missing text in dynamic text field

[Navarone]

Hi

I have a dynamic text field in my flash presentation where I have attached the commponent scroll bar that comes with Flash MX. The text for this field is pulled from a data.txt file. I am using html forms on a web browser to collect the data and then using ASP dor the server side scripting.

I notice that in certian instances that text that is in qouation marks (ie,"mytext") does not show up in the dynamic text field and any text after the qoutation marks does not show up(ie, "mytext";more text)

If there is text before the qoutation marks shows up and displays in the dynamic text field. (ie, mytext "moretext"

I haven't a clue as to why this would be happening. Anyone run into this before?


The code for the dynamic text follows:

[code]
loadVarsText = new loadVars();
loadVarsText.load("data.txt");
// assign a function which fires when the data is loaded:
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
trace("done loading");
// Now that we know the data is loaded,
// set the text content of the Text Field
// with the instance name "scroller" equal to the
// display new image
// contents of the variable
scroller.text = this.vh_p1text;
// add image here
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
[\code]

[lucky-black-cat]

Hi,

It sounds like a string thing. Your text field is ok.

It must be the text field variable from your ASP ... can you change the outside pair of quotes to ' ?

Or you will have to use \" for quotes inside your string.

[Navarone]

luck-black-cat

I'm not an ASP programmer, this is all I have so far:

set objFS = server.CreateObject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
set objFile = objFS.OpenTextFile(server.MapPath("/flash/data.txt"), 2, true)
objFile.Write Request.Form
objFile.close

[lucky-black-cat]

Hi

I don't understand, I thought you were using ASP?

[Navarone]

Hi,

I am using asp. is not the code in my last post asp?

[lucky-black-cat]

The code wasn't there ... you've just edited it???

[Navarone]

Yeh, sorry

It didn't post correctly the first time.

[lucky-black-cat]

Hi

Ok your using ASP to read in a text file. (You can load that straight into Flash).

You need to read about escaping characters in F1 Help under Strings.

Or change the " in your text file to ' that might work.

[Navarone]

Ok

I read it, but how to I code that into the Action Script? I certianly cant expect the cleint to use slash marks and so forth when he is typing text in the html form?

[lucky-black-cat]

You are going to have to write a find and replace script in ASP that runs on the text file before you load it into Flash.

You might want to try an ASP forum for that, or the Scripting and Backend forum here is good for php you might get some 'expert' help there. I use PHP. So I can't really help with the ASP.