TextField.prototype.constructTextbyLetter = function(txt, speed, size) {
if (!size) {
size = 1;
}
if (!speed) {
speed = 10;
}
var i = 0;
var txt = txt;
clearInterval(_root[this._name+'Int']);
_root[this._name+'Int'] = setInterval(function (_txt) {
// from start
//_txt.text = txt.substr(0, (i+=size))
// from start with acceleration
_txt.text = txt.substr(0, _txt.length+(i += size));
// from end
//_txt.text = txt.substr(txt.length-(i+=size))
// from end with acceleration
//var first_letter = txt.length-(_txt.length+(i+=size))
//_txt.text = txt.substr((first_letter < 0 ? 0 : first_letter))
//
updateAfterEvent();
if (_txt.length>=txt.length) {
clearInterval(_root[_txt._name+'Int']);
}
}, speed, this);
};
TextField.prototype.deConstructTextbyLetter = function(speed, size) {
if (!size) {
size = 1;
}
if (!speed) {
speed = 10;
}
var i = 0;
var len = this.length;
clearInterval(_root[this._name+'Int']);
_root[this._name+'Int'] = setInterval(function (_txt) {
// from end
//_txt.text = _txt.text.substr(0, len-(i+=size))
// from end with acceleration
//_txt.text = _txt.text.substr(0, _txt.length-(i+=size))
// from start
//_txt.text = _txt.text.substr(size)
// from start with acceleration
_txt.text = _txt.text.substr((i += size));
updateAfterEvent();
if (!_txt.length) {
clearInterval(_root[_txt._name+'Int']);
}
}, speed, this);
};Usage:
//Create a textfield in the main timeline, name it to test, make it dynamic.
//put this code to your _root.
test.constructTextbyLetter("Another sample text .", 100, 3);
// or
test.constructTextbyLetter("Another sample text .", 100);
//Deconstruct:
test.constructTextbyLetter(100);
