[F8] Trying To Read A Text In Flash
hi i'm trying to read a text file but it wont display in my swf
the code i'm using is
Code:
myLoadVar=new LoadVars();
myLoadVar.load("comes1.txt");
myLoadVar.onLoad = function(success) {
if (!success) {
trace("Text didn't load");
} else {
trace("Text loaded");
dyn_txt_0 = myLoadVar.vaRiable;
}
};
thanks
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Posted on: 06-11-2007, 10:01 PM
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original..
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I have one dinamic text (named moviename) the needs to read a value from the text.
I load the text file using :
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this work fine, the dinamic text on the screen shows the right value from the txt file
the problem is , in the following line I need to use the text value to open a movie clip, using something like :
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it doesn't work.
even if I use trace(moviename) it doesn't display the text field value, but only the text field name
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- there is a file (lets say with the words, "Welcome,test,hello"
- These words are read in via Flash
- A small animation is put on them
Thanks for any help,
Rgds,
Tijs
PS I'm new to Flash
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
REad In A Text File
Hey,
I am making a game and want to be able to read in a file. Does anyone know how to do that?
Mike
HEELP - How Can I Read The Value Of A Dinamic Text ?
I have one dinamic text (named moviename) the needs to read a value from the text.
I load the text file using :
loadVariablesNum ("movies.txt", 0);
this work fine, the dinamic text on the screen shows the right value from the txt file
the problem is , in the following line I need to use the text value to open a movie clip, using something like :
loadMovie(moviename, 0);
it doesn't work.
even if I use trace(moviename) it doesn't display the text field value, but only the text field name
I've tried to access the text value using :
trace(moviename);
trace(moviename.value);
trace(moviename.String);
and doesn't work;
Somebody knows a way to read the value of a dinamic text field ?
Thank you very much for the help
Ivelton
Read/write From A Text File
hi
i have a text file which has two columns each seperated by a tab spacing.i want to read those contents and put in two arrays ,first array holding the first column value and 2nd having the 2nd column of the file.after that i want to write back the array contents back to the file in the same format.how to do it?
bye
geethanandh
Read/write To Text File
I am unable to find any Flash functions that are able to read and write text data to a text file on the user's computer.
I am assuming that this is possible, either through javascript or maybe a flash MX function, but I would ideally like to use it in Flash 5.0, so the javascript option may be better, anyone got any code for this?
Need Dynamic Text Box To Read Off Of A .txt File.
Hello, I am having trouble with a .txt file being read of a dynamic text field. I have put in news.txt in a bunch of places, it doesn't read it. I do have the .txt file in the same folder as the flash is it so that shouldn't be a problem. Please respond to this message.
Read From External Text File
Hi,
My problem is that it reads the text file when it is in the main scene, but I need it to be in my movieclip and it does not work then,
Do you know what I should do?
Thank you in advance.
Scrolling Text Tutorial...READ :-)
Hello,
I asked how to do this in another forum, and eventually figured out a way to do it myself, so I thought I would post it here for anyone interested.
This tutorial will allow you to scroll a mc back and forth, say for instance you want to scroll a text tween up and down like a scrollbar would do, without the scrollbar... with up and down arrows for instance. The most unobvious part of this,and the part I was asking about originally, was how to scroll the clip backwards. I have attached a file below for anyone to download if they want.
I realize there are more elegant ways to accomplish this with actionscript, but for those not very versed in actionscript this tutorial will give a functional workaround. Thanks for reading.
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First create the text you want to scroll and hit F8 to convert it to a mc. Name the clip “textMC”, and make sure it has movie clip behavior selected. Go to the properties panel and name the instance "text". On the main timeline, create a new layer and call it "mask". Then create a shape on that layer and place it over the text where you want the text to be visible. Right click on the mask layer and select "mask" from the drop-down menu. This will lock both layers, so unlock the text layer and hide the mask shape by clicking the column under the eye.
Next, create a new layer in the main timeline, name the layer "arrows" and create your arrow shape on that layer. Convert the shape into a mc with the button behavior, and then copy and paste another instance of the clip onto the stage. Place the buttons where you need them. Now select both arrow buttons and hit F8 to convert them to a mc. Name the instance “arrows” in the properties panel. Double click the mc, and create a new layer. Call the layer “actions” and put a stop action in frame one. Click frame two of the arrows layer and hit F6. Select the down arrow and hit F9 to open the actions panel. Delete all of the actions for the down arrow in the second frame of the timeline only. We’ll come back to why later on.
Now we're going to create our text tween. Double click the text mc, click frame 20 (the closer to frame one, the faster your text will scroll), and hit F6. On the last frame, move the text to where you need it so that the last line is visible under the mask. Then right click on frame one and select "Create Motion Tween". Create a new layer, call it actions, and put a stop action in the first frame. Then go to the last frame and put a stop action there as well.
It’s time to start making this all work. Double click the “arrows” mc, and select the down arrow instance in frame one, and hit F9. This will open the actions panel. Place this actionscript on the button:
on (press) {
_root.text.play();
}
on (release) {
_root.text.stop();
}
Test the movie. The down arrow should scroll the text until the last frame, and then stop. You will notice however that when you release the button and then click it again, the text jumps back up to the first frame. Remember when we created the second frame with our arrow buttons in it and deleted the actionscript for the down arrow? That will fix this small but annoying problem. Go to the last frame of your actions layer inside of the “text” mc and hit F9 to open the actions panel. Put this actionscript below the “stop” action for that frame:
if (this._currentframe == 20) {
_root.arrows.gotoAndStop(2);
}
This code says that if the current frame of the mc you are inside of, “text”, is at frame 20, for the mc “arrows” to go to frame 2 and stop. And remember, we put a down arrow with no actionscript on it in frame 2 of the “arrows” mc, so there is just a functionless button in frame 2. Test the movie again and when you reach the end of the text, the down arrow should no longer cause the text to go back to frame one when it’s clicked. Then select frame 19, hit F6, and put this line of actionscript on the frame:
_root.arrows.gotoAndStop(1);
That will cause the “arrows” clip to go back to frame one once you click the up arrow, otherwise the down arrow would stop functioning if you scrolled back up after the first time you reached frame 20.
Ok, all that’s left is to get the up arrow working, which is a little more complicated than getting the down arrow to play the text tween forwards, because the up arrow must play the text tween backwards, but we’re almost there.
Let’s start by creating an empty mc. Hold ctrl and click F8. This will bring up the new symbol dialog. Name the mc instance “controllerMC” and make sure you select the movie clip behavior. Click ok and you will be taken inside the newly created mc. Click frame 2 and hit F6, then click frame 3 and do the same. Click frame 1 and hit F9 and insert a stop action. Click frame 2, then F9, and put this actionscript on that frame:
_root.text.prevFrame();
Then on frame 3 put this actionscript:
gotoAndPlay(2);
This will keep the empty clip on a continuous loop between frame 2 and 3 until a command tells it to go back to frame 1 and stop. Also, as there is a stop action on frame 1, this loop will not start until it is told to do so as well. We’ll take care of that now.
Go to your text tween mc and create a new layer and name it “controller”. In frame 2 of the controller layer, drag an instance of “controllerMC” onto the stage. It can be placed anywhere on the stage, as it’s an empty clip and invisible.
Double click your “arrows” mc and select the top arrow and place this actionscript onto it:
on (press) {
_root.text.controller.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (release) {
_root.text.controller.gotoAndStop(1);
}
This is the command that tells the controller clip to go to frame 2, and that loop we created continuously moves “text” back one frame over and over again as it loops. The third and fourth lines tell the “controller” clip to go back to frame one on release, which stops the loop. All that’s left is to select the up arrow on frame 2 as well and paste the same code in.
Test your movie.
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Please let me know of any errors. Any questions or comments are welcome.
Can Read Text Variables From Word Doc?
New to ActionScript, I was successful in reading a text string from a .txt file into a text object in Flash. Works great.
But my management is asking that Microsoft Word be the default editor for the text string (mostly to be able to spell check). But when I try to read a simple string from a Word document, it appears as squares (since there's all that Word stuff intermixed wirth the simple text string I'm trying to retrieve).
Anybody know how to just get the string?
Thanks,
Ron Cook
Boulder, CO
Text Scroller Problem. Please Read
Hey there users I got a problem, but Im pretty sure someone would know how to easily fix this. I'll explain...
I am intergrating flash with php and Mysql and I am able to display the information just fine. I went on this website and made a text scroller.
http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/text_scrollers.asp
Now basically I made the dynamic text then I converted it into the movie clip but the problem is I can display the content information from the mysql databse into flash but the scrollbar doesnt work. And if the dynamic text is not a movie clip, the scroller would work but I am not able to get the content from the MySQL database.
For some odd reason I am not able to load in a variable into a dynamic text until I convert it into a movie clip. Does anyone know the problem to this. What Im really trying to do is be able to convert the dynamic text into a movie clip and still be able to use the scroller to move up and down. I hope someone knows the solution.
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