Populating a list component from an external .txt file

[alec1241]

I need to pull a list of presenters from a .txt file and populate a list component. Here's the code I'm working on, but it's doing nothing:

stop();

loadVariables ("presenters.txt", this);

var n = totalPres;
var i = 1;

// the total nnumber of presenters

presentersListArray = new Array();

while (i < n) {
presentersListArray.push({data:"pres"+n, label:"pres"+n});
// pres+n should equal "pres1", "pres2", etc.
i++;
}

presenters.dataProvider = presentersListArray;


Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[alec1241]

I got it -- it required a movie clip instance to get it. Here's the code if anyone needs it for reference:


onClipEvent(load) {
loadVariables ("presenters.txt", this);
}

onClipEvent(data) {
presentersListArray = new Array();

for (var ii:Number = 1 ; ii <= totalPres; ii++) {
presentersListArray.push({data:eval("pres"+ii), label:eval("pres"+ii)});
}

_parent.presenters.dataProvider = presentersListArray;
}