly
> move the text field up or down under the mask, creating a scroll effect and
> not require the unsightly scroll bars.  Now that the field is static text,
> you could add visual components to the margin, etc to enhance the message.

You can also do this with a text field in a group. Just set the group to the
size of the "field" that should be seen, set the lockLoc to true, and then
move the actual text field that is *in* the group - the group will act as
the mask and crop the text accordingly.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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Email: kray at sonsothunder.com