Using Scrollbar component Flash 8

To use the scollbar component it is not apparent at first how to do it. The secret is that you just drop a scrollbar onto a textbox. I will go through the process step by step to help you to get a scrollbar that will scroll the text inside a textbox.
Note that you could also use a scrollpane component which is a little bit different in that it can load pictures and other movies into it. Go to the Scrollpane tutorial with scolling pictures and also go to the tutorial about how to use a scrollpane.
So here are the steps that you need to follow to use the scrollbar.

Firstly click on the Text tool icon.
Click and drag on the stage a textbox to the size you want
In the properties box, with the textbox selected, Make the textbox multiline instead of single line.
Also make sure that the textbox is Dynamic Text and that you have given it an instance name. eg. answer_txt.
To add the scrollbar drag and drop a scollbar component(Menu item window - components - User Interface) onto the top of the textbox.

You can change the text inside the textbox using the .text attribute of the Textbox.
e.g.

change_btn.onRelease = function(){
answer_txt.text = "The text inside this textbox has been changed. So move the scrollbar at the right to scroll down to see the amazing information about flash that you will read.";
}

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