Flashblocks Flash CMS Component
(Flash Content Management System)

I haven't used embedded fonts yet, but I have found that when I use small blocks of text using system fonts I have to make the block much larger than the height of the text or else scrollbars appear.... For example, I have a copyright line that is two lines of 9pt text... It could fit into a text block about 1/4" high, but I have to make the block nearly 1" high or else I'll get the scrollbars.... I found the same problem with a single line headline.

I think a great feature would be a checkbox or radio button in the text editor to turn scrollbars on or off... is that possible? In the mean-time I'll try embedding text to see if that makes a difference.

Thanks!

Yes, I have been thinking about that as well. Thanks.

I second that.

We should create a wish list so he can keep track for request like this.

any luck with taking out the scroll bar?
Can we take it out ourselves?

Yes you sure can. If you look in the flashblocks/flashblocks LINK or UNLINK/ folders in your flash library. You will see the "cmsOBJ scroll sys" MC and the "cmsOBJ scroll smooth" MC. You can edit these MC's and simply delete the scroll bar.

yeah but now i can't use it at all on the site.
What about a disable function on certain blocks?

I will keep this in mind for the next Flashblocks build.

Any news on having a disable feature or option to take out the scroll bar for a 1 line of text on 1 flashblocks?

Sorry about the delay. It is a pretty simply operation:

For the system scroller, open the MC cmsOBJ scroll sys from the library.
change the IF THEN statement to look like this:

if (txtBox.maxscroll>1 and this._parent.noScroll != true) {
...

now it will only render the scrollbar if there is text to scroll and the noScroll var is not set to true

Now set the noScroll var inside any edit block and the scrollbar will hide:

onClipEvent (load) {
this.noScroll = true;
}

or

editblockName.noScroll = true;

to hide the smooth scrollbar:

add this line of code to the init() function inside the MC cmsOBJ scroll smooth:

if (this._parent.noScroll) {
scroller._visible = false;
}

NOTE: the mouse wheel will still scroll the text if there is text to scroll

Better yet, how about I just upload a version 1.4.4 with the additions.
developer V1.4.4 zip will uploaded momentarily.

Thanks for the new developer update. Are there any specific files that needs to be replaced over the 1.4.3 version? Or do i need to replace all the files?

greetz,
walter