Pro Text FX

Hi FlyFisho,

Run this little code snippet at the top of your ActionScript:

for(var i:int = 0; i < numChildren; i++) {
    if(getChildAt(i).name == "rip") {
        removeChild(getChildByName("rip"));
    }
}

Then when you create the rip variable, give it a name like this:

var rip:RipText = new RipText(myString, 0x000000, 36);
rip.name = "rip";

Now you can move along the timeline and when the frame hits again it will delete the previous text. In addition, you can run the for loop above on any other frame as well to get rid of the text.

-Jack

Thanks for the reply…. That all works fine but now I would like to know how to kill it so when I go to a previous frame it does not appear. As with the code given it Rewrites in the frame it resides( which is good ) but when i go back to a previous frame it is still there. Im fairly intermediate with this stuff so help would be appreciated greatly. Thanks Angus

Silly me it was looking at me. All good now just used the (removeChild(getChildByName(“rip”)) In the other frames to kill it.

Hi gabessdsp,

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-Jack

Hi Meijestic,

You can add a delay to any of the “ripIt” calls this way:

import flash.utils.setTimeout;

// 3000 = 3 seconds
setTimeout(animateIt, 3000);

function animateIt():void {

    rip4.ripIt(5, 2, Elastic.easeOut);

}

Hi Majestic,

No problem. Here is the expanded code:

import flash.utils.setTimeout;

// 3 second delay
setTimeout(functionOne, 3000);

// 6 second delay
setTimeout(functionTwo, 6000);

function functionOne():void {

    rip3.ripIt(5, 1.5, Elastic.easeOut);

}

function functionTwo():void {

    rip4.ripIt(5, 2, Elastic.easeOut);

}