Dynamic text HTML5

[franckb80659084]

Hi everyone,

I am slowly going from Flash/as3 to Canvas/Javascript and I have a newbie problem with dynamic texts.

I have a dynamic text on the stage instanced as T_Counter and I simply want to change its text property.

I tried the basic :

this.T_Counter.text = "This is a test"; and nothing shows

I tried with a variable :

var ceTexte = "This is a text";

this.T_Counter.text = ceTexte; and nothing shows

It's a bit frustrating to be unable to perform such a basic task !

Thanks in advance for any hint !

[Joseph Labrecque · Accepted solution]

Is advanced layers enabled? Check your document settings:

If using advanced layers, each layer will be translated to a movieclip on publish, so you must be specific:

this.Later_Name.T_Counter.text = "new text";

[pagios]

Do you really mean "Layer_Name" instead of "Later_Name" ?

[Joseph Labrecque]

A true mystery!

[franckb80659084]

Thanks for your answer Joseph, it was the problem.
It seems that I have a lot to learn. The scope of the variables and the way you adress an object seems to be different enough from what I'm used to in as3.
Anyway, I found that event.currentTarget stands for event.target in as3 so I'll find my way out of this mess. lol.

Thanks again !

[Maloru]

Sorry, but doesn't work for me. (HTML5 canvas in Animate (V 20.5))

While rotation of this text field works (regardless of  adding the layer or not) the text does not:

var _this = this;
_this.SwitchText.on('click', function(){
//_this.Label_Clearpoint.rotation+=45;
//_this.Partikel.Label_Clearpoint.text="ABC";
_this.Partikel.Label_Clearpoint.text="ABC";
});

[Maloru]

Problem solved, I found the solution:
I had changed the dynamic text to a movieclip which was not necessary.
Dynamic text already has a label so it can be addressed directly.