A little help with paths please :)

[SinBin61]

I am having trouble loading a text file into a MC. Here's the scenario...

SCENE1 has a MC called MENUS. Within MENUS, a button calls a TellTarget MC called TEXT also on the main timeline. Within TEXT a frame contains a MC called SERVICES. In SERVICES there is a dynamic textbox with variable called "text" pulled from the text file "services.txt". I use the onClipEvent to call the text file to load when the SERVICES MC loads. I cannot get the text to load. I'm not good at paths, and I know the structure of this is a little involved, but it has to be that way to work in my movie. Can anyone help?

[indivision]

try setting up a loop that waits for the text values to load instead of using the onclipevent command.

[SinBin61]

Hello and thanks...

What I mean is the text doesn't load, period. I'm sure it's a path problem because some other text files load OK in other areas of the movie...

[indivision]

Do you load the text into the target clip?

Maybe if you post some of the actionscript we can see something in it.

[SinBin61]

Hi, here's how it is now..

onClipEvent (load) {
loadVariablesNum ("services.txt", 0);
}

This script is on the MC SERVICES object action. MC SERVICES is in the MC TEXT in SCENE1 on the main timeline. I've also tried:

onClipEvent (load) {
this.loadVariables ("services.txt");
}

Are you saying it should be:

onClipEvent (load) {
_root.text.services.loadVariablesNum ("services.txt", 0);
}

???

[indivision]

no. im saying it should be:

loadVariablesNum ("services.txt", _root.text.services);

that is, assuming the text box is in the mc _root.text.services

[SinBin61]

Tried, no go... it wants to open a browser window to find "news.txt". I really don't know why it's not working. Thanks for your help...