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From: djDaemon on 17 Jun 2008 08:17
I'm using Director MX 2004 to create an interactive training manual, and I've
run into an odd text distortion problem.

I've inserted some text (with Framing set to "Adjust to Fit", text wrap
enabled) into the movie, and when I access it via a top-level menu button
followed by a next-level button, the text appears "squished", as seen
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/djDaemon/AROAppSquished.jpg. However, if
I access this same spot in the movie (even without a stop-and-replay) via the
same lower-level button, but not following the top-level button mentioned
above, that same text element appears as it should, as seen
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/djDaemon/AROAppNormal.jpg.

There is nothing special in the way of code attached to the text element in
question. The buttons that are used to navigate are relatively simple,
employing only rollover and navigational behavior. There is no extraneous
"hold" navigational elements that would stop the movie in mid-render of that
element or whatever (and, as I mentioned, nothing special attached to said text
element).

Any ideas on what might be the problem?

Much thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Brandon

From: Mike Blaustein on 17 Jun 2008 08:37
It look like the lineheight of the member is incorrect in the squished
version. Do you have any code that adjusts the lineheight? If so,
either remove it or fix it.
From: djDaemon on 17 Jun 2008 09:11
No, there is no special code at all attached to the text element. I simply
created the text element, pasted text into it (as I have others without
problem) and then placed it in the score at the appropriate point.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/djDaemon/AROAppProperties.jpg

From: Mike Blaustein on 17 Jun 2008 09:31
In the Property Inspector, on the Text tab, change to List View Mode and
set the FixedLineSpace to whatever it needs to be in order to look right.
From: djDaemon on 17 Jun 2008 09:47
I tried that, and all that seems to do is adjust the spacing between lines of
text, and has no effect on the overall size of the text element, which is what
is being "squished" and causing the distorted display.

I've set that value to various numbers, ranging from 0-500, and nothing
corrects it. You can see that it looks mostly identical with it set to 17,
rather than 0 http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/djDaemon/AROAppFL.jpg.

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