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msg1 { ed oconnell [+], posted: 10.24.02 2p•-, top [^] }

Pretty cool. If you set the textfield's html property to "true;" and feed it
some, it does render, of course, but the function needs to iterate over every character
in the string, so the effect gets thrown off while Flash processes each of these unseen
characters one at a time.

I wonder if there would be a way to pre-process the html in the string in order to smooth
that out?

msg2 { poe [+], posted: 03.02.03 3p•-, top [^] }

you would just need a string.IsVisible (charAt) function to determine if the character will be visible after parsing or not..then skip through it without delay if it is parsed or run a delay if it is visible..should be easy but its late and my head is reay to explode

msg3 { cdMan [+], posted: 04.27.03 1p•-, top [^] }

a finish event: onTypeWriterEnd

TextField.prototype.typeWriter = function(str, ms) {
	var me = this;
	var i = 0;
	var itv = setInterval(function () {
		me.text = str.substring(0, i);
		i++;		
		if (i>str.length) {
			this.onTypeWriterEnd();
			clearInterval(itv);
		}
		updateAfterEvent();
	}, ms);
};

msg4 { totoro [+], posted: 03.16.04 4p•-, top [^] }

Excuse me to post such as a question but, as a not developer i have many questions :)
well, how do you put textformat to this prototype ? i tryed to use many possibilities but it has never worked...

Could you please help me ?! :)

Many thanks,
totoro.

msg5 { cactus [+], posted: 09.25.04 8p•-, top [^] }

TextField.prototype.type_ = function(str,_r,_ms) {
	var me = this;
	var i = 0;
	var itv = setInterval(function () {
		me.htmlText = str.substring(0, i);
		i+=random(_r);
		if (i>str.length) {
			this.onTypeWriterEnd();
			clearInterval(itv);
		}
		updateAfterEvent();
	}, _ms);
};

just a little modification
i+=random(_r);
randomise inscreasing.

msg6 { FARB [+], posted: 12.17.04 9a•-, top [^] }

Hello!
I'm using this prototype like this:
1. onRoolOver - load the string
2. onRollOut - clear the textfield

but number 2 is not working
Here is my code:

btn.onRollOver = function () {
mystring = "buraco de bala";
mytext.typeWriter(mystring, 25);
}

btn.onRollOut = function () {
mystring = "";
}

msg7 { farmazone [+], posted: 01.09.05 9a•-, top [^] }

something like this. sorry for polish variables ;)

TextField.prototype.typeWriter = function(str, ms) {
	var me = this;
	var i = 0;
	var tekst = str;
	me.koniec = function() {
		clearInterval(itv);
	};
	var itv = setInterval(function () {
		me.htmlText = str.substring(0, i);
		i++;
		if (me.maxscroll != 1 || i>str.length) {//function stops because another lines are not visible
			me.koniec();
			me.htmlText = tekst;
			//trace("done");
		}
		updateAfterEvent();
	}, ms);
};
TextField.prototype.type_ = function(str, _r, _ms) {
	var me = this;
	var i = 0;
	var tekst = str;
	me.koniec = function() {
		clearInterval(itv);
	};
	var itv = setInterval(function () {
		me.htmlText = str.substring(0, i);
		i += random(_r);
		if (me.maxscroll != 1 || i>str.length) {
			this.onTypeWriterEnd();
			me.koniec();;
			me.htmlText = tekst;
		}
		updateAfterEvent();
	}, _ms);
};
//this function just stops . may be useful
TextField.prototype.clearType = function() {
	this.koniec();
};