Changing scrollTrackColor bckground problem

Question

hi harveyc & to all flash fanatic,
i'm intersted also to wt u did in flashkit.com but ryt nw i'm
using a default component like scrollpane bcoz i'm only beginner in
AS dt's y f u don't mind, can u give me d exact code on how to
change d bgcolor of d scrollTrackColor & wer s d exact to put
it in flash?
I tried alreadu some sample on dis forum bt still it won't
run as in no effect. I think i just miss type d code:
here's my sample code for u to see and analyze
code:
mysp.setStyle("borderStyle", "none"); - dis one work, its
remove d white border of scrollpane
mysp.setStyle("scrollTrackColor", 0x000000); - & diz
won't work at all, as in no effect.
what should i do now . pls help me too.
tnx an advnce 4 ur help
norman-RP

Answer 1

Hi judy, yes your right, if you use self-expanding text
blocks this would be the case,
if you use standard text frames however this works,
that said, you would need to make sure the text frame is
large enough for future scaling needs (as with the path method)
also the problem with my solution as well a Judys is the fact
that the text will in Judys case stick to the path and in my
solution stick to the top of the frame, it's likely that the town
name would not lie nicely level with the dot in either case if the
font size changes drastically,
you would have to move the town names slightly to realign
their position vertically in relation to the dot, if you use the
layer method and select all on the appropriate layer they can all
be moved together accurately and easily on one action,
Judys solution will work, however working with paths adds
another set of annoying quirks, one of which is:
if you find that a too short path causes the text to be
clipped, try resizing the path from either end and you will find
that the right alignment value remains at the same point measured
from the left end of the path rather than sticking to the right end
of the path, you can of course unatatch and re-attatch each
individual town name to each path or alter the right alignment
value,
if the text is clipped because of a too small text frame,
just drag the text frame at the bottom left to resize and you're
done, the text will always stick to the right of the frame.
there's no easy automatic solution to this, but why
complicate things if you don't need too?