User Guide

THE STRING OBJECT
The String object contains a string of text. It can display the string using a selected font. It is
the object to use as soon as you have some text to display.
To create a String object
Choose the “Insert object” option in the frame editor pop-up menu, or in the Insert submenu
in MMF main menu. Then choose the String object and drop it somewhere in the frame.
The icon of the object should appear in the left pane of the frame editor:
Properties
Only a few specific properties for the string object.
The string object can contains a number of paragraphs. By clicking on the “New” button
you add a new paragraph to the list. Click on the text zone to edit the text of the paragraph.
In the event editor, you will be able to display this or that paragraph.
To change the font used to display the object, click on the “Text Options” tab in the property
toolbar. This will display the font choice and text formatting option:
• Font. Click to choose another font.
• Style. Allows you to display the text in bold or
italic.
• Effect. Choice of underline or strike-out.
• Color. Choose the color of the font.
• Alignment / Horizontal. To align on the left,
center or right justify the text.
• Alignment / Vertical. To display the text in the
top, middle or bottom of the object’s box.
The string object also has an option called Alternate String which can be accessed from the
Event Editor. You can have the string change its text during runtime to anything you might
require. The string object is also an invaluable object to store strings, retrieve them and
make string calculations in the event-editor.
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