cannot seem to read a plain text file

[bbxrider]

file = date.txt
file contents: date=12/01/2013

code to read the file contents into a variable:
DateFile = new LoadVars();
DateFile.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
theDate = DateFile.date;
}
};
DateFile.load("date.txt");

theDate variable is empty

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

It works for me, maybe try to trace yours out,

DateFile = new LoadVars();
DateFile.onLoad = function(ok)
{
    if (ok)
    {
        theDate = DateFile.Dated;
        //theDate = this.Dated;
        // Both the above work
        trace(theDate);
        myText.text = theDate;
    }
    else
    {
        trace("Unable to load file.");
    }
};
DateFile.load("date.txt"); 

swap your txt file to ' Dated=12/01/2013 ' , date might conflict with internal commands/functions!!

[bbxrider]

thanks for the suggestion, changed variable name, still not working, forgot to give my environment, this is a macromedia flash 6.0 actionscript2. I also tried this small change for the target variable, var theDate = DateFile.xdate;

[angelhdz]

Or maybe the way the variables are placed in the text file? Good luck with this

[bbxrider]

thanks for the reply, I tried renaming the variable, but no luck, I also tried 'var theDate = DateFile.xdate;' to set up the variable.
btw, I'm using action script 2 from macromedia flash mx 6.0 if that makes any difference, but all the manuals and posts indicate to
code as the above example.

[angelhdz]

Are you writing correctly the variables in the textfile? It must be written this way &theDate = This Date &anotherVariable= Another Value

And so on...

And try this changes in the script:

DateFile = new LoadVars(); 
DateFile.load("date.txt"); 
DateFile.onLoad = function(ok) 
{ 
    if (ok) 
    { 
        DateFile.Dated = this.theDate; 
     
        trace(this.theDate); 
        myText.text = this.theDate; 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        trace("Unable to load file."); 
    } 
}; 

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

One way is like so.

DateFile = new LoadVars();
DateFile.onLoad = function(Success)
{
    if (Success)
    {
        //theDate = DateFile.Dated;
        //theName = DateFile.Named;
        //trace(this.Dated);
        //trace(this.Named);
        theDate = this.Dated;
        theName = this.Named;
        trace(theDate);
        trace(theName);
        // either of the above sets work
    }
    else
    {
        trace("File not found.");
    }
};
DateFile.load("date.txt"); 

and text file like so,

Dated=12/01/2013&
&Named=Saturday&

it's not necessary to use & on the first var, but it makes no difference either way.

Be careful of spaces between the = signs in the txt file too.