textfield loads locally but not online?

[danthomas]

I'm loading a textfile into a textfield, this works fine locally but when I upload to the site the textfield remains empty? Heres my code: -

code:

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loadVarsText = new loadVars();

loadVarsText.load("mytextfile.txt"); 

loadVarsText.onLoad = function (success){

	if (success){

		textfield.text = this.mytext;

	 }else{

		textfield.text = "not loaded";

	}

}

---

it doesn't even display the text "not loaded".
Any help appreciated, cheers

[iguanagirl32]

check the path of "mytextfile.txt"

also, did you upload "mytextfile.txt" to your server?

[danthomas]

Thanks but I think I'm just about getting to the root of the problem. Everything was fine(ish) apart from trying to load dynamic text into a loaded swf whereby the main movie uses a mask!!???!!!?!??!

Aparently this can't be done unless using pixelfonts or loading the swf above the mask layer on the main movie.

Anyone else come across this? Weird or what, I do love spending hours finding out the most random errors!

Dan

[timothye]

textfield.embedFonts=true;

if its masked ,embed it ..then NP

[danthomas]

Didn't work and I have found out its nothing to do with the mask, completely deleted the mask from main movie and still same prob, have tried embedding font (thru code and at design time) to no avail either.

heres loaded swf

which works fine (loads the text into textbox at top right)

and heres the main movie

click on Joe Writes, which loads the swf into level 2 and doesn't work at all. All the files are in the same directory and definately there, same happens locally and remotely.

here is the exact code if anyone can see what is wrong u go straight to the top of my xmas card list: -

code:

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// on 'joe writes' button in main movie

on (release) {

	unloadMovieNum(2);

	loadMovieNum("joewords.swf", 2);

}



// on first frame of loaded swf

loadVarsText = new LoadVars();

loadVarsText.load("book_ttv.txt");

loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {

	if (success) {

		scroller.text = this.mytext;

		// just some extra traces; delete afterwards

		trace("this.mytext = " + this.mytext)

		trace("scroller = " + scroller)

		trace("scroller.text = " + scroller.text)

		// scroller = instancename of textfield on the same timeline as this LoadVars object

	} else {

		trace("not loaded");

	}

};



 

Resetscroll()

function ResetScroll(){ //Reset ScrollBar

	bookscroll.setScrollTarget(scroller);

	bookscroll.setScrollPosition(0);

}

stop();

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[timothye]

if (success) {
                scroller.text = this.book_ttv;

try that ..let me know

[danthomas]

no joy i'm afraid

[timothye]

is this a different dynamic txtifeld form your other 1 .. make sure its html rendered..
in the properties inspeector ..
also post the fla ..please

[oldnewbie]

What's this bit for?

Resetscroll()
function ResetScroll(){ //Reset ScrollBar
bookscroll.setScrollTarget(scroller);
bookscroll.setScrollPosition(0);
}
stop();

It works for me loading it in another movie...

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/joemain.swf

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("joewords.swf", 2);
}

[danthomas]

What's this bit for?

That resets the scrollbar to the top and to the right size when different textfiles are loaded (for the other books - buttons down the middle) which again all load fine when directly looking at the swf but not when loaded in my main movie.

Its a site i've inherited so will have a good look through the main movie to see if there's anything there that could be affecting this.

But what could possibly cause it to not work? I've tried loading the textfiles into simple movies (the same as oldnewbie) and it works fine (so textfile should be ok), renaming the variables (so no conflicts), setting the variables to the _root (so no pathing probs), removing all masks (so no masky bugs), embedding fonts... etc etc!

Fortunately i've only resulted to chewing through the desk a couple of times so patience is bearing up well! I'll have another look tonight and if I can't solve it i'll post the fla.

Really appreciate the help guys,
Dan

[timothye]

good luck .. post it !!!
cheers

[danthomas]

AAAAARrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!


Time of first post = 12:03pm (and that was after an hour of searching)
Time now = 6:53pm

What the fool did wrong (long version) = several hours ago (pre-problem) I changed the publish settings of the loaded swf to flash 6 instead of 5 (to accomodate the newly added scroll bar - thats all I was trying to do!) This allowed me to use a scrollbar but I needed to change from old 'loadVariables' method to 'loadVars' in order to reset the scrollbar for different textfiles, which all worked fine on the loaded swf. Its just taken me best part of a day to realise I should have changed the publish settings of the main movie to flash 6 as well in order for it all to work in the main movie... Doh!

What the fool did wrong (short version) = got up this morning.

Thanks again guys, I'm off to sit in the corner and hang my head in shame!