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Hi,

I have two text fields that are displaying dynamic text when a function is called. The thing is that when I click a button it does not always have two variables to display. Some have two some only have one variable.

My function is this

function buttonRollover(me) {
_root.state = eval(me+"_name");
_root.evotes = eval(me+"_evotes");
}

So my issue is that sometimes evotes may not be a variable I need for a specific button rollover but state does have a variable specified.

I understand what is going on, flash does not see a variable present so it fails by displaying undefined. What I would like, though, is to have nothing appear if there is no variable present. Can this be done, can a dynamic text box display nothing if there is no variable defined for it?

Thanks

-brian

FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 10-12-2004, 06:09 PM

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Hello,

I've having a hard time getting this to work, and I hope someone can help. I'm trying to load a value from an external text file into a variable named Q1A. Here's my text file:

&A1=correct

Basically, I'm placing quiz questions, four possible answers and whether the answers are correct/incorrect all in a text file. I'd like to make a 'submit' button that checks whether the answer is correct/incorrect (based on what's been defined in the text file). This lets me use the TXT to update all questions/answers, and it also lets me vary which statement (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) will be the correct answer.

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code: myText=

Digestion
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i am able to successfully load myText into the text area ("scroller"). however, i am not able to assign the "answer" to the local variable "j". (which i will use later on for quiz answer checking).

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can someone tell me how am i supposed to compare the variable j? what i mean is "j" is either 1/2/3/4. do i type the code as below? code: if (j==="1") {some animation}

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I would like to load a variable from an external file.
I have been able to successfully populate dynamic text
with external file, but not a not text field variable.

Please see the following code. I would like to populate
the variable vernacular from an external file. That way
it can be changed without a regen.

Thanks for the help in advance.

Shane

// que of fill requests
fillRequests = new Array();

// word sets
// emotional words

vernacular = "Abandoned Abhor Ablaze Abominable Abrasive Absorbed Absurd Abused Abusive Accommodating Acknowledged Acquiescent Acrimonious Admonished Adoration Adored Adventurous Adverse Affected Affectionate Afflicted Affronted Afraid Aggravated Aggressive Agitated Agonized Agony Agreeable Airy Awkward Alienated Alive Alluring Alone Altruistic Ambiguous Ambitious Amenable Amorous Amused Anger Angry Anguished Animated Annoyed Anxiety Anxious Apathy Appealing Appeasing Appetizing Appreciation Apprehensive Ardent Arduous Argumentative Armored Aroused Arrogant Astounded Attentive Avoidance Bemused Betrayed Bewildered Bewitched *****y Bitter Blah Blessed Blissful Blunt Boiling Bored Bothered Brave Breathless Breezy Bright Broken Bruised Buoyant Burdensome Bursting Callous Calm Captivated Captivating Careless Caring Celebrating Chagrined Charmed Charming Chastened Cheerful Cherishing Clandestine Clear Cold Collected Comatose Comfortable Compassion Competitive Complacent Composed Concerned Confused Congenial Content Cool Copasetic Coping Cordial Cornered Creative Crucified Crushed Cursed Cushy Cut down Dainty Defensive Dejected Delectable Delicate Delighted Demure Depressed Desirable Desired Desolate Despair Despondent Devoted Devoured Discomfort Discontented Disgust Dismal Dispassionate Displeased Disregard Disregarding Distracted Distressed Disturbed Doldrums Doomed Droopy Dull Eager Earnest Easy Ecstatic Electric Enchanted Endearing Enduring Engaging Enjoy Enlivened Enraged Enraptured Enthused Enthusiastic Enticing Even tempered Exacerbated Exasperated Excited Exciting Exultation Fanatical Fascinated Fascinating Fear Fearful Fearing Fervent Fervor Fiery Flared up Flattering Flushed Flustered Fluttery Frantic Fretful Frigid Frisky Frustration Full Fuming Fun Funny Furious Galvanized Gay Genial Giggly Glad Glee Gleeful Gloom Gloomy Glowing Gnawing Good Goodness Grateful Gratified Gratitude Grave Grief Grieving Grim Griped Grounded Gushing Gusto Haggard Halfhearted Hardened Harsh Having Fun Hearty Heavy Hectic Hilarious Hopeful Hopeful Horrified Humorous Hurt Hysterical Impetuous Imposing Impressed Impressionable Impulsive Inattentive Indulged Indulgent Inept Infelicitous Inflexible Infuriated Insatiable Insensitive Insouciant Inspired Interested Intimidated Intrigued Inviting Irrepressible Irritated Irritation Jaunty Jealous Jittery Jolly Jovial Joy Joyful Jubilation Languid Languish Laugh Laughingly Lethargic Light hearted Lively Loathe Lonely Lonesome Lost Love Loved Loving Lukewarm Luxurious Mad Manic Martyr Meddlesome Melancholy Melodramatic Merry Mindful Mindless Mirthful Miserable Moderate Mopy Mortified Moved Nervous Nonchalant Not caring Numb Optimistic Overflowing Pain Panic Paralyzed Passionate Passive Patient Perky Perplexed Perturbation Perturbed Petrified Pine Piquant Pitied Placid Plagued Pleasant Pleasing Pleasurable Pleasured Pressured Protected Proud Provocative Provoked Quarrelsome Quenched Quiet Quivering Quivery Radiant Rash Raving Ravished Ravishing Ready to burst Receptive Reckless Reconciled Refreshed Rejected Rejection Rejoice Relish Repressed Repugnant Resentful Resentment Resigned Resistant Restrained Restraint Revived Ridiculous Romantic Rueful Safe Satiated Satisfaction Satisfied Scared Secretive Secure Sedate Seduced Seductive Seething Selfish Sensational Sensual Sentimental Serious Shaken Shielded Shocked Shutter Shy Silly Simmering Sincere Sinking Smug Snug Sober Sobering Soft Solemn Somber Sore Sorrow Sorrowful Sour Sparkling Spastic Spicy Spirited Spry Stoic Stranded Stressed Stricken Stung Stunned Subdued Subjugated Suffering Sunny Supportive Surrender Susceptible Suspended Sweet Sympathy Tame Tantalizing Tantrumy Temperate Tender Threatened Thrilled Tickled Tight Timid Tingly Tolerant Tormented Tortured Touched Tranquil Transported Trepidation Troubled Twitchy Uncomfortable Unconcerned Unconscious Uncontrollable Under pressure Undone Unfeeling Unhappy Unimpressed Unruffled Used Vexed Victim Victimized Vivacious Volcanic Voluptuous Vulnerable Warm Warmhearted Weary Welcomed Whining Winsome Wistful Woe Woeful Worked up Worried Wounded Wretched Yearn Yearning Yielding Zeal Zealous";

// array of words
wordList = new Array();
wordList = vernacular.split(" ");

// fill the page with words!
// fillRegion(0,0,600,337);
fillRegion(30,10,600,215);

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
// pull fill requests from que and execute
if (fillRequests.length>0) {
freq = fillRequests.pop();
fillRegion(freq.x0, freq.y0, freq.x1, freq.y1, freq.d);
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I am using :

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>
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&f16=ea

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I'm having a problem getting something to work. I'm sure it has something to do with string variables and my syntax, but can't figure it out.

I have variables named cust1, cust2, cust3, etc. that are being loaded from a text file (these are customer names that will display in a text ticker).

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**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=7:Line 15: There is no property with the name 'text'.
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I loaded variables from a text file into flash, gave the variables different names, and then I set the buttons that can be clicked on to set the dynamic text box variable to equal one of the loaded variables. Ít wouldn't scroll after that. Whats up wit dat.

I can get you the FLA if you want it, but I am hoping someone will just say oh ya, common mistake, you gotta check a box or something.

Make A Variable = A Variable From A Text Document
I'll try my best to explain this, but it might be easier to see the file itself, I zipped it up and can be found at:

DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE
(the flash file is not pretty, I am building the functionality first)

-----------------------------

The variable it is creating does not call up the variable in the text
document.

I have a textfield called: randomquote

the value for randomquote is being "created" by:

Set Variable: "randomquote" = "q"&VARX2

VARX2 is a random number being generated by:

Set Variable: "VARX2" = Random ( VARX )

VARX is a number being pulled from the text document:

Set Variable: "VARX" = (/:myNumber)

SO, If I hard code randomquote with the value q4 , then the variable q4 from the textdocument is pulled up correctly.

BUT, if randomquote equals q4 (generated from a random number) the variable q4 from the textdocument is not shown, but rather just a simple q4.

Changing Root Variable With Text Variable
Simple question: I'm trying to change the value of a variable on the _root level (called "myVar") to whatever a user types into a text box (mytextvar) on the stage. I have a button that says:

ActionScript Code:
on (press) {
_root.myVar = _root.myTextVar;
}
It isn't working... any ideas how to make this work?

External Swf And External Variable Problem
I have been working on a website that loads an external movie for each of the seperate pages of the site. This is no problem. However, I have set up the external swf's to have scroll bars and load content from text files. I can not get these to work together. I can use the content movie with the scroll bars on its own and the text loads, I can use the main navigation movie to load the content movie, but I can not get the main navigation movie to load teh content movie and then have the content movie load the text at the same time. *Wheew* I hope that's not too confusing.

Main Navigation movie
- Seperate page of the site
-Text content

the script i use to load the external swf is :
on (release) {
loadMovieNum("bio.swf", 2);
}

the script i use on the external swf to load the text is :
loadVariablesNum("bio.txt", 0);

If I need to explain it more thoroughly please ask me to do so. Remember i can get these two elements to work seperately but not when both used together. :-(

[CS3] [AS2] Using Variable Text Contents As Another Variable's Name
Hi guys. I was wondering if there was a way to use a variable's contents (such as an input text box's contents) as the name of another variable. Both variable will be global. So, if the text box's instance name is "txt_box" and
Quote:

txt_box.text = _global.hello

how would I use the contents of _global.hello as the name of another variable? I think it's something like
Quote:

_global[[_global.hello]] = "text";

or something along those lines.

Thanks,
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Dynamic Text Variable Variable
Hello,
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What is the best way to define an integer variable on
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hi peeps,

im having trouble using the value of a variable contained in an external text file in a computation/calculation. to give you detailed idea of my problem, say i have 'myvar=13' stored in 'data.txt' file. on my flash stage, i tried to issue a loadvariables command to call up the variable 'myvar' contained in the 'data.txt' file to an MC (instance name=myloader). inside the MC i wanted to use the value of 'myvar' in calculation, but everytime i tried to issue a trace command on the resulting calculation output(say sum=myvar+10::trace(sum)) it returns 'undefined' on the trace output window. if you can come up with a sample .fla to demonstration your solution to this one, would be highly appreciated, if you could email it at netserv_inet@yahoo.com

thank you very much guys

External Variable
how to assign external variable to a flash movie hosted in html document without using query string after movie's name

i did it using

<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="jadmin.swf?myvar=value">

is it possible to use another way

thanks

External Variable Help Please
trying to set the color of a movie clip using a external variable can someone please help?

Using An External Variable
hi all,

I am basically trying to get a number in an external text file to influence the background color of my flash file... the number displayed in the file is correct but when i try to use that number in an if statement it all falls apart:

Code:
var externalData:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
externalData.onLoad = function() {
color_txt.text = externalData.colorCode;
}
externalData.load("colorCode.txt");

var myNumber:Number = Number("color_txt.text");

if (myNumber==1) {
var myColor = new Color(backgroundColor_mc);
myColor.setRGB(0x828238);
}else if (myNumber==2) {
var myColor = new Color(backgroundColor_mc);
myColor.setRGB(0x105788);
}else if (myNumber==3) {
var myColor = new Color(backgroundColor_mc);
myColor.setRGB(0x369636);
}else if (myNumber==4) {
var myColor = new Color(backgroundColor_mc);
myColor.setRGB(0x654884);
}else if (myNumber==5) {
var myColor = new Color(backgroundColor_mc);
myColor.setRGB(0x000000);
}
could anyone point me in the right direction?

External Variable
Hey all,

I have a question - how can I pull an OUTSIDE variable into my flash program.

For Example

<param name="test" value="test1">

How can I then read that in my actionScript?

Or is there a better way to do this?

ANY advice is greatly appreciated!

Get Variable From External Txt
I'm want to get a variable from an external txt-file and pass this variable
to an existing script.

This is part of the existing script (it's a slideshow-script, not written by
me):

this.pathToPics = "/animation/";
// fill this array with your pics
this.pArray = ["image0.jpg", "image1.jpg",
"image2.jpg","image3.jpg","image4.jpg"];
loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], photo);

However, instead of defining this.pathToPics in the fla, I want to load this
variable from an external text-file (because I would like to change it
sometimes, and I don't want to edit the fla file each time it changes).

In the txt-file I have:
URLToImg=F://www.mywebsite.com/somefolder/animation1/

I already tried:
var externalVars = new LoadVars();
var URLToImg:String;
externalVars.load("URLPath.txt");
externalVars.onLoad = function() {
URLPath = externalVars.URLToImg;
}

and then referring to this variable with:
this.pathToPics = URLPath;

but that doesn't work....

Does anyone know how to do this correctly?

External Variable
Hi,

I have a hard time finding help on what I'm looking for (sorry for my english this is a second language for me)
I'm really not a programmer so I will try to explain waht I need as clearly as possible:

I have a Flash (index.swf) that loads differents Flash (6 swfs) with 3 buttons. It's a scientific web site on the brain Called "Le cerveau Ã tous les niveaux"...and it uses three different levels of explanation (beginner, intermedaite and advanced) to talk about different aspect of the brain...There is 12 different subject on the brain you can read on for each level..

When you click on a subject, it goes to a basic HTML page.

But my problem is that when you are on this HTML page and you whant to go back by either pressing the Back button or clicking on the "Back to main topics" that appears on every page, you will always go back on the beginners page by default even if you were on the intermediate or advanced page......

Is there a way to set an external variable that will remember on wich level (example "intermediate") when I press the BACK button???
I assume that the answer is yes but can anyone explain to me how to do this??

thanks!

External Variable
Hi,
How can I get a variable from an external domain. So not the one the flash is on.
So basically the page would have &status=1 and I need to get the 1
Bryce

External Variable From URL
Does flash can read variable from url?
Let's say that movie is located on age
http://www.example.com/index.php?var1=x&var2=y

Can i access values from var1 and var2 ?

Via-Net - web directory

Antialias Text With Variable Text Inside Flash Authoring Environment?
Here's the code I'm using, and the question I have is after the code.

<code>
if (_root.button == 1){
mytext = "Available: {Available} ";
} else if (_root.button == 2){
mytext = "Price: {Price} ";
} else if (_root.button == 3){
mytext = "button 3{button_3} ";
} else if (_root.button == 4){
mytext = "button 4{button4} ";
} else {
mytext = "Zoning: {Zoning} ";
}
</code>

P.S.
These brackets "{}" are used for Generator variables that get pulled in from an access database.

So my question is this...

Is it possible to get this text to show up antialiased in my dynamic text field?

I've already tried to publish the movie with the text field option set to "EMBED ENTIRE FONT", and the only thing that shows up is the data coming from the database... the text that is already embeded in the variable does not show up.

Am I doing something wrong in my code?

any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx.
-fourfold

Dynamic Text Field: Swap Text With Diff Variable In Same Ext. File
I'm using the recommended

Code:
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load(_global.text_url2);
loadText.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success){}

etc..
which is working well. I just want to attach an action to buttons which will switch the text for different variables in the same text file, in a single text box named archivetitle.

ie.

Code:
archivetitle.text = this.title1;
when button one is pressed

Code:
archivetitle.text = this.title2;
when button two is pressed.

Basically, how do i access an already loaded text object to refresh to a new variable? Thanks!

Sending A Variable To An External Swf
I am trying to send a variable to an external swf file which loads into my movie, is this possible?

At the moment, I have an actionscript in my movie. which reiures a value from my main movie.

so all i want to do is to tell the movie that the

index = 1 , 2 , 3 , etc b4 when the movie loads, so that it know which number to use in the script...

It may sound simple, but 4 some reason, i just cant work it at the mo...

anyhelp would be great!