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  1. 05-30-2002, 04:14 AM #1
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    Hi everyone!

    Quick question: I know I can load variable values from external txt files by using LoadVariables().

    I know the syntax for it.

    What I don't know is, how to format the text in the text file?

    are there any special ways to start the file, like some identifying tag?

    How do I list variable in the text file?

    How do I insert line breaks, non-breaking spaces, etc?

    How do i put double quotes?

    When will the questions stop?

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  2. 05-30-2002, 05:28 AM #2
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    What I don't know is, how to format the text in the text file?
    Use HTML in the text file, like <font color="#ff0000">. Push the dynamic text button: Render text as HTML.

    are there any special ways to start the file, like some identifying tag?
    No, but if you want it to be able to show special characters you need to save it in Unicode format.

    How do I list variable in the text file?
    & tells Flash that here comes a variable name. =" tells Flash that here comes this variable's contents"

    How do I insert line breaks, non-breaking spaces, etc?
    Like always in HTML. (<BR>, ect)

    How do i put double quotes?
    THat's a tricky one, because Flash reads & as a signal for a variable name. You would type ", but you can't do that. I don't know, in other words.

    When will the questions stop?
    How would I know? ;)
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    sorry, wrong board...

    Sorry, I missed the Flash MX-board. Maybe this works in Flash 5 as well?
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  4. 05-30-2002, 05:44 AM #4
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    yeah .. this seems to be clear ...
    but hay ... can you send an example i mean .. a movie( fla file and the external text file ) with the whole text formats .. am really not gettint his right
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    Thank you so much!

    Thanks, Caramella. I'm sure these work in Flash 5. Your answer was somplete.
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  6. 05-30-2002, 06:11 AM #6
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    wait a second... unicode?

    What is Unicode? i've heard of it before. How do I activate it?

    I know my questions are extensive, but it's just that I like extensive answers...
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    Re: wait a second... unicode?

    What is Unicode?... How do I activate it?
    Unicode is a character encoding format, like Ansi is one. I can't give you a better answer, because I don't know :)
    But - activating it: on Windows 2000 I use Notepad for saving file with encoding. I just checked, because I don't get this option on Win Me, 98 and so on, and found: you can use Word (2000) for saving textfiles! Mine is in Norwegian, but I think it's save as "Encoded text". Then you get the options, among a whole lot of others (this was fun!) there's Unicode. But this is not an issue in Flash 5, I know from experience. So this is just for your curiosity ;)
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  8. 05-31-2002, 01:14 PM #8
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    i guess TheCaramella ... has forgot to say that the incodin part can be activatin in the notepad of windows XP ...
    and there's many other programs ... that incode and decode texts ...
    is that clear ...
    search ... for it ...
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