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Dynamic text changes size of background

#1 by Thompaa
Hi

I have a simple lower third with a dynamic textfield created in Flash. Often the text is longer than my background.
How can the lenght of the dynamic text (input from caspar client) adjust the size of background horizontaly to the right?
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Re: Dynamic text changes size of background

#3 by didikunz
Sure I have an idea, it's easy. Do you know how to do "Advanced Templates"? http://casparcg.com/wiki/Content_/_Medi ... _Templates

Make the Textfield as small as possible, so that only a single I has room to be shown.
Then set the autosize:

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nameOfDynamicTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
In the SetData() override function you get the text out of the xml and set it into the field like so:

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nameOfDynamicTextField.text = element.data.@value;
Then you can get the width of the textfield to set the size of your rectangle.
Didi Kunz
CasparCG Client-Programmer, Template Maker & Live CG-Operator
Media Support, CH-5722 Gränichen, Switzerland http://mediasupport.ch/
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Re: Dynamic text changes size of background

#6 by didikunz
gas75 wrote: Hi all, I was looking for the exact opposite: Change the size of a shape that acts as a background of a text field. How can this be achieved? Any help would be appreciated!
note: i'm using the default CasparCG client 2.0.9 (if that matters)
That's exactly what we are talking about in this tread. When you know the lenght of the text, you can size the rectange or shape based on it.
Didi Kunz
CasparCG Client-Programmer, Template Maker & Live CG-Operator
Media Support, CH-5722 Gränichen, Switzerland http://mediasupport.ch/
Problems? Guide to posting Bug reports & Feature requests
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