load a .txt variable into MC?

[Andrue]

How can I get a variable from a .txt file to load into a MC?..
I can get it toload into the main stage but when I try to load it to a MC it doesn't show up and I get no errors.

[mschnell]

can I see the text file before i comment?

[mschnell]

exactly what command are you using to load it?
and where is the command to load placed?

[Andrue]

Maybe you vcould tell me how you would do it.

Forget the .txt file dor now. I just want to get a variable into a MC for now. ( of course if you want to tel me how to do that anyway that woudl be great..

_root.(main stage)

layer1 > actions: telltarget(_root.MC)
gotoandstop(1)
Layer2 > input box Name: input
Layer3 > MC named MC
Layer4 > button (actionsn (press)(telltarget(_root.MC){gotoandplay(2);}} Not exactly like this but you get the pic.

MC:
Layer1 > frame1 Blank
Layer2 > frame2 Dynamic box named output With action on frame: output=name;

Hope that you can figure that out as Im not very good at this yet.
Anyway if there is another way please let me know.

[mschnell]

well, first of all I like
_root.MC.gotoAndStop(1); better then the telltarget way

on the next (or after all the telltarget stuff) line I'd put:

loadVariables ("http://www.wherever.com/myTextFile.txt", "MC");

that >should< work.