Dynamic Text can't be masked or blurred?

Hi I have a dynamic textbox that has a scroller. I'm trying
to tween it with some blur effect or put a mask on top of it but
when I do it the text will not show at all. After changing the text
type to static and the effect all worked fine.
Is this the limitation of flash or is there a way to apply
tween/blur/mask effect on dynamic text?

Dynamic text can have anything done to it, just like static
text. You just
have to be sure to embed. Select a dynamic field, in the
Properties Panel,
click the Embed... button. Choose character sets to embed. I
will normally
use Uppercase, Lowercase, Numerals, and Punctuation.
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It isn't really a matter of math, as much as it is logical reasoning, but if you plan to do things with programming, you better plan on getting comfortable with learning math as well. Programming and math go hand-in-hand.
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I guess this is pretty basic but if you can help a new user I'd appreciate any thoughts ... thanks.
I hope I included everything you need to know.
I want to add a line of text to a small mask - the mask reveals a portion of an image underneath - the user drags the mask around the stage
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mask removed, the text still displayed, but I'm not sure what you meant by that, I can't see the field for the text itself, just the text, which is fine because it isn't an input box, the textfield itself is part of a movieClip, and I am able to adjust it no problems.
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