Can i do this?

[drummertune]

Version Flash Mx
Platform win 98/2 pc
duplicate an MC with text box inside, then load a different .as {html formatted file} into each one?
I can't seem to get this to work

while (RecordAmount>0) {
duplicateMovieClip(_root.record, "newrecord"+i, i);
setProperty("newrecord"+i, _x, _root.record._x);
setProperty("newrecord"+i, _y, _root.record._y += 100);
RecordLink = "x"+i+".jpg";
collect += RecordLink;
m += 1;
loadMovie(RecordLink, "mc"+i);
RecordLink = "";

i++;
RecordAmount--;

[enemem]

you've got yourself into a bit of a muddle with your code, try this amended version:

code:

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var i = 0, newMC, recordLink;

while (RecordAmount>0) {

  _root.record.duplicateMovieClip("newrecord"+i, i);

  newMC = _root["newrecord" + i];

  newMC._y += 100*i;

  recordLink = "x"+i+".jpg";



  // debug output

  trace("loading picture: " + recordLink);

  

  collect += recordLink;

  newMC.loadMovie(recordLink);

  i++;

  RecordAmount--;

}

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setProperty was used in Flash 4 and has been outdated since Flash 5, by the way

[drummertune]

Can I use a loadvariables action in there to load different text files into each text MC that has been created?

I can't get my head around how to change the variable that links the text box and the external file.

Thankyou

[enemem]

Yes, you can. Just change two lines:

recordLink = "x"+i+".jpg";
becomes
recordLink = "textfile" + i + ".txt";

and

newMC.loadMovie(recordLink);
becomes
newMC.loadVariables(recordLink);

This will load textfiles called 'textfile0', 'textfile1', 'textfile2', etc. into the corresponding movie clips.

- n.

[drummertune]

OK i see what is going on there. Now I have another angle.
How do you think if at all i could utilise the #include("textfile.as")
This option would enable some html formatting in the text to go into the MC's
Thanks for your help again.