Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling appearance
-- Lingo
vMember = member("Text")
vMember.boxType = #fixed
vMember.width = 128
vMember.height = 256
put vMember.rect
-- rect(0, 0, 128, 256)
// JavaScript
vMember = member("Text");
vMember.boxType = symbol("fixed");
vMember.width = 128;
vMember.height = 256;
trace(vMember.rect);
//
Note: If you try to set the rect of a text member directly, the width of the cast member gets set, but its height remains
unchanged. If you change the width and the height explicitly, then the rect of the text member is set correctly.
You can even simulate editable text in an overlay. To do this, place a text sprite over the 3D sprite at the position where
you want to see the text. Create an overlay containing the image of the text member inside the 3D camera view. Each
time the user presses a key, update the texture that is displayed in the overlay. To see this technique in action, download
the movie EditableOverlay.dir and launch it. Click in the text area and start typing.
An overlay in the 3D sprite displays a texture that uses the image of an editable text member
When the mouse pointer moves over the editable text sprite, the cursor changes to the text insert cursor.
Note: When you click in the text sprite or make a selection, the insertion point or current selection is not displayed. You
can create a more elaborate version of the Editable Overlay behavior if the insertion point information is necessary. See
Manipulating text with Lingo or JavaScript syntax for more information.
In the behavior extract below, pTexture is a pointer to the texture in the 3D member which is displayed in the overlay,
and pTextMember is the Text member which is placed on top of the 3D sprite. This extract is found in a behavior
attached to the Text sprite.
on keyUp(me) ----------------------------------------------------
-- ACTION: Refreshes the texture of the overlay to show the
-- latest text in the editable text member. The
-- overlay will update automatically.
---------------------------------------------------------------
pTexture.member = pTextMember
end keyUp
The paler rectangle around the text is created by a separate overlay.
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