Adding text to a flash movie is a basic requirement. Aspose.Flash allows you to add text to an SWF file using DefineEditText class. This class can also be used to add either simple text or HTML in a Flash movie.

 

In this example, we’ll learn to define a font for a text object and then add simple text to a flash movie. The following steps can be used to add a DefineFont2 object and then add text using DefineEditText class:

 

1. Create FlashContainer object and set FrameRate and FrameSize properties
2. Define background color using SetBackgroundColor class
3. Create a new font using DefineFont2 class
4. Create a text object using DefineEditText class
5. Place the text object on FlashContainer using PlaceObject2 class
6. Add ShowFrame object and save the movie

 

The example below will show you how to create font and add a text object in the flash movie.

 

[C#]

 

//create FlashContainer object

FlashContainer flash = new FlashContainer();

// set frame rate

flash.FrameRate = 35.0f;

// set frame size

flash.FrameSize = new Rect(0, 0, 4000, 4000);

 

//define background color

SetBackgroundColor bg = new SetBackgroundColor(new RGB(0, 255, 255, 255));

flash.Add(bg);

 

//define a new font object as DefineFont2

DefineFont2 font = new DefineFont2(flash.NewIdentifier(), "Verdana");

font.Small = false;

font.Italic = false;

font.Bold = false;

font.Language = TextLanguage.Latin;

font.Leading = 0;

font.CodeTable = new ArrayList();

font.GlyphShapeTable = new ArrayList();

flash.Add(font);

 

//create text object using DefineEditText

DefineEditText text = new DefineEditText(flash.NewIdentifier(), new Rect(0, 0, 3000, 1000));

text.WordWrap = false;

text.Multiline = true;

text.Password = false;

text.HTML = false;

text.NoSelect = false;

text.ReadOnly = true;

text.FontId = font.FontId;

text.FontHeight = 400;

text.TextColorRGB = new RGB(0, 0, 0, 255);

text.Leading = 40;

text.InitialText = "sample text";

flash.Add(text);

 

//add text object to the display list using PlaceObject2

PlaceObject2 placeObject = new PlaceObject2(text.ObjectId, 1);

placeObject.CharacterType = PlaceType.New;

placeObject.MatrixTransform = new MatrixTransform(740, 548);

//add PlaceObject2 in the FlashContainer

flash.Add(placeObject);

 

//informs a flash player to show the content of the display list

flash.Add(new ShowFrame());

//save output flash movie

flash.Write("SimpleText.swf");

 

[VB.NET]

 

'create FlashContainer object

Dim flash As New FlashContainer()

' set frame rate

flash.FrameRate = 35.0F

' set frame size

flash.FrameSize = New Rect(0, 0, 4000, 4000)

 

'define background color

Dim bg As New SetBackgroundColor(New RGB(0, 255, 255, 255))

flash.Add(bg)

 

'define a new font object as DefineFont2

Dim font As New DefineFont2(flash.NewIdentifier(), "Verdana")

font.Small = False

font.Italic = False

font.Bold = False

font.Language = TextLanguage.Latin

font.Leading = 0

font.CodeTable = New ArrayList()

font.GlyphShapeTable = New ArrayList()

flash.Add(font)

 

'create text object using DefineEditText

Dim text As New DefineEditText(flash.NewIdentifier(), New Rect(0, 0, 3000, 1000))

text.WordWrap = False

text.Multiline = True

text.Password = False

text.HTML = False

text.NoSelect = False

text.[ReadOnly] = True

text.FontId = font.FontId

text.FontHeight = 400

text.TextColorRGB = New RGB(0, 0, 0, 255)

text.Leading = 40

text.InitialText = "sample text"

flash.Add(text)

 

'add text object to the display list using PlaceObject2

Dim placeObject As New PlaceObject2(text.ObjectId, 1)

placeObject.CharacterType = PlaceType.New

placeObject.MatrixTransform = New MatrixTransform(740, 548)

'add PlaceObject2 in the FlashContainer

flash.Add(placeObject)

 

'informs a flash player to show the content of the display list

flash.Add(New ShowFrame())

'save output flash movie

flash.Write("SimpleText.swf")

 

The output image shows you the simple text added to the flash movie with the font applied.