LoadVariablesNum problems

I am trying to use the loadvariablenum actionscript to load a external text file. It works but the text opens in its own internet explorer window and not the text box that I want it to load into. This is the code I am using

loadVariablesNum("Otterspecs.txt","textbox");

What am I doing wrong?

thanks

welll... wrong syntax, loadVariablesNum requires two inputs, a path to the file, and a number.

assuming your text file is formatted corrcetly, eg

Code:

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&textbox=a long string of text

---

then

code:

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loadVariablesNum("Otterspecs.txt",0);

---

should safely load text into a text box with variable name "textbox" in the _root of your movie.

However, I'd suggest not using loadVariablesNum, instead the loadVars object is much nicer!

code:

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var ld=new loadVars

ld.onLoad=function(success){

if(success) {

_root.textbox=ld.textbox;

} else {

trace("an error occured!")

}

}

ld.load("Otterspecs.txt")

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Ok, I tried both and it still doesn't work.. I am using MX 2004 does that matter???

wait 1 minutre, i'll make a .fla for you.

thanks.. how do I add a scroll bar to it.. I can't get that to work either.. newbie sorry

sorry- sloppy code I wrote out the first time!

attached a working example.

and this one has a scroll bar attached..

Thanks alot that worked.. the scrollbar didn't though.. my text seems to be spread out thats why i was going to use a scroll bar..

The scrollbar should work, as long as the text is long enough.

anyway, you can add your own easily enough: just create a textBox on the stage. Give it an instance name. Now drag a scrollBar componant from the componants panel onto it.

Look at the properties panel of the scrollbar- in the parametres, you'll see that the instance that it is targeting is the textbox you've just created.

Now, feel free to move the scrollbar to whereveer you wish, and to resize it to whatever pleases you.

Thanks for you help.. I must be doing something wrong because it wont work.. anyway, I appreciate all your help..