Client Control

[talytech]

Is there a way to give the end user control over the text in a dynamic text box? My client wants to be able to update their own text. I can't figure out how to load text without it being in HTML. Is it a way to do that?

[blanius]

yes I do this all the time.

The way I do it is just a simple text file. lets say it's aboutus.txt for an about us page

then when I want to load that into say a content pane I use LoadVars

content=new LoadVars();

then using the onData function I get the raw file contents

content.onData=function(src){
contentpane1.setContent(0,src,1,2);
}

[talytech]

yes I do this all the time.

The way I do it is just a simple text file. lets say it's aboutus.txt for an about us page

then when I want to load that into say a content pane I use LoadVars

content=new LoadVars();

then using the onData function I get the raw file contents

content.onData=function(src){
contentpane1.setContent(0,src,1,2);
}

Thank you ... but I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My text file is welcome.txt. On my first frame I have a contentpanel object. I put your code in the first frame replacing src with welcome.txt. Like this:

content=new LoadVars();

content.onData=function(welcome){
 contentpane1.setContent(0,welcome,1,2);
}

[blanius]

You have to load it.... Sorry I left that out.

content.load("welcome.txt");

[talytech]

thanks blanius. it worked. is it a way I can make that text auto scroll like a news ticker? I've been searching for that effect.

[blanius]

Not in a content pane I don't think.

Once you have the text in the flash you can do whatever you want with it.

Try something like this

myArray=welcome.split("\n");

function showWelcome() {
txt1.text=""
 if(count >= maxCount) {
 clearInterval(intervalId);
 } 
 for (x=count;x<=count+10;x++){
 	txt1.text+=myArray[x];
 }
 count++
}

maxCount=myArray.length
intervalId = setInterval(this, "showWelcome", 1000);

You probably could make that work with a content pane after all

[talytech]

thanks blanius. it worked. is it a way I can make that text auto scroll like a news ticker? I've been searching for that effect.

hey blanius, will that code work with a dynamic text box? I want the background to be transparent and I can't acheive that with a contentpanel. At least I don't think I can. but the text box object gives me that option so I'd rather use the text box. I tried the code but it returns an error. this is what i have:

content=new LoadVars();

content.onData=function(src){
 text.setContent(0,src,1,2);
}

content.load("welcome.txt")

this is what the text box displays: _level0.mc9.text

[blanius]

That's what I assumed named txt1 try it. I just pulled this code from a test project so it should work.

[talytech]

Not in a content pane I don't think.

Once you have the text in the flash you can do whatever you want with it.

Try something like this

myArray=welcome.split("\n");

function showWelcome() {
txt1.text=""
 if(count >= maxCount) {
 clearInterval(intervalId);
 } 
 for (x=count;x<=count+10;x++){
 	txt1.text+=myArray[x];
 }
 count++
}

maxCount=myArray.length
intervalId = setInterval(this, "showWelcome", 1000);

You probably could make that work with a content pane after all

what is txt1.text? my txt object is named text and my variable is named text. Nothing is named txt1. And do I put this code on the same frame as the dynamic text box?

[blanius]

So change txt1 to whatever it's an example only. I would not reccomend naming a text field to the name 'text' the default names are txt1, txt2 etc so that was what I used in the example.

Put the code in the OnData is fine as you don't want to execute it until you have the text from your file loaded in.

[talytech]

Hi Bret,
I've been trying for a week now to get the data from my text file loaded into my dynamic text box and to scroll. I can't get it to work. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong ... I give up. Here's what I have:

content=new LoadVars();

content.onData=function(welcome){
 text.setContent(0,welcome,1,2);
}

content.load("welcome.txt")

myArray=welcome.split("\n");

function showWelcome() {
welcome.text=""
 if(count >= maxCount) {
 clearInterval(intervalId);
 } 
 for (x=count;x<=count+10;x++){
 	welcome.text+=myArray[x];
 }
 count++
}

maxCount=myArray.length
intervalId = setInterval(this, "showWelcome", 1000);

[talytech]

Can anyone help me ... this is driving me crazy. I've searched through several pages on the forum for how to use the LoadVars to import a text file and I can't seem to get my function to work. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have a text file (welcome.txt) that simply reads: My name is talytech. On frame 2 of my KoolMoves movie I have a dynamic text box named welcome and the variable name is welcome. I put the following AS code on frame 2:

content=new LoadVars();

content.onData=function(welcome){
 this.welcome.setContent(0,welcome,1,2);
}

content.load("welcome.txt");

that code returns the following in my dynamic text box: _level0.welcome

I can't figure it out. Why won't it display what's in my text file? Please somebody help me ... I'm running out of time.

[blanius]

You're almost there.
First off if you want to load as a variable you must format the text as a variable so your text file should be

&welcome=my name is Talytech

content=new LoadVars();

content.onLoad(success){
   if (success){
         contentpane1.setContent(0,this.welcome,1,2);
   }
}

content.load("welcome.txt")

You use onData only if you want to access the raw data

[talytech]

thanks Blanius. But someone else assisted me. This is the code I used:

var R;
  //
  res=new LoadVars();
  res.load("welcome.txt");

  res.onData=function(info){
    if (info==undefined){
      R="Loading failed";
    }else{
       R=info;
    }
    txt1.text=R;
  }

[blanius]

That's actually the way I do it on my sites. But I keep it shorter

res.onData=function(src){
if (src==undefined){
txt1.text="data not loaded";
}else{
txt1.text=src;
}