Typing style effect for Flash 8 mac

Question

I have flash 8 on a g5 mac.
I'm looking for something that will give me a typing or
old-style computer terminal effect for text on a page I'm building.
I'd rather not to all of it by hand with masks if I can avoid it.
I payed for and downloaded Red Giants "Text FX" program,
which does do this. But then I found out it doesn't support Flash 8
on the mac... Bummer.
Anyone know of another good add-on for Flash 8 on the mac
that will do this effect for me?

Answer 1

Shannon Duncan wrote:
> I have flash 8 on a g5 mac.
>
> I'm looking for something that will give me a typing or
old-style computer
> terminal effect for text on a page I'm building. I'd
rather not to all of it
> by hand with masks if I can avoid it.
>
> I payed for and downloaded Red Giants "Text FX" program,
which does do this.
> But then I found out it doesn't support Flash 8 on the
mac... Bummer.
>
> Anyone know of another good add-on for Flash 8 on the
mac that will do this
> effect for me?
Make a text field, dynamic with multiple lines, give it
Instance name "mytext"
than paste it on timeline frame, pretty much it.
TextField.prototype.typer = function(str, ms) {
var me = this;
var i = 0;
var itv = setInterval(function () {
me.text = str.substring(0, i);
i++;
if (i>str.length) {
clearInterval(itv);
updateAfterEvent();}, ms);
mystring = "Morbi risus. Cras iaculis neque et lectus auctor
vehicula. Etiam aliquet mi nec lectus.
Mauris pharetra, ligula nec mattis blandit, dolor enim
placerat augue, sit amet cursus magna lectus
a neque. Mauris mauris erat, congue sed, malesuada sit amet,
malesuada sollicitudin, elit. Sed in
odio ut sem condimentum lacinia. Curabitur pellentesque
blandit nisl. Mauris vel dui. Vivamus velit.";
mytext.typer(mystring, 50);
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