query re scrollbar with textbox

[Alex]

1st........ musn't forget my manners....hello everyone  ;)


Right...I'm having problems with the scrollbar with textbox component.
I've resized it to 220px width and 100px height, everything is tres funky except that it only scrolls down to a certain level.
Does the height of the textbox dictate as to how many of the lines it will reveal from the external text file?

I'm thinking of using this component as a replacement for a javascript jumpbox that I use on about 30+ games pages to display a list of all the games I have.  The jumpbox is good but a major pain in the backside when I add any games as I have to add x amount of <option>blahblah</option> to the form code to all the game pages.

I thought this component would be ideal as I would only have to adjust one text file whenever I do an update.

I would be very grateful if anyone has any suggestions as to what to do to remedy the problem or perhaps they might know of another alternative?



Thank you


alex

[Jorge Solis]

Hi Alex, welcome to the Boards !

MX component? MX 2004 component?

Jorge

[Alex]

this one ;D

http://www.flash-db.com/Components/?swfID=19&sComType=Scroll%20Bar

[Jorge Solis]

This is an html textfield. Are you using <br> in your text?

Jorge

[Alex]

Hi Jorge,

yep, I'm using <br> as the game titles are various lengths and I don't want 2 links on 1 line.
It works up to line 39 (if I remember correctly) and then it won't scroll any further.

As an experiment, I enlarged the height and it allowed me to scroll further down.
Only problem is, I don't really want to make it much bigger than the original dimensions I mentioned otherwise it defeats the purpose

[Jorge Solis]

Look at your txt: something is breaking the Flash input (some & in example)

Jorge

[Alex]

I've re-checked the text and I can't work out what the problem is...it's just a series of <a href=> and <br>

If I increase the height dimensions, then it works, if I reduce it to 100 then it doesn't.
Surely if there was something in my text causing a break in the Flash input, then it would affect all size variations of the swf and not just the smaller version?