Dynamic text behind a mask

[stunt_penguin]

Hi,

I've been trying to dynamically change some text for a titlebar that is behind a mask

However, I find that when I change the text of the dynamic text field (whose containing movieclip is masked by a graphic), the text no longer appears at all.

When i remove the masking, the text changes properly when asked, but when it it masked, the text does not show at all.

Is this a known issue?

Thanks,
Chris

[NovemberRain]

Probably u've manually masked the movieclip. Try to use setMask () method of movieclip.

Eg:

_root.dynamictext.setMask (_root.mask);

[scotty]

And/or embed the font;)

scotty(-:

[biznuge]

THANKS! so much I can't say! lol

Been wondering about this since my first piece of flash, over 2 years ago, so it's nice to know MX wasn't as badly messed up for dynamic actions as I thought...

Seriously! THANKS! =)

Dynamic MASK has solved ALL of my problems!!! muahahahaahah