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Help With Text Fields And Inputting Text From External Text Files
help with text files and paths

i need some help with input text field and text files.

i have a 'presentation' movie that has three buttons. these buttons influence a sliding menu that has three sections to it. the sliding menu is a movie clip made up of 3 separate graphic elements and is placed on the main stage. the code on the movie clip is:

onClipEvent (load) {
var a = 5;
var d = 3;
var newX = _x;
var oXPos = _x;
var myXspeed = 0;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
myXspeed = ((_x-newX)/a+myXspeed)/d;
_x -= myXspeed;
}

and the code on the frame action is:

fscommand ("allowscale", false);
var xPositions = new Array(0, 205, -190, -580);
function jumpTo (number) {
slider.newX = xPositions[number];
}
stop ();

i now want to be able to have an input text field on each separate element of the sliding menu that pulls text from 3 sepaprate external text files and i can't get it to work. i'm ok if i put the text field on the main stage and can pull the info in from a text file using

loadVariablesNum ("text.txt", 0);

placed on a frame action. how do i adapt this so that it works for a text field put on the sliding menu. and how do i work it if i have three separate text files and three different text fields? i'm not very good at understand the paths needed to reach certain elements within a movie and where to put these actions.

should the load variable be on a frame actions or on a button action and whats the path to my input text field???

any help appreciated - as its driving me mad.

thanks

eskymo

Inputting External Text
Hi,

I'm very new here and i'm also new to flash. I'm picking things up quite well and this is the first really difficult thing i've come accross only because i can't find a tutorial about it anywhere.

How do I import text into a dynamic text box from an external text file?

i'm creating a website for a band and they need a gig guide page which they will need to update regularly and i thought this would be the best option.

If anyone could help the new guy he'd really appreciate it

MC - Inputting From Text Field.
Hi;

I am trying to input from the textfields which are attached to mc's that are created using actionscript. I have several mc's and I want to get the text from these textfields (which are defined as 'Input Text') which are entered by the user. But my problem is I don't know the active element which could be used for defining the mc's that I created for later use. Shall I use the 'var' element or 'Instance Name' element for getting the text from the textfields?

Ex:

I have a text field inside mc that is created by this command

Code:
name = Layer_Movie.attachMovie("LetBlack",name,t++,{_x:100, _y:100 });
Here I create a mc and give 'name' to it. I have another mc inside the LetBlack mc that is used as a template for actionscripting. It's 'Instance name' is Letter. And I have a text field inside the Letter mc I have that's 'var' name is let. But I can't get the text that is entered inside this text field. One of my friend's advice is this, to use focus commands in order to reach the text field. Please help;

Thanks anyway...

Inputting And Displaying Text
Hi there, hope someone can help.

If I want to create a flash movie where the user inputs text several times on different frames and then on say the last frame, the text is displayed along with some other text how would I go about it?

For example.

User inputs on frame 2 - Sarah
User inputs on frame 3 - 25

On frame 4 you get - Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm 25.

Hope someone can help please.

Molenski
As my bessie bud Kev always says - "Get involved!!!"

How To Not Allow Inputting Of Text In Input Box?
right...i need help here..i jus checked my project n realise something wrong..
i did this coloring with flash mx 2004. when i click on say red, the textfield is supposed to have the word red. the text field is an input box btw. yes the words appear. but then i can WRITE IN IT! i noe it's cus of it being an input text field. but when i changed it to static text, the name of the color doesnt appear n it doesnt work. can someone help mi? is there a way to like dun let user enter inside the input text field? .disable or sth?thanks!!

Inputting Text Via User Into A Seperate Movieclip
Hi there everyone,

I am trying to create a button pad which consists of 10 numbers 0 -9 upon which the user taps out a number which then appears in a movieclip next to that button pad, of course the user may tap any figures 0 = 999.

I am aware that I require a 'dynamic' textbox in the seperate movieclip in which these numbers appear as the user taps the number they require, but I have no idea how to make these numbers appear in that textbox.

The next problem is then creating a variable out of that number that the user has tapped in so that it is linked to a seperate movie which is then targeted within my main movie.

Any help with 1 or both of these questions would be gratefully recieved thanx

I am using Flash MX

[F8] Dynamic Textbox: Inputting Text From A Variable
Hello how can i do the above

i want the text to go into a dynamix text box

Quote:

johnstext = "johnboy";

that is in the first frame of my frame

the dynamic textbox is called johnstext

anything else i need please?

Outputting Text From An Input Box
Okay, I just can't figure this out. In FlashMX2004, unfortunatly, I haven't become code savey yet... I want to type something in an input box, and let it output in another text box once I hit enter in the input box... how can I do this?

I've got a fair idea that it is used with variables, and having the text box display whatever is inputted in the variable... other then that, I am really confused.

Thanks.

[F8] Outputting Variable To Text Box
Howdy,

I have a Random Muisc player which is working exactly the way i want it to.

The only feautre i would like to add is having the title of the track output to a dynamic text box but i cant figure out how.

Below is the code for the player

Quote:

temp = [];
mp3s = ["cler1","cler2"];

function init(){
temp = mp3s.concat();
temp.sort(function(){return Math.floor(Math.random()*3)-1});
playTracks();
};

function playTracks(){
if(temp.length==0) init();
toPlay = temp.pop();
myMP3 = new Sound(this);
myMP3.loadSound(toPlay+".mp3",true);
myMP3.onSoundComplete=function(){
playTracks();
};
};

init();

any help would be greatly appreciated

Outputting To A Text File On The Server?
I need to output to a text file, that I can retrieve at a later time. The guys that do games should have a method for this, similar to keeping game high scores. How do you do that, is it with XML?
Sorry I don't know squat about XML?
Any recommended tuts etc would be helpful?
Or an example fla if poss?

Thanx all

Outputting A Text File From Flash.... Offline
Whats the best way to output a text file with data from a flash movie. The text file needs to be formatted nicely and there is tons of data from multiple variables that need to be displayed. The only thing is that it is an offline application(CD-Rom) so I can't use ASP.

What should I do here????

Thanx in advance...

Outputting A Variable To A Dynamic Text Field
I'm still in the learning phases, but I'm trying to add ONE to a counter that's set in the first frame in the actions layer. Whenever a person clicks on a color, I want 1 added to the counter and output to the "output" text field. As of now, it shows "NaN" or "undefined".

WTF.FLA "hope I did this right"

Thanks!

Evaluating Math And Outputting Results To A Text Box
Howdy, im new to flash (although, i only have access to flash 5 ) and was wondering how I evaulate math in action script and have the result print on screen somewhere like a text box? I dont want results in the output box, i want it contained within the movie

Thanks!

Outputting/saving Data To A Text File
Hi all

i've done a quick search but not had much luck

Is it possible for a CD based flash appplication to create a text file on the users hard drive in which to store session data of sorts, which it can later retrieve/modify? Would PHP, despite being a server side language, have any use here? Can anyone point me to some tutorials?

cheers

Input Text Outputting With Formatting Junk Like <p Align..
I'm making a form to output to php... the variables are outputting all the formatting options on them like <p align left.. blah blah

How do I just get the variable text, not all the formatting junk??

Outputting Text, And Creating & Showing Buttons & Questions
Question 1: how do I create a button, show it, and so on[indent]I know I can draw something, select it, and convert it to symbol, is it possible to do that, then set that symbol as a button, also, if I import an button, or image, is there anything else I have to do so I can use it as a button, and how do I store it as a button (is it listed as some type of variable? or a object I guess? (Please give an example or so))

Question 2: How do I output text ?How do I type like in php echo "Hello"; or in C++ MS-DOS cout<<"Hello" etc.. to print textQuestion 3: If I wanted to "set" the background color to a hex code, how would I do that?

Question 4: If I have an image imported, how do I set its size (width/height) and position it on the screen correctly

Question 5: What do Imported things & Symbols appear in? as Global Variables? or a Movie Clip or something? an Object? and where abouts would they be (I have Macromedia Flash Professional 8)

This is the current code I have right now

Variables I have (name, starting value, array)
_global.c, set to the value of int_n (which is 5), no array

code:
Hex Generator

Code:
function RandomHex(c) //takes a string variable
{
new_code=Array() //gets 0-9 and A-F stored in it
for (var i:Number = 0; i<10; i++)
{
new_code[i] = i;
}
new_code[10] = "A";
new_code[11] = "B";
new_code[12] = "C";
new_code[13] = "D";
new_code[14] = "E";
new_code[15] = "F";
c = "0x";
for (var i:Number = 0; i<6; i++) //loops six times
{
var int_c = Math.random(15); //random number between 0 & 15
c = c + new_code[int_c]; //stores the value in the string "c"
}
//or var c:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*21);
//Should I return c; ?

}
function CreateCircle()
{
RandomHex(code[_global.c]); //calls RandomHex to store the value in code[_global.c]
orb[_global.c] = main.createEmptyMovieClip("orb"+_global.c, main.getNextHighestDepth()); //creates new mc
orb[_global.c].lineStyle(5, code[_global.c], 100); //styles the mc
orb[_global.c]._x = 600;
orb[_global.c]._y = 400;
orb[_global.c].moveTo(3, 0);
_global.c += 1; //increases c so we dont erase the last created mc
}
moving my circles

Code:
function move_circles(orb1, orb2, orb3, orb4, orb5) //takes 5 mcs
{
_global.i += 1; //increases i
if (_global.i > 361)
{
_global.i = 0; //dunno what I put this for lol
}
var Radius = Array();
var Rad = Array();
var X = Array();
var Y = Array();
var orb = Array();
orb[0] = orb1;
orb[1] = orb2;
orb[2] = orb3;
orb[3] = orb4;
orb[4] = orb5;
for (var i:Number = 0; i<5; i++)
{
Radius[i] = (i+1)*10; //Radius for my mc (which are drawn circles) to rotate from
Rad[i] = _global.i*Math.PI/5;
X[i] = Math.cos(Rad[i])*(Radius[i]);
Y[i] = Math.sin(Rad[i])*(Radius[i]);
orb[i]._x += X[i];
orb[i]._y += Y[i];
if (Rad[i] = 0)
{
CreateCircle(); //should call CreateCircle() and create 1 new mc which is a small colored dot, that will once created, move up, then after 5 seconds, be removed
}
}

}
setInterval(move_circles, 100, orb[0], orb[1], orb[2], orb[3], orb[4]);
Any help appreciated

Help On Creating A Similar Matrix Text Effect Outputting DNA Sequences
DNA Matrix Text Effect
Hey!! i'm kinda new to actionscripting for flash and I wonder if there is a way to make a flash that is similiar to the matrix text effect. Rather than outputting random numbers and letters, it will output only A,T,C,G randomly. Please help out. Here's the matrix code I've found on the net...Please help...thx ^^

Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";

var stageWidth = 500;
var fp = Function.prototype;

fp.setInterval = function(obj, ms, params) {
return setInterval(function(fcn) {
fcn.apply(obj, params);
}, ms, this);
};

fp.createDerivedMC = function(timeline, name, level) {
var mcp = MovieClip.prototype;
MovieClip.prototype = this.prototype;
var newmc = timeline.createEmptyMovieClip(name, level);
MovieClip.prototype = mcp;
this.apply(newmc, arguments.slice(3));
return newmc;
};

delete fp;

TextField.prototype.writeln = function(tx) {
this.text += tx + "
";
};

var o = _global.MatrixLetters = function(v) {
this.v = v;
this.t = getTimer();
};

o = o.prototype = new MovieClip();

o.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._y += 5 * this.v;
if(getTimer() >= (this.t+2000)) this.removeMovieClip();
};

var letters = [], vel, letter = 0;
for(var i = 36; i-- letters.unshift(i.toString(36));

var mc, tf, generator = function() {
vel = Math.floor(Math.random()*20);
mc = MatrixLetters.createDerivedMC(this, "l" + letter, letter++, vel);
mc._x = Math.floor(Math.random()*stageWidth);
mc.createTextField("letters", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
(tf = mc.letters).setNewTextFormat(
new TextFormat("Courier New", 12, 0x00FF00)
);
tf.autoSize = true;
for(var i = random(10)+10; i-- {
tf.writeln(letters[random(letters.length)]);
};
};

generator.setInterval(this, 100);

Filtering Out "bad" Words When Inputting Text
i read through a few posts regarding this topic, but i think i need a different type of solution... i have spent many hours trying to do this myself & any help will be greatly appreciated.

what i made so far is a flash mx template that will take in 10 inputs, one at a time, and then ultimately use this inputs in dynamic text fields. this is geared for kids, so i don't want them to put "bad words" in.

anyway, if they ever enter an input that is inappropriate i would like it to go to a frame that i labelled "denied" where they will have the opportunity to restart. if their word is ok, i would like it to go to the next frame.

(alternatively i had an idea to use something like

i=0
lowerCasePass=_root["input"+i].toLowerCase();
i++

to cycle through all 10 inputs, but i really don't know what i am talking about )

i came up with this, but it didn't work:

stop();
badwords=newArray("f*ck","a**hole", "sh*t");
next_btn.onRelease=function(){
lowerCasePass=input1.toLowerCase();
for(i=0;i<_root.badwords.length;i++){
if(lowerCasePass==_root.badwords[i])
gotoAndStop("denied");
}else{
gotoAndStop(currentframe+1);
)

and everything else i tried didn't work either. i am EXTREMELY clueless.

thanks!!!!

Outputting Data In Flash To Text Documents, Creating Textdocs With Flash & Mc Filters
Question 1: How do I add a filter to a movieclip from actionscript,
More specificly, the "adjust color" filter, and I want to decrease brightness, saturation, hue, and contrast... by actionscript...
If you dont know what I mean, use the circle tool to create a circle, convert to movie clip, click the "filter" tab, then click + and add a adjust color filter, you'll see what I mean...

Question 2: I need to output text to 'text' documents, no I cannot use shared objects for this, as it is a program for a client, and it isn't safe enough for me...

Basically, this is what I want to do...

Code:
var archive:Array = [];
archive[7] = "Hello I am the 8th archive";

//save to a text document called "archive7" in the directory myProgramfiles
//finished with code...
then

on initilization of my program, it'd do this

Code:
//get text from the text document I saved in the directory "myProgramfilesarchive7"
Thats what I really need

Question 3:Is there a way to create a folder, text document, through flash
//example

Code:
var textdoc:TextDocument = new TextDocument();
textdoc.name = archive7;
textdoc.text = "Hello I am the 8th archive";
Can anyone tell me how to do this

Thanks in advance

Inputting Your Name
how can i make someone input their name and make the name be used throught the game

say if i want some one to to say

"hey (name here)" i want to replace the name here bit with what they inputted at the beggingin with their name

Inputting Data
what i would like to know is weather you can insert a piece of text into flash and allow word wrap and can this also be done arround a picture.

I also wondered if tabels and text etc can be brought in, in their format, into flash.

Thanks

Variable - Inputting Password
Hey all,

I am doing a form which needs to show ****** when someone enters a pin number but record it as the variable. Sure it's easy just a designer tryin' to be a coder

Help much appreciated

Inputting PHP Into ?FLASH? And Sound?
I am such a newb playing with both FLASH and PHP. But I am trying to learn both at the sametime. Is it possible to put PHP coding into Flash? If so, where do I put the code. I found a php code for displaying the current date.

I would like to put some music onto the site in which the visitor can turn of or switch to another selection when they feel like it. I have not looked around the tuts yet but I will. But if someone has some quick info please post.

Thank in advance.

Inputting A Web Stats Code
Hi,

I'm a first timer and very green to Flash 8.0 or any other web design software. I recently bought a flash template for my new website. I've been using Flash 8.0 and have already edited it in terms of text and deleted some items. The website it up on the net and working, but now I want to add a web tracker code to track people viewing my website.

I received an HTML code from the company and now I don't know where to put it in the FLA file. Please help. Any advice would be great.

RLB

Inputting _root Using Normal Mode?
how do you input _root type targetting using normal mode?
rather than using expert mode. (need to tell some students how to do it)
can't find it in the actions side menu's.

FileRef > Inputting Path To The File > Possible?
Hi again.

Does anybody know if Flash can handle uploading of a file whose path/location is manually written in an input text field? I have a text field along with a browse button and I'm trying to give user the option to manually write the path, and then upload the file by a FileReference object.

Every aspect of the FileRef class seems read-only. Is this posible without a server-side script anyway?

Inputting Special Html Into A Textfield...
hello, I'm trying to load a html file retreived from a perl script into a flash textfield when it loads. The perl script passes the varialbe containing the html, but the Flash variable passing dies when it hits any of the following characters:

Code:
" --this is actually & quot ; --without the spaces
& --this is actually & amp ; --without the spaces
--It simply does not transfer any data beyond these items.

I get:

Code:
we are currently in the middle of
When I should get:

Code:
we are currently in the middle of "our" All Alliance push.
When it hits the html values of these, it dies.

These are the only two I've noticed right away, but I'm sure there are others. I'm not real familiar with what characters are displayed in html this way.

Does anyone know what (if anything) will trap for this?

This is my Flash XML statement:

Code:
var formData_xml = new LoadVars();
formData_xml.loadXML = "";
var replyData_xml = new LoadVars();
replyData_xml.onLoad = init;
formData_xml.sendAndLoad("http://whatever_xml.cgi", replyData_xml);

function init(){
trace(replyData_xml.loadXML);
var myResponse = replyData_xml.loadXML;
var cpage = eval(textFocus);//textFocus is the path to the textfield
cpage.htmlText = myResponse ;
trace(myResponse);
}
Thanks, please help me.

Counting Words While The User Is Inputting Them
Hello all,

I have a TextArea (Instance name VotreTexte) where the user writes a small text on a certain subject along with a Dynamic Field that needs to indicate the amount of words typed.

I have tried adding an event listener but it does not work.

Any suggestions or tutorials anyone can point me in so that I might have a look at it ?

As always, all help is really appreciated... Thanks guys and gals!

Inputting Flash HTML In Design Size
How do I incorp my flash button into my web site in the same size it was designed at?

As when I try to incorp it (using notepad, not these crummy bloatware programs like dreamweaver) it maxes out the button to fill the rest of the page, and not to the size I desinged the button at.

So my question is as stated: How do I incorp flash into html in the design size specified in the .fla file.

Using Flash Version 5.

Inputting Multiple Search Fields Into Query String?
hey guys and gals

quick question...i am building a little widget that allows a user to type in keyword(s) into one input field and then a zip code into another

when the user clicks submit, it plugs them into the search url

i have it working for one input field, but i am not sure how to append the script for the second field...what would i need to change to the below script to add a second field into that query string?

Code:
btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.google.com/search?q="+myInputField,"_blank");
}

any help is much appreciated...thanks for your time!

Argh Created My Subpages But Got Problems Inputting New Info
Hi,

I created a subpage under the link read more.. e.g.

Read more --->>> Subpage

But the problem I am having is that when I click the link I can see the text I typed ealier but the informations from the same page exists as well, I tried to delete it but I wont let me do that, the layers are not locked or hidden either how do I create the subpage under the "read more" link and enter new informations to my liking? any help? I got the source files if you want to see. Here are some images:

Inputting Multiple Search Fields Into Query String?
hey guys and gals

quick question...i am building a little widget that allows a user to type in keyword(s) into one input field and then a zip code into another

when the user clicks submit, it plugs them into the search url

i have it working for one input field, but i am not sure how to append the script for the second field...what would i need to change to the below script to add a second field into that query string?

Code:
btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://www.google.com/search?q="+myInputField,"_blank");
}
any help is much appreciated...thanks for your time!

Outputting Xml
My application is written using Flash MX with lots of action script. I have to output a text file that will contain xml data - send that text file to a blackbox calculation engine. That blackbox engine will then output a text file which contains data that must be read back into the Flash application.

I was told that mmsave was what I could use - I did it but now I am told that this is only a debugging feature.
MMSave(mystring,MyDir)

What would I use to output a text file in a directed location i.e. c:mmtextfile*.* using ActionScript?

Are there other solutions ? I am quite lazy so I would like the solution to be simple.

Thanks in advance

Outputting Without PHP
Is there any way to save txt/xml on an online server without using PHP?

Not Outputting
Hi guys,

last night i was playing around and for some reason my output panel dont seem to work, i can do trace('why dont trace work'); and cntrl-enter and it does'nt do anything.

has anyone ever experienced it. Anyone have any ideas about fixing it?

Thanks

Outputting Without PHP
Is there any way to save txt/xml on an online server without using PHP?

Problem Outputting To AVI
I'm having problem outputting a slideshow done in Flash MX 6 to uncompressed AVI format.

It works when I tested with a very short animation. With the slideshow the output AVI file is >3GB so the file size seems right, but the file is not playable in any player. WMP gives me the file type or codec not supported error.

Is this a known issue? Is there any way to go around it or any plugin that fixes it? thanks.

Outputting To A Txt File
can someone tell me how to output variables to a .txt file? I'd like to create a .txt file from one swf for another swf to take as input later

also, this first swf will be run from a browser, so how do I specify where this txt will be saved?

[F5] Outputting Variables
I have a grid with 2 dynamic text fields : "from" and "to". This grid is separated in to squares. "from" and "to" change depending on where the cursor is. I've done the math but am having trouble implementing it.

Code:
fx = _xmouse/80;
math.floor(fx) * 10000;
fy = _ymouse/80;
math.floor(y) * 100000;
from = fx + fy + 1;

tx = _xmouse/80;
math.ceil(tx) * 10000;
ty = _ymouse/80;
math.floor(ty) * 100000;
to = tx + ty;
Also; is "math.floor" and "math.ceil" the correct command for rounding down and up?

Thanks.

Outputting A Query In A Fla Mc
OK, I know how to flash remote. What i do not know how to do is output a query result set in flash. I know how to send a query result set from coldfusion, but i do not know how to display it in flash.

For example, I would like to have a user click VIEW ORDER HISTORY, then coldfusion will return a query how can i make a table in flash that will show all orders?

eg.

order 1 date x item c
order 2 date x+3 item d

...

Outputting Flash 8 With FLV
Greetings, I am outputting a Flash 8 project with embedded FLV. On the test movie, it played fine, however, when i published it, the scrubber does not show up. Anyone knows what's causing it?

Outputting Time
Okay i am making a simple kids game in flash, basically the kid clicks on the start button, this loads a series of questions, and starts a timer, the kid has to answer the 10 questions, once they have done this it outputs a congratulations message and the time in which it took to do the activity.

Now the timer works great, the problem is that i don't know how to terminate the activity and output the time, i want it so that when the kid hits the correct answer on the last question it plays a congratulations movie and outputs the time.

If anyone thinks that they can help please reply, and i shall send u the fla.

Thanks