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Could you possibly post a working sample of a simple movie?

Two buttons:
Pressing one loads a swf file from hard drive to a sprite or movie holder.
Pressing the other loads a different swf file...

It has been a while since I worked with 3DFA.

The updates look great!

One thing that is missing, though, is the loadMovie command.

Even in Scripting it seems to not allow dynamic loading of...

Yes, it can be driven locally.

The easiest way is to place all the files in a single directory/folder. The html,swf and all of the files pointed to in the Menu_info.txt file. Place all of them in...

Has anyone been able to get Flash remoting to work in 3dfa?
Or has any one used the loadMovie method directly with binary data from a database?

Here is a link showing how to upload a binary file...

Thanks Bret,

I've got a use for it right away.

Pat Jackson

I wish I had documented the steps it took to finally get to this code.

I do know that it took a while to finally pin-piont some key pieces, alot of ActionScript searching and just playing with the...

Thanks for your kind replys.

My next goal with this is to create an online means to upload files,
create the text file, or use a database to save the external data.
Database sounds great,but I...

Look here:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/local_query.htm

Source for Dynamic Buttons with Streaming Videos

Note: Pay close attention to the text file format.
No space after the variables.
Place in same folder as swf or change path in starting script.

It's getting there.

The real point is that all of the content is dynamic. Not part of the Flash File. An external text file holds all the data that the Flash program uses whether it be a streaming...

I finally got cloned buttons working like I wanted.

I am using an external text file to load the Titles,
Descriptions and filenames for swfs or jpgs files into a movie that corresponds to each...

I think I found a beginning for dynamic captions for cloned Buttons.

First Create a button adding a Paint element and an edit Box.
Set the variable for the edit box. I used "t1"

Then create a...

Does anyone have an idea how to access a text box element that has been inserted into a button element.

i.e

Button1 added to Movie
Edit 30 added to Button 1

I know I can asign a variaible...

I have spent several days trying to find the same answer.

I think this is a possible solution!
Short answer --- _root["track"+i];

long answer.

variables in text file loaded in with:...