Controlling appearance of Dynamic Text

Hi All,
is it possible to stretch the font of dynamic text or make it more bold using actionscript 2?
Thanks!
Patrick

Dear KGLAD -
this is my code, but it says "var format:TextFormat = New TextFormat();" is syntax error.
onLoad
var LCD:String;
LCD="PLEASE HOLD MODE FOR > 1 SECOND TO SELECT";
mc_LCD_text.LCD_text.text=LCD;
var format:TextFormat = New TextFormat();
format.color = 0x333333;
format.font = "Helvetica";
format.size = 14;
format.bold = true
LCD_text.setTextFormat( format );

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Maybe I am asking this question wrong. Instead of making you try and figure out what's going on in my file what I really need to know is how you would take this code I am attaching and make it happen on another frame besides frame 1 and it doesn't appear on frame 1. I think this may help me understand a little better.
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Hi folks,
I'm having a very minor issue here (operator error, I'm sure ). With the help of some folks here, I've created a series of calculations, and I've got that part down. Now, I just need it to show up in the movie.
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~~
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I always welcome learning something new.
I did not know creating a new keyframe,
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Yes, I had used the same dynamic text field instance name in
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With the objective to display the User's name throughout
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Side of effect of using the above solution;
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I can make this work from a display / Movie point of view.
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Hi,
I'm triggering Alerts from BPM with Dynamic variables. In ALRTCATDEF I was not able to define the header ( Subject field on the email ) as I need to check Dynamic Text box which will deactivate Short and Long Text. Furthermore Shortext ( for example its like " Process number 00001234567 " ) in ALRTINBOX becoming Subject field in the email. So when we receive email with the Subject field as "Process number 00001234567" doesn't makes sense until you open the email.
I did gone thru the document and all the blogs and lost how to fix it.
Do anyone have the same problem?.. Please help.
Basically I want to system ID on the Subject line of the email.

Well there is an alternate solution. But as a standard using the Control Step of the BPM, this is not possible.
Trigger Alert from a UDF as shown in this blog of mine,
/people/bhavesh.kantilal/blog/2006/07/25/triggering-xi-alerts-from-a-user-defined-function
And also as shown in this blog,
/people/community.user/blog/2006/10/16/simple-steps-to-get-descriptive-alerts-from-bpm-in-xi
Regards
Bhavesh

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Thanks

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