The multicolumnTextfield component enables users of Flash MX and Flash MX 2004 to create multi-column text layouts, same as you would see in newspapers and magazines. The component has been created to aid users in designing for the landscape proportions of a screen medium whilst retaining typographic conventions.
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This example shows a setting of 2 columns used in conjunction with the Flashloaded ultimateScroller.
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- Easily set styles through its intuitive interface
- Supports use of pixel fonts
- Integrates with the Macromedia scrollbar or the ultimateScroller
- Set the column width and maximum number of columns to display
- Set the height to adjust automatically based on the content
- Choose the style for appearance (font, size, color, style)
- Text alignment (left, right or center)
- Indentation (choose to indent the first sentence of each paragraph)
- Select background and border colors around the columns
- Live Preview (see the results in the Flash authoring environment)
Here you can see how the column styles are defined in the component inspector in the Flash authoring environment.
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Use the content window to insert your text directly or insert the text dynamically through Actionscript. Used the HTML option to display HTML text.
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Macromedia Flash MX or Macromedia Flash MX 2004 (standard or professional) for authoring (Windows or Mac). Movies using this component may be published for either Flash Player 6 or Flash Player 7, ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0.
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