Quick thing about Text files

[Osteel]

Hey,

This is probably an easy question. Ok say you have a text file that contains simply this:

comment1=0

Now in Flash, at the click of a button, you want to store inside a variable, the number contained inside the text file but added by one. So in this case, it would store instead of a zero, a one.

So when you click the button, it would be something like:

code:

---

on (release) {

	myText = new LoadVars();

	myText.onLoad = function() {

		numberComment = this.comment1;

		inputComment = numberComment+1;

	};

	myText.load("text files/commentVariable.txt");

}

---

But when I run it, it just simply puts a zero (the number stored inside the text file) with a one beside it.

Any thoughts ?

[Soig]

Hi Osteel. I'm not sure if I am having a hard time understanding what you're saying or if you really do have it reversed. But here is what I would do.I normally make Movie clips into buttons but I will do it both ways since I see a button handler.

With a Movie clip doubling as a button
//GIVE THE BUTTON AN INSTANCE NAME OF myText
//GIVE THE DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD THE VARIABLE comment1

var comment1:Number = 0;
_root.myText.onPress = function(){
_root.comment1++;
}

With a Button Instance
//GIVE THE DYNAMIC TEXT FIELD THE VARIABLE comment1

//ON THE MAIN TIMELINE
var comment1:Number = 0;
//ON THE BUTTON ITSELF
on (Release){
_root.comment1++;
}

With that you should be set. I am not really familiar with your coding though. have you been in actionscript since the beggining??

[Osteel]

Hey Soig,

I know how to increment values in Flash, Ive been using Flash for about two years just learning things as I go.

No, the problem Im facing is grabbing a variable from the text file, and then incrementing that value by one inside a variable contained in flash. I thought I knew how, but it seems its not working

Oh well, its more of a curiousity then a problem I suppose.

[rgallegos@aurea]

Hi Osteel... Ive this same problem and the solution for this is converting the string variable to number with Number(); object...

something like..

System.useCodepage = true;
loadVarsText = new LoadVars();
loadVarsText.load("data.txt");
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
p1 = new Number(this.variable1);
}
p++
};

but dont work!!! .... tell me if you can make it.

[cancerinform]

rgallegos@aurea,

you are correct and close. This will work

on (release) {
    myText = new LoadVars ();
    myText.onLoad = function () {
        numberComment = Number(this.comment1);
        inputComment = numberComment+1;
        trace(inputComment);
    };
    myText.load ("commentVariable.txt");
} 

[rgallegos@aurea]

Thanks cancerinform but only show "NaN"in the output window... dont understand.

[cancerinform]

Strange. I made a file with a movieclip as button and used that script, which is shown. The trace was 01 without using the datatyping and 1 with datatyping. What is your script and what is your text file? Are you publishing as Flash 8?

[allofthepeople]

how do i make the following code work when I press a button, right now it is set start on load. another thing is for some reason I can't get it to scroll like I have my other text boxes.

var myStyle:TextField.StyleSheet = new TextField.StyleSheet();
myStyle.load("sample.css");
my_txt.styleSheet = myStyle;

my_txt.multiline= true;
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
my_txt.html = true;

var story:XML = new XML();
story.ignoreWhite = true;
story.load("sample.html");
story.onLoad = function () {
my_txt.htmlText = story;
}

[cancerinform]

I tested your script with the UIScrollbar and it worked fine for me. How does your XML (HTML) file look like.

[rgallegos@aurea]

Hello, my script is in first action frame:

lvs = new LoadVars();
lvs.onLoad = function() {
p1 = Number(this.variable1);
p2 = p1+1;
trace(p2);
};
lvs.load("data.txt");

and my data.txt :

&variable1=5

thats all... the result is NaN again...

[rgallegos@aurea]

.....and yes Im publishing in Flash 8

[cancerinform]

I tested in a browser with settings access network only and I get NaN. Go to publish - settings and change to access local files only, then it should work (I giuess).

[rgallegos@aurea]

in my publish settings window appear "Local Playback Security: Acces local files only".. and it don´t work yet.

[cancerinform]

This is strange. When I publish using Flash 8 it actually always works, no matter what is the setting. Only in browsers I found out you need to change settings. Can you post your fla.

[rgallegos@aurea]

this is the fla

[cancerinform]

Solved. It was your text file, which gave the problem. You need to write the 2 vars without white space:

&variable1=5&variable2=9

[rgallegos@aurea]

ITS TRUE!!!!!

Thank you!