[F8] Using .txt to fill in sections of actionscript?

[Lexthayn]

Is there a way to be able to place a .txt file within the same folder of a swf, and have what the .txt file says be placed somewhere within the actionscript?

For example, If I have a movie clip, and there are three different functions that make the MC do something. But I only want one of them to play through designation of an outside file. I just have to place a .txt file in the folder that says "function1" And it will call that function in the action script.

Example idea.

function function1() {
	mc.play();
}
function function2() {
	mc.loadMovie("picture1.jpg");
}
function function3() {
	mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
             	if (this.hitTest(_xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
		this.nextFrame();
	} else {
		this.prevFrame();
	}
};
}
//pick whatever function

then have it pick which function. instead of just typing function3(); in the action script. Have it be whatever is in the .txt file. That way you can pick what function is played by just changing the .txt file.

I'm hoping what I want to do makes sense. Help would be very much appreciated

[gparis]

Not that way:

what you will get from the textfile are variables, not "blocks of code".
Use these variables in your script, so that you'll get the actions you need.
You could use a case statement.

gparis

[Lexthayn]

Seems really complicated... I am going to have to study up. I'm not even exactly sure how to use a .txt file to enter text anywhere. Let alone with using a case statement. Thanks a ton for pointing me in the right direction