TLF Text

[Guest]

I'm new at creating ActionScripts in Flash - and especially new with using Flash CS5 and ActionScript 3. The last time I touched Flash was CS3, and only dealt with animation-related scripts.

I have a project where I need to create a simple calculation of user-input information. I was able to figure out the script for that but there are still a couple of gaps I'm working on and I'm getting close to being frustrated. I'm sure these problems are very basic for a Flash programmer, but I'm not that. 😞

1. My TLF input text does not keep the font style I selected in the properties section. It keeps saying, "Embed the Font Style" and I thought I did this besides, I don't see the error anymore - but my output still defaults to a Times New Roman font instead of the Myriad Pro that I selected.

2. I'd like to format the input text numbers as amounts - with only two decimal places and a dollar sign, how do I do this?

I'd appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance!

[kglad]

1.  use classic text.

2:  you can use formatF() below to convert your textfield's text property to the format you want:

function formatF(s:String):String{

var n:Number=Number(s);

n = Math.round(n*100)/100;

var s1:String = n.toString();

var a:Array = s1.split(".");

while(a[1].length<2){

a[1] = a[1]+"0";

}

return "$"+a[0]+"."+a[1];

}

[Guest]

1. I actually figured this out - I had to embed the font in every instance and it finally worked.

2. Sorry, I don't understand where I'm supposed to add this function. If you can post an example, that would be great - maybe it's just a matter of me not understanding which parts need to be substituted.

Thanks.

[kglad]

copy and paste the code for that function anywhere that executes before calling it.  you can call it like:

yourTF.text = formatF(yourTF.text);

[Guest]

It keeps giving me this output error: TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at Calc_fla::MainTimeline/formatF()

[kglad]

use:

function formatF(s:String):String{

var n:Number=Number(s);

n = Math.round(n*100)/100;

var s1:String = n.toString();

if(s1.indexOf(".")==-1){

return s1+".00";

}

var a:Array = s1.split(".");

while(a[1].length<2){

a[1] = a[1]+"0";

}

return "$"+a[0]+"."+a[1];

}

[Guest]

Yay! No more errors!

The decimal point and decimal places work but I don't see commas or the dollar sign.

[kglad]

you'll need to format the commas.  here's the dollar sign:

kglad wrote:

use:

function formatF(s:String):String{

var n:Number=Number(s);

n = Math.round(n*100)/100;

var s1:String = n.toString();

if(s1.indexOf(".")==-1){

return "$"+s1+".00";

}

var a:Array = s1.split(".");

while(a[1].length<2){

a[1] = a[1]+"0";

}

return "$"+a[0]+"."+a[1];

}

[Guest]

Okay, the dollar sign works now and I figured out the comma! So happy!

But there seems to be a problem, it works great in my local machine but when i upload it to our website, all the formatting drops! No decimal point, no comma, no $.

[as]

function formatF(s:String):String
{
var n:Number=Number(s);
n = Math.round(n*100)/100;
var s1:String = n.toString();
if(s1.indexOf(".")==-1)
var rgx:RegExp = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
    while (rgx.test(s1)) {
    s1 = s1.replace(rgx, "$1" + "," + "$2");
}
{
return "$"+s1+".00";
}
var a:Array = s1.split(".");
while(a[1].length<2){
a[1] = a[1]+"0";
}
return "$"+a[0]+"."+a[1];
}

[as]

[kglad]

there's nothing in formatF() that would make any difference when executed in an online vs local swf.

on the other hand, there are quite a few things that do change when executed in an online vs local swf.

[Guest]

That's what I thought... Anyway, I made different computations and I've narrowed the instance when the uploaded version drops the currency formatting - it only happens when I have an input text that has a decimal point in it. It works great in the local version but not the uploaded version. The uploaded version works fine as long as the numbers I use are whole numbers.