FLASH: Draggable Scroll - F5

[Jason Bouwmeester]

Asked this to the Flashcoders list but it seems to be down so here goes...


I have a textbox that reads in HTML formatted text from a .txt file. I've

got the two scroll buttons working no problem, I have a small ball that is

more of a status bar indicator, i.e. it goes down as you get closer to the

bottom of the list and up as you get closer to the top, much like a

scrollbar in OS windows. Anyways, I want the ball to be draggable and scroll

the content in the text box at the same time, I just can't quite get it.

Here's what I have for code so far:


onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

	if (mousePressed) {

		mousePositionVAR = _root._ymouse;

		startDrag("",true,137,190,137,254);

		if(_root._ymouse > mousePositionVAR){

			_root.headlinesVAR.scroll =

_root.headlinesVAR.scroll + 1;

		} else {

			_root.headlinesVAR.scroll =

_root.headlinesVAR.scroll - 1;

		}

	}

}


Now, when I take out the if else statement, it does scroll no problem, so I

know that there is something wrong with the if else... not to sure what

though as it seems to be making sense.


Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated!


TIA,

jb



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