Text on a path?

[KaworuNagisa]

I can't seem to figure out if it's even possible to put text on a path in Flash MX. I don't have MX 2004, by the way. Putting text on a path is pretty common in programs like Photoshop and Illustrator, but I can't seem to find it in Flash. I want to put some text on a circle, or any curved path for that matter. I made it in Photoshop and put it in Flash as a .png, but it just doesn't look good as it rotates, and that's the key to the design. Help if you can...

KN

[NTD]

Hi,

The ability of flash to handle text on a non linear path is something many developers have long complained about. It can be achieved manually by breaking the text into individual letters and arranging them on a path, then group the letters, turn them into a movieclip and manipulate the _rotation property of the clip......

http://ntdesigns.net/quickDemo/2DCircleText.swf

Change the extension to .fla for a look at the file. It could probably be done with actionscript also, but I have not looked into that.

Hope it helps
NTD

[KaworuNagisa]

Well, that was time consuming, but it worked just fine. Moving the centerpoint of each letter to the center of the circular path is a good way to get the letter in the right spot. Hopefully a future version of Flash will allow you to simply type along a path.

KN