Flash Script – Simple Typewriter Effect

type = ‘application/x-shockwave-flash’
data = ‘http://sitepointstatic.com/flash/typewriter.swf’
width = ’400′
height = ’400′
bgcolor = ‘black’
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1. Create one text field, and give it variable name "type".

2. Create 3 keyframes as shown below:

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3. In the first key frame, insert the action:

text = "This text is being displayed with type writer effect"; 

max = length(text);  

loop = 1;

4. In the second key frame insert the action:

loop = loop + 1  

 

type = substring(text,1,loop);

5. In the third key frame insert the action:

if (i > max)  

{ stop(); }  

else  

{ gotoAndPlay (2); }

6. That’s it! You have built your own type writer effect!

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