[F8] how many character in my text field?

[bmcc81]

How do I find out or read, how many character in my text field?

Which is brought in byXML?

so that I could make an IF statement with.

ie.

if (this many characters) {
do this;
}else{
Something else
}

Pretty simple. I wish!!!

[deepakflash]

var characterLength = yourTextFieldName.length;
trace(characterLength); // returns the number of characters in your text field. 

[bmcc81]

So I used characterLength.text; to put the value in a text field, but it only returns 0. Not the trackInfo that gets fed into it.

characterLengthvar characterLength = this.trackInfo.length;

trace(characterLength);
this.characterLength.text;

I need to grab the info from the XML maybe???

// Load the songs XML
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function()
{
	var nodes:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
	for(var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++)
	{
		sa.push(new Song(nodes[i].attributes.url, nodes[i].attributes.track));
	}
	playSong();

}

Could you tell me how thats done?

[bmcc81]

So, I've figured out that I need to use do this through Xml.

So I've done.

// Setup sound object
var s:Sound = new Sound();

s.setVolume(75);

// Array of songs
var sa:Array = new Array();

// Currently playing song
var cps:Number = -1;

// Position of music
var pos:Number;

// Load the songs XML
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function() {
	var nodes:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
	for (var i = 0; i<nodes.length; i++) {
		sa.push(new Song(nodes[i].attributes.url, nodes[i].attributes.track));
	}

   xmlLoaded();
};


private function xmlLoaded () :Void {
    this.infoMarion.trackInfo.text = sa[cps].track;
    this.infoMarion.trackInfo.autoSize = true;

    functionToSetUpEnterFrameHandlers();

    playSong();

}

private function functionToSetUpEnterFrameHandlers() :Void {
    _root.onEnterFrame = function() {
        if (this.infoMarion.trackInfo._width>15) {
            if ((this.infoMarion.trackInfo._x+this.infoMarion.trackInfo._width)<0) {
                this.infoMarion.trackInfo._x = 145;
            } else {
                this.infoMarion.trackInfo._x--;
            }
        }
		}
}

xml.load(text1);

// Play the MP3 File
function playSong():Void
{
	s = new Sound();
	//
	s.setVolume(75);
	if(cps == sa.length - 1)
	{
		cps = -1;
		//s.loadSound(sa[cps].earl, true);
	}
	else
	{
		s.loadSound(sa[++cps].earl, true);
	}
	infoMarion.trackInfo.text = sa[cps].track;
	playPause.gotoAndStop("pause");
	textPos = 0;
}

But know I get error codes.

private function xmlLoaded () :Void {

private function functionToSetUpEnterFrameHandlers() :Void {

Attribute used outside class.

If anyone has any insight it would be appreciated.

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Thanks,