Movie Loader And Dynamic Text
I am having a problem setting text during onLoadProgress of the loader class:
Here is the action script that I am using: code: // DRAWING LOAD BAR ETC. this.createEmptyMovieClip("progressBar_mc", 10); progressBar_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("bar_mc", 11); progressBar_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("stroke_mc", 12); with (progressBar_mc.stroke_mc) { lineStyle(0, 0xFFFFFF); moveTo(0, 0); lineTo(200, 0); lineTo(200, 5); lineTo(0, 5); lineTo(0, 0); } with (progressBar_mc.bar_mc) { beginFill(0xFF0000, 100); moveTo(0, 0); lineTo(200, 0); lineTo(200, 5); lineTo(0, 5); lineTo(0, 0); endFill(); _xscale = 0; }
var $load_fnt = new TextFormat(); $load_fnt.size = 18; $load_fnt.color = 0xFFFFFF; $load_fnt.align = "center";
progressBar_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("text_mc", 13); progressBar_mc.text_mc.createTextField("_txt",1,0, 10,200,20); progressBar_mc.text_mc.createTextField("per",2,0,3 0,200,20); progressBar_mc.text_mc._txt.text = "LOADING"; progressBar_mc.text_mc.per.text = "%"; progressBar_mc._x = (Stage.width/2) - (progressBar_mc.stroke_mc._width/2); progressBar_mc._y = (Stage.height/2) - (progressBar_mc.stroke_mc._height/2);
progressBar_mc.text_mc._txt.setTextFormat($load_fn t); progressBar_mc.text_mc.per.setTextFormat($load_fnt );
// PRELOADING
var $load = new MovieClipLoader; $listener = new Object();
$listener.onLoadStart = function($target_mc:MovieClip) { progressBar_mc.bar_mc._xscale = 0;
}
$listener.onLoadProgress = function($target_mc:MovieClip, bytesLoaded:Number, bytesTotal:Number) { progressBar_mc.bar_mc._xscale = Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100); progressBar_mc.text_mc.per.text = Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100)+"%"; //trace(progressBar_mc.text_mc.per.text); //trace(Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100)); }
$listener.onLoadComplete = function($target_mc) { progressBar_mc.removeMovieClip(); }
$listener.onLoadInit = function($target_mc) { $target_mc.gotoAndStop(2); }
$listener.onLoadError = function($target_mc) { trace("ERROR! THIS ISN'T WORKING!!"); }
$load.addListener($listener);
$load.loadClip("movie.swf",1);
The loading bar works fine but outputting the percentage to a dynamic text field does not work. I've bolded the areas where I am having the difficulties.
If I set my "per" text field before the loadClip call then I see the text but once it hits the onLoadProgress function the text disappears. I've commented out the trace calls to see if the info is there and it is - I just can't get it to appear in my text box.
I'm using flash mx 2004 (7.2). Please let me know if you need any more information.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 09-26-2005, 04:45 PM
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What should the Actionscript syntax for "theBUTTON" look like? I tried this but no luck:
on (release) {
movie1.newMovieClip.txtPRICE.text = "HELLO";
}
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!!
Dynamic Text In Movie Clip
I am trying to place a dynamic text field inside of a movie clip. My text field displays correctly if it is on the main stage. I used the code loadVariables("text.txt","_root");
But when I put this in the movie clip on frame one it changes my text field and displays: _level0instance67_"name"
Is there a way to call a text document from a movie clip?
Loading Dynamic Text Into A Movie
Hello,
I'm relatively new to Flash and have hit a bit of a snag. I'd like to be able to dynamically create and load text from a file into a movie clip, but it doesn't so much seem to be working. It works fine just using a standard text box and loading the text from a file into that, but I can't get it to work using createTextField() on the fly. My question is, once I've generated a text block, how do I get the data from the file into the 'text' field?
...
onClipEvent(load)
{
this.createTextField("sometext",1,100,100,300,100) ;
loadVariables("text/test.txt", "this.sometext")
}
Inside test.txt I have: sometext=here is some text
If I explicitly state:
sometext.text = "here is some text";
everything is cool, but obviously I'd like some way to load the text externally.
Any suggestions?
thanks...
Loading A Movie With Dynamic Text
Here's the situation. I have a services.swf that is being loaded into my main.swf. services.swf has a dynamic text box. When the services play by its self it looks fine. When it is loaded into my main movie the text never displays its self all of the other images of the services are there. Any suggestion.
thanx
Link To Another Movie In Dynamic Text
Hey guys,
Just joined! I have a Flash MX question that's been bugging me for the longest time, hopefully one of you can help. I have a dynamic text box in which I load text from an external text file. I want to have a particular word linked to another .swf file and have it load on the same _level (_level5 in my case) when the user clicks on the word. Is this possible?
For instance, I have "Hello this is some random text. Please click on here to go to some more random text." When the user clicks on the words "on here", I want it to unload randomtext1.swf from _level5 and load randomtext2.swf into _level 5. And ofcourse I need the text box to be dynamic.
Hope you guys can help!
Dynamic Text And Load Movie
I have a main Flash movie that loads a series of other .swf into a target clip using loadMovie("myMovie.swf",targetClip).
Some of the other .swfs contain dynamic text boxes. When you play these .swf's independently, the text shows up fine. But when they are loaded into the main movie, the text disappears.
I suspect that it is the way I'm referring to the text. The text box (txtCredit) has a variable (sCredit), which I'm calling by using this.sCredit = "text".
I've also tried just referrring to the text box itself (this.txtCredit.htmlText = "text") and that doesn't work either. I've also tried changing the this to _root.targetClip and _parent. None of that worked.
Does anyone know how i can get the text to show up when the main movie plays?
Loading Movie Via Dynamic Text
Hello, I've searched but didn't find anything close to what I am looking for ... that may mean it is not possible!?....... here goes:
I am trying to get flash to loadMovie from a dynamic text document. Here's what I have in the text:
<a href="CONTACT/contact.swf" target="_root.content"><font color="#FFFFFF"><b>here.</b></font></a>
right now it is loading the swf into a new page (not in my target).
Sup!?
Pre-thanks!
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