// Draws a graphic which will be used as a button. Alpha is 0, meaning it is transparent.
function DrawButton() {
	var ButtonSprite:Sprite = new Sprite();
	ButtonSprite.graphics.beginFill(0xff000,1);
	ButtonSprite.graphics.drawRect(0,0,200,30);
	ButtonSprite.graphics.endFill();
	ButtonSprite.alpha = 0;
	return ButtonSprite;
}

// Creates the format for the text which will appear in the text box.
function CreateFormat(size:int, Font:String) {
	var CreateFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
	CreateFormat.size = size;
	CreateFormat.font = Font;
	return CreateFormat;
}

// Creates a button.
function CreateButton (OriginX:int, OriginY:int, Width:int, Height:int) {
	var CreateButton:SimpleButton = new SimpleButton();
	CreateButton.overState = CreateButton.downState = CreateButton.upState = CreateButton.hitTestState = DrawButton();
	CreateButton.x = OriginX;
	CreateButton.y = OriginY;
	CreateButton.width = Width;
	CreateButton.height = Height;
	return CreateButton;

}


var j:int = 0; // Itterative loop-counter.
var i:int = 0; // Another itterative loop-counter.
var MessageCount:int = 0; // Indicates the total number of messages in a TextOut function call.
var MessageEnd:int = 0; // Indicates if the final message in a TextOut function call has been displayed.
var MessageStatus:int; // Indicates whether the current message is being letterized.
var StringsArray:Array = new Array(); // An array that contains all the messages as strings.
var LettersArray:Array = new Array(); // An array that contains the current message strings letters.
var LetterTimer:Timer = new Timer(125); // A timer that allows letterization to be delayed by a specified amount of miliseconds.
var MessageButton:SimpleButton = CreateButton(0, 549, 432, 218); // Creates the button that skips or advances messages.
var MessageTextField:TextField = new TextField(); // The text field inside which the message is displayed.
var MessageFormat:TextFormat = CreateFormat(25, "Century Gothic"); // A format, which is applied to our text field, on the next line.
MessageTextField.setTextFormat(MessageFormat); // Applies MessageFormat to MessageTextField.

function Letterize(){
	if (MessageEnd == 1) {
		removeChild(MessageButton);
		removeChild(MessageTextField);
		MessageButton.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onMessageButtonClick);
	} else {
		MessageStatus = 0;
		addChild(MessageTextField);
		addChild(MessageButton);
		MessageTextField.wordWrap = true;
		MessageTextField.selectable = false;
		MessageTextField.width = 392;
		MessageTextField.x = 20;
		MessageTextField.y = 549;
		MessageTextField.height = 218;
		MessageTextField.text="";
		j=0;
		LetterTimer.start();
		LetterTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, update);
		function update(TimerEvent){
 			MessageTextField.appendText(LettersArray[j]);
 			MessageTextField.setTextFormat(MessageFormat);
 			j++;
 			if(j==LettersArray.length){
				MessageStatus = 1;
  				LetterTimer.stop();
			}
  		}

	}
}

function TextOut(... arguments){
	MessageEnd = 0;
	MessageCount = arguments.length ;
	i = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < MessageCount; i++) {
    StringsArray.push(arguments[i]);
	}
	i = 0;
	LettersArray = StringsArray[i].split("");
	Letterize();
	MessageButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onMessageButtonClick);
	function onMessageButtonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void{
  		if(MessageStatus == 1 && i == MessageCount - 1) {
	  		MessageEnd = 1;
	  		Letterize();
  			MessageButton.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,onMessageButtonClick);
  		} else if (MessageStatus == 0) {
	  		MessageTextField.text = StringsArray[i];
  			MessageTextField.setTextFormat(MessageFormat);
			LetterTimer.stop();
			LetterTimer.reset();
			MessageStatus = 1;
  		} else if (MessageStatus == 1) {
	  		i++;
	 		//removeChild(MessageTextField);
			LetterTimer.stop();
			LetterTimer.reset();
	 		j=0;
	 		LettersArray = StringsArray[i].split("");
	 		Letterize();
  		}
	}
}

TextOut("Wow. Whoa. That is some group of people. Thousands.", "So nice, thank you very much. That's really nice. Thank you. It's great to be at Trump Tower. It's great to be in a wonderful city, New York.", "And it's an honor to have everybody here. This is beyond anybody's expectations. There's been no crowd like this.", "And, I can tell, some of the candidates, they went in. They didn't know the air-conditioner didn't work. They sweated like dogs.", "They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen.", "Our country is in serious trouble. We don't have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don't have them. ");