input text box not storing variables?

i want to get a user to input into an input box. they do this and the code im using is:

var tempstring:String;
tempstring = inputstring;

all variable names on the input boxes are working

however when i trace tempstring this is what it says in output

<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="29" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">3</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

of course i want it to read the one character they enter into the inputstring box. what am i not doing here?

You have to use Instance name and not Variable name. Put "inputstring" in the Instance name of your input texboxes, and not in the Variable Name.

And add .text like this: tempstring = inputstring.text;

ah not at the pc with it on atm, i already tried the .text thing and that didnt work but im pretty sure the instance name doesnt store the value, its the variable which does this . . running trace like i said has my variable with data in it, just not the entered data, it seems to be storing the box's formatting properties :S

thanks for reply, will get back to pc in next hr and give it another go with the instance name to be sure ,thanks!

edit: putting the .text doesnt display all of the formatting code but running atrace now says that its undefined. using instance names give me the _level0.input

You want the variable tempstring to trigger the input textbox data?

If you get _level0.input , that means your inputstring textbox is empty. Try adding data to it manually on it, or instead you can do this:

PHP Code:

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inputstring="this is my text, now the variable tempstring can trigger me!";
var tempstring:String;
tempstring=inputstring.text;

trace(tempstring); 


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Hi,

yours gives off undefined too Angel.

PHP Code:

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inputstring = "hello";
var tempstring:String;
tempstring = inputstring;

trace(tempstring); 


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I also suspect you have the textfield rendered as html, turn it off or use

PHP Code:

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inputstring.html = true;
inputstring = "hello";
var tempstring:String;
tempstring = inputstring;

trace(tempstring); 


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this is based on a textfield with instance name and var name of "inputstring", which in my opinion isn't a good idea to have the same names, maybe alter one of them just slightly.

Fruitbeard (here we go again)...

Mine don't give undefined, because I specified inputstring="this is my text, now the variable tempstring can trigger me!";

I told Demastras to use Instance name instead of Variable name, then

PHP Code:

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inputstring="this is my text, now the variable tempstring can trigger me!";
var tempstring:String;
tempstring=inputstring.text;

trace(tempstring); 


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You forgot to add the .text to my script Fruitbeard, that's why it gets undefined. I forgot to add it to, but in here

PHP Code:

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inputstring="this is my text, now the variable tempstring can trigger me!"; 


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Now this is the fixed script:

PHP Code:

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inputstring.text="this is my text, now the variable tempstring can trigger me!";
var tempstring:String;
tempstring=inputstring.text;

trace(tempstring); 


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Hope that helps Damastras :)

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Erm . . thanks for the replys guys but i dont want to initialise the string manually or hard code it. the user will enter their text string into an input box, i want this string to be stored as a variable to be saved in the program for later. when i do this and assign the string to a variable this is actually stored in the tempvariable i create

<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="29" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">3</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

So its actually storing the "3" i typed into the box BUT storing all this formatting junk as well. this is actually working but of couse when i say if(text = "3") for example its always going to be false as text is actually equal to <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="29" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">3</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

Now there is a cheap work around and i say if(text ="<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="29" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">3</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>") it works . . but that is crazy!


EDIT: NM the above actually works but i didnt think id have to initialise the code elese where.

thank you once again flash kit! I can carry on my development of a good idea i think i have for work. I will be posting more as its been a while since i programmed properly! .

Hi,

Try something like this!!

PHP Code:

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MyText.onChanged = function()
{
    //MyInputString = MyText.text;
    //var TempString:String;
    //TempString = MyInputString;
    //trace(TempString);
    TempString = MyText.text;
    if (TempString == "3")
    {
        TempString = "Well Done!";
    }
    trace(TempString);
}; 


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embedding the font as always.

ive figured it out, thanks beard! im using the instance name thing and initialising the boxes in frame 1 of the file and then using a button to verify the data, working pretty good!

Ill be opening up a new post about reading files from a notepad into flash next, ill just do at leasta days worth of searching the net before i start spamming questions.

thanks again people . . just need a kick start back into this kind of work, as ive said above, its been a while!

I can surely help with loading a textfile text into flash. Let me know.