YOU WILL NEED:


Name Enter Screen.mfa
This mfa contains all the objects you will need for this tutorial. Apart from the objects, frame 1 is empty, while frame 2 includes the finished code. Download here.

Name Character (Active Object)
This object will be used to blit the entered name. Every possible character is stored as a different frame in a single animation sequence.

Keypad Character (Active Object)
This object will be used to blit the keypad. It contains the same frames as the Name Character object, except lower and uppercase have been separated into two directions. It also 3 extra images, SPC, DEL and OK.

Blitter (Active Object)
As before, this object will be re-positioned around the screen to blit the characters. This time however, it has an animation and will act as a cursor. The red frame will always be invisible.

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