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Actionscript for Flash 5 dummies: Scrolling a text box II
Author: Patrick Mineault

It's now time to update containerMC's actionscript (once again, old stuff is greyed out):

onClipEvent (load){

	this.loadVariables("text.txt");
	scrolling = 0;
	frameCounter = 1;
	speedFactor = 3;

	needInit = false;

}

onClipEvent (enterFrame){

	if( needInit ){
		if(daTextBox.maxscroll > 1){
			//Text is loaded!
			needInit = false;
		}
	}
	if( frameCounter % speedFactor == 0){
	
		if( scrolling == "up" && daTextBox.scroll > 1){
			daTextBox.scroll--;
			updateScrollBarPos();
		}
		else if( scrolling == "down" && daTextBox.scroll < daTextBox.maxscroll){
			daTextBox.scroll++;
			updateScrollBarPos();
		}
		frameCounter = 0;
	}
	frameCounter++;

}

onClipEvent (mouseDown){

	if(up.hitTest(_root._xmouse,_root._ymouse)){
		scrolling = "up";
		frameCounter = speedFactor;
		up.gotoAndStop(2);
	}
	if(down.hitTest(_root._xmouse,_root._ymouse)){
		scrolling = "down";
		frameCounter = speedFactor;
		down.gotoAndStop(2);
	}
	updateAfterEvent();

}

onClipEvent (mouseUp){

	scrolling = 0;
	up.gotoAndStop(1);
	down.gotoAndStop(1);
	updateAfterEvent();

}

onClipEvent (data){
	needInit = true;
}

Too... much... Actionscript... Yes, I know. Don't worry, it's not as complicated as it seems.

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