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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Getting text to appear over a transparent window

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SonicX
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Posted: 24th Nov 2003 22:54
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Please take a look at the code below. It's suppose to display the sentence one letter at a time overlapping a transparent text window which I made as a sprite.
The trouble with the code is that instead of printing "T", "Th", "The" it prints "T", then it deletes "T" and prints "h", then it deletes "h" and prints "e" etc. I've set it to draw sprites first so the text should always overlap the sprite, but it just doesn't work the way I want it to, please help.
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Stephen
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Posted: 25th Nov 2003 03:54
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It worked fine on my computer. Is that all of the code?
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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Nov 2003 06:27 Edited at: 25th Nov 2003 06:36
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works here for me.
You should try this instead.

S$="The cat sat on the mat"
FOR T=1 TO LEN(S$)
TEXT X,Y, left$(S$,T)
WAIT 100
NEXT T


By using left, it'll return the chunk of the string to be displayed instead of just 1 letter at a time. The advantage is when using 3D, or having to clear screen. Because everytime the screen refreshes, the old letters are erased or cleared away. Also, make a delay based on Timer() instead of wait. That way it won't hault the rest of your program.
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