text showing up undefined

[Guest]

i opened a fla that use's actionscript 2 the only way my text will work is if it is static text. thanks, ron

[Ned Murphy]

Explain what you are doing for whatever your problem is.

[Guest]

i removed old text and added new text now it just shows undefined where the text should be

thanks

[Ned Murphy]

In what way did you remove text?  What would normally define the text?  If you find that, you will likely find what you need to fix.

[Guest]

i opened the text boxes and removed the words your text here and added my text then embedded them

[Ned Murphy]

If the text is changing in textfields then they are dynamic textfield and some code somewhere is the cause of them changiong.  If you select one and look in the properties panel you should hopefully see an instance name assigned to it (or possibly a var).  You need to examone the coede that assigns text to the textfield using that instance name and figure out why it is coming up with an undefined value.

[Guest]

how do i examine the code? the instance name is output.

[Ned Murphy]

Since you are dealing with an AS2 file you will either find the code attached to the object(s) or in the timeline.  In either case you need to have the Actions window opened... that's where the code is likely written. 

Code in the timeliine can be found in any frame where you see a lower case "a"-looking symbol.  Just select the frame while the Actions window is open and whatever code is in that frame should appear in the window.

Code attached to objects is harder to find since the only way to find it is to select the object while the AQctions panel is opened and see if anything shows up.

If you do not know these basic things about Flash you are probably going to have to consider hiring someone to do whatever you need to do.

[Guest]

thank's i think i am getting it figured out

ron