I need help on calling text file into flash

[srinivasbhusa]

Hi friends,
Pls help me to call text file into flash by using javascript or other script language.

I would like to call text from text file(sample.txt) & i want to show in input box through scripiting.

regards
shree

[morrismole]

You can use the loadvariables function to do this

create an mc with a text box in. set the text box to dynamic text and set variable to "textField".

drop an instance of the move into scene one and name it "text_box".
in the action layer set a keyframe as

loadVariables ("text.txt", "_root.text_box");
stop();

now make a .txt file and start it with the line

textField=
your text here
and save it in the same folder as the .fla (.swf)

this will load the .txt file into the text are when the .swf has loaded

[srinivasbhusa]

hi Morris,
Thank you very much for ur instant reply on my problem.It really worked out to be fruitful and i am able to import text successfully into a flash file.Once again thank you very much.

shree

[MASA]

remember if u want to load several variables you need to do like this

variable=masa&variable2=masa2&variable3=masa3

[Roland Le Fèvre]

How can I give variables in a textfile loaded
with loadVariables, a different variable ??
(Instead of showing them in a dynamic textbox...)

for example:
var1 = variable1_text.txt
var2 = variable2_text.txt
var3 = variable3_text.txt etc. etc.

Please help...Thank you!

[Roland Le Fèvre]

Can anyone reply to my last post in this thread please ?

[PlayingKarrde]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but do you want to have the variables in he text file renamed so you can use them elsewhere?

If you load in variable1="text here" you can just put in the actionscript:

newvariable = variable1


and when you call newvariable it will display "text here".

Is this what you mean? If not can you please elaborate.

[Roland Le Fèvre]

Yes , this is what I mean...
I understand your explenation but how to write the
actionscript.

for loading it into a text box I use:

loadVariables ("text.txt", "instance.textbox")

I'm not sure how to write it for loading only...
just loadVariables ("text.txt") ??

Thanks for your reply

[PlayingKarrde]

You could do one of two things. You could do

loadVariables("text.txt", ""); or
loadVariablesNum("text.txt", 0);

You dont need to load variables into text boxes. The text boxes just show what the value of the variable is.

[Roland Le Fèvre]

oke...
and how can I target a variable in a text file ?

example:
button 1 shows "text.txt" variable 1 in main_textbox
button 2 shows "text.txt" variable 2 in main_textbox
etc.

[PlayingKarrde]

well if you have a text field called "textfield" for instance you would do this:

load in the variables and in button1 have

on (release) {
textfield = variable1;
}

on the other one:

on (release) {
textfield = variable2;
}


nothing to it really.