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josephf61175
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May 6, 2020
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dynamic text object not in library

  • May 6, 2020
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I have created a button and a dynamic text object associated with the buton. The button appears in my library but the dynamic text object does not. Is this normal?

 

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    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    May 6, 2020

    it's expected you'd have problems referencing the textfield (using notation that would work for a child textfield of a movieclip), but it's not clear to me what problem you're describing because it's not clear what you mean by associating a text object with a button.

     

    but if you create a textfield, it's not going to be in the library.  and if you convert it to a symbol, the symbol will be in the library and the textfield will be a child of the symbol, but the textfield still won't be in the library.

    josephf61175
    josephf61175Author
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    May 7, 2020

    Thanks for the response. Being new to Animate CC, I am trying to get the following code to work:

    var root = this;
    this.Conserve_Mass_Button.addEventListener("click",Conserve_Mass_ButtonFunction);
    function Conserve_Mass_ButtonFunction()
    {root.Dyn_Txt_obj_Conserve_Mass_Button.text = "Clicked"; }

    When I click the Conserve_Mass_Button, I want to see "clicked" in the associated dynamic text object; Dyn_Txt_obj_Conserve_Mass_Button. It doesn't seem to work and I thought that the object not being in the library could be the problem.

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