ActionScript 2: make text fade

first, the textfield must be using embedded fonts.  i think you already are doing that (if memory serves from the last time i participated in one of your AS questions).

then, you can use any number of tween engines - or the built-in Adobe tween.  you could do something like this:

import TextField.StyleSheet;
txtOutput_mc.txtOutput.autoSize = true;
onDataVarsLoaded = function(raw){
	var myCSS:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
	myCSS.setStyle("h1", {fontSize:'29',color:'#595351'});
	myCSS.setStyle("p", {fontSize:'16'});
	myCSS.setStyle("a:link", {textDecoration:'underline'});
	myCSS.setStyle("a:hover", {color:'#C81814'});
			
	txtOutput_mc._alpha = 0;  // set it to 0% opacity to start...

	txtOutput.styleSheet = myCSS;
	txtOutput.htmlText = raw;
	
	new mx.transitions.Tween(txtOutput_mc, "_alpha", mx.transitions.easing.Elastic.easeOut, 0, 100, 1, true);  // fde it in over 1 second
	}

var dataVars:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
dataVars.onData = onDataVarsLoaded;
var pagetext=pagetext;
dataVars.load(pagetext);

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Thanks for the help, moagrius.

Unfortunately the text does not fade.
textTest.zip