external text file

[alphaVille]

how do i get flash to import text? i tried creating a dynamic text field, variable name INTRO, and in frame 1, i put action:

loadVariablesNum("My.txt", 0);

and my text file My.txt contains INTRO = hello

I can't see anything! please help!

[foul_mouthed_sailor]

Maybe watch the spaces in the text in the text file:

"INTRO=hello"

Do you have spaces on wither side of the "="?

[alphaVille]

thankyou! that's been driving me mad for the past hour!

[foul_mouthed_sailor]

Also, check out the text file tutorial:

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Ac...39/index.shtml

Brett has done a great job explaining and demonstrating. This is the best tutorial you'll find on reading text files from Flash.