Text doesn't wrap in Flash Component Ticker

[jiffyloop]

I've been having some problems getting the text to wrap using the Flash Ticker Component. Anyone else had this problem?? Is there a solution or is this a known bug??

Jiffy Loop ???

[Jorge Solis]

I'm having the same problem when populating using a dataProvider with label/data objects. Using just labels works fine, but with label/data don't show text. Since I was in a hurry, I just write my own without further search, but I think there should be an answer. Post if you find something.

Jorge

[jiffyloop]

Freddycodes on Actionscript.com told me this:


myTicker.setDataAllProperty("multiline", true);
myTicker.setDataAllProperty("wordWrap", true);
myTicker.setDataAllProperty("autosize", "center");

It works!!

Jiffy Loop

[Jorge Solis]

Well, setting an array of objects as dataProvider doesn't seem to work:

[script]
myList = new Array("Flash-Db", "Yahoo", "FlashKit");
myUrl = new Array("http://www.flash-db.com", "http://www.yahoo.com", "http://www.flashkit.com");
myDataProvider = new Array(); //array to hold objects

for(i in myList){ //add objects with label/data property to the array
   var item = {}
   item.label=myList;
   item.data=myUrl;
   myDataProvider=item;
}

ticker.setDataAllProperty("multiline", true);
ticker.setDataAllProperty("wordWrap", true);
ticker.setDataAllProperty("autosize", "center");
ticker.setDataProvider(myDataProvider);
[/script]

Using a simple array works fine

[script]
myUrl = new Array("http://www.flash-db.com", "http://www.yahoo.com", "http://www.flashkit.com");
ticker.setDataProvider(myUrl);
[/script]

Jorge

[Louis Simpson]

Jorge thats because the FTicker component setDataProvider doesn't take the data/label properties like the rest of them. It takes regular text field properties.

[script]
myList = new Array("Flash-Db Flash-Db Flash-Db ", "Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo ", "FlashKit");
myUrl = new Array("http://www.flash-db.com", "http://www.yahoo.com", "http://www.flashkit.com");
myDataProvider = new Array(); //array to hold objects

for(i in myList){ //add objects with label/data property to the array
   myDataProvider.push({text:myList,url:myUrl});
}
ticker.setDataProvider(myDataProvider);
ticker.setDataAllProperty("multiline", true);
ticker.setDataAllProperty("wordWrap", true);
ticker.setDataAllProperty("autosize", "center");
[/script]

Also you need to assign the dataProvider before formatting the text so it will properly format them

[Jorge Solis]

Great, now it works   !

Thanks
Jorge

[samson1]

How do I set line wrapping on a LABEL component, being fed from a dataset?  I tried using the above, but doesn't work.  e.g.

descript_txt.setDataProvider(data1_ds);
descript_txt.setDataAllProperty("multiline", true);
descript_txt.setDataAllProperty("wordWrap", true);


I also tried

descript_txt.setStyle("multiline", true);
descript_txt.setStyle("wordWrap", true);

Still doesn't work. Any ideas?

Geoff

[Jorge Solis]

You should use a Cellrenderer class (with an MC and a multiline textfield)

Jorge