AS2: Dynamic flash Sometimes fails to load Data from External .TXT file

[DonoDonato]

Hello,

I have this Simple Flash banner, that loads text, colors, and entire banner hyperlink from external .txt file into flash.

For importing text into dynamic text fields with „vars“ set i use
loadVariables("http://www.mysite.com/DIR/data.txt","");

For importing hyperlink onto flash button i use two layers:
On blank layer i use:
loadVariables("http://www.mysite.com/DIR/data.txt","");

On button itself i use:
on (release) {
getURL(link1, "_blank");
}

Button has instance set also.

Everything works fine and nicely.
I use this HTML script to use banner in any website i like:

<object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash4/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0"
id="name" width="468" height="60">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.mysite.com/DIR/myflash.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent">
<embed src="http://www.mysite.com/DIR/myflash.swf"
quality="high" wmode="transparent" width="468" height="60"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?
P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
</embed>
</object>

Ok So everything works nicely. I load flash i load text, and i also load hyperlink. So after a happy job i went to sleep and other morning i tried to enter website with HTML code, that shows flash and i noticed:
1. Some times flash loads animation, but doesn't load my data.txt and places where dynamic text should be are blank, also hyperlink doesnt work, because it also seems to fail to load.

2. So i press "Refresh" on explorer and data loads perfectly.

3. So i keep pressing refresh some times try to turn of explorer and i noriced that some times it fails to load data and only non dynamic flash animation is played, and some times it loads it nicely.

So my Question is what is the problem and how could i fix it? Any ideas guys?

[DonoDonato]

Hi guys,

I have flash banner, that loads texts and hyperlink onto it dynamically using flashvars. I use HTMl code to put that baner on other websites (flash banner stays on one physical server).

Problem is that sometimes, on the same website it loads banner without dynamic data And plays only animation. And when i press refresh it works again. It's like a lottery will it load or not and every time it's different.

What could be the problem and how to fix it? ;]

[gparis]

Use the LoadVars onLoad.

gparis

[DonoDonato]

Use the LoadVars onLoad.

gparis

How should the script look rigt now its:
loadVariables("http://www.mysite.com/DAT/data.txt","");

I'm a bit rusty on programing so if you could write the script would be so much appreciated

[gparis]

Do not use loadVariables, use LoadVars.

onLoad you'll need to assign the variables loaded in the LoadVars object. Any actions that follow the loading of the variables need to be inside the onLoad handler. As so:

var myLV = new LoadVars();
myLV.onLoad = function(success) {
    if (success) {
        someVar = this.varName;
        otherVar = this.var2;
        // actions that use these variables
}
    } else {
        // the vars couldn't be loaded.
    }
};
myLV.load("data.txt");

More info on the LoadVars class in the liveDocs (link in my footer)

gparis