Flash :: Writing Text

Text Effect (Writing Text 1 By 1 [small Problem ;)])
i was thinking of writing this, like so

Frame 1

Code:
msg.text = "A";
Frame 2

Code:
msg.text = "Ah";
Utill this

Code:
msg.text = "Ah yes, "+ _level0.playername +" I knew that was it.
Do you know who I am?";
But as you can see there is a varuable (user inputs his or her name),
so how do I write it, if I dont know that value and the amount of characters?

Trouble Writing Text To Dynamic Text Box
I am using Flash MX (6.0). I am trying to display some text in a dynamic textbox. In my first frame a have a routine that imports and parsed a csv file into an array. After completing the array, the playhead goes to frame 2 where I am just trying to assign a value to a dynamic text field. I don't think it should be this difficult. Here is my actionscript. I have also attached the fla. Thanks!

First frame (creating array):
code:
stop();

// Initialize variables and constants
var _fileload = new LoadVars();
var full_array = new Array();
var DIR = "pix/";

// Start the data loading
_fileload.load("csv.txt");

// Functions
_fileload.onData = function(txtfile)
{
var temp1_array = txtfile.split('
');
for (var i = 0; i < temp1_array.length; i++)
{
var temp2_array = temp1_array[i].split(',');
full_array[i] = temp2_array;
}
gotoandplay(2)
};

Second frame (assign part of array to dynamic field):
code:
stop();

// Populate listbox
for ( var i = 0; i < full_array.length; i++)
{
listbox_lb.addItem(full_array[i][0]);
}

// Add some text
title_txt.text = full_array[0][0];

HELP With Writing Text On External Text File Using PHP
Hi,
i need some PHP code and Flash AS for updating my news on my web site.
My flash movie loads text on dynamic text field from external text file.
I've made Admin CP where the text fields are Input Text Fields, where i can write/change the news. I need PHP file who can write/replace the text to the text file, and AS for flash.
I want to be able to replace the news in my external text file directly from the web site (AdminCP), not downloading the text file to my PC, than replacing the text and uploading again.

Thanks!

Writing Text With A Pen
I know that it sounds simple, but I'm wondering how to use a pen to look like it's writing out some text.
I think that masking may be involved??

Thanks so much, Mandoza

Writing Text
Does anyone know how to make a word look like it's being written out by hand? Sorry, it's kind of hard to explain.

Example:
Say I wanted to say "Hello".
Then H
E
L
L
O
would be written out as if I'm actually writing it down on a pice of paper.

Any ideas?

I have Flash Pro MX 2004

Self-writing Text
Anyone has any idea of how to create code for "self-writing" text? or what's out there that can be used?

Basically, I'm creating a little flash book and I want the letters to appear as they are narrated. Since there's so much text, doing it with masks would be a pain. So I'm looking for a code, doesn't need to be perfect, just give you that sensation that words are being written while they are spoken.

Text Writing
can i create text that will write itself, but not use standard font? also, could i put that at an angle?
i know you can do like letter by letter, but i want it more realistic, how would i go about doing this?
any help would be great. thanks.

Writing To Text Files And PPC
hello all,

i need to know if u can write to text files i.e save a text field to file...is the a command like load variables?

I need this to work in flash 4 as i am working in the pocket pc flash environment....

Also anyone doing dev on the pocket pc flash? interested to know u...
maybe we can exchange stories...
Alvin.

Writing To A Text File
hi,

i am trying to work out a way to write to a .txt file from a flash 5 text input box. has anybody out there managed to do this?

thanks in advance

Writing A Text.txt On MAC/Apple
Is it possible to write a text.txt on MAC/Apple Computer as seen in lot of these Calendars???

I know that it is possible using the EXEC-Function and FS-Command but it doesn't work a Mac/Apple Computers...

Is there any solution for this ???

Thanx in advance

Mark

FMX Writing Text Files?
I was just getting ready to buy flash jesters jsave and netcheck, when I saw the flashmx announcement. WIll MX proivide the facilities to do these things from a flash projector?

1. check for internet connection.
2. write a text file.

I am building a desktop app that will load data from our live site and display it, but I need to be able to write to a text file on the hard drive so I can show the latest possible info (written to text file at time of last connection) if they are not currently connected. Hope some one can/will answer this... trying to save $300 (money is short here as everywhere).

Thanks in advance
Felix_Man

Writing To A Text File ---help
i need to have flash write to (update) a text file everything will all run local. flash swf/exe and text are all on the same machine this will be a local presintation.

this will be communicating with a visual basic app.

help!!!!!!

please call i f you cant explane

714.372.5344 huntington beach california

thank you

Writing Text Into A Dynamic Box... (v5)
The situation-- Trying to develop a small Flash app that simulates the Oblique Strategies deck (http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/) ... which should be a relatively simple task, right? So here has been my approach so far... Set up the stage to initially have a blank space where the "card" will be dealt with room enough for a masthead and the button that "draws" the card. The "card" is actually just text written into a dynamic text movie clip template stored in the library (exported/linked & all that good stuff)-- So anyway, the stage is set and the library has this dynamic text template in it. Now here's my script that should make the whole thing run:

====

stop();

#include "obliquedeck.as"

function drawCard () {
// remove the prev card, if there was one
obliqueCard.removeMovieClip();

// determine the next card
var obliqueText = strategies[randomCard()];

// draw the next card to the stage
attachMovie("cardTemplate", "obliqueCard", 0);
obliqueCard._x = 175
obliqueCard._y = 150
obliqueCard.cText = obliqueText;
}

function randomCard () {
// determine the length of the array
// and thus the bounds of the randomness
var n = strategies.length;

// randomize
Math.floor(Math.random() * n);
}

// and the array is stored in that "obliquedeck.as"
// file looking something like this...
strategies = ["string1","string2","string3","etc."];

===

And yet Flash doesn't seem to draw the text clip (or fails to assign the text to the clip and draws an empty clip) . . . did I miss something tremendously obvious?

cheers,
-r

Writing To A Text File
How can I save a html text box as an actual html file without using any PHP or CGI? Can this be done?

Or, how can I write/create a file without PHP/CGI etc...

TIA

Writing To A Text File?
hello

just a quickie...

is there a way I can get actionscript to WRITE TO as well as read from a text file. I will I have to use something else? If so, anyone know a place to start ?

cheers

Writing Out Text Effect
I was wondering if anyone could help me with an effect I am trying to do. I am trying to make a circle look like it is being drawn out. Can anyone provide me with a link for a tutorial? Can you make a mask follow a motion path too? thanks again.

Writing To A Text File
Can Flash's Action Scripting write to a text file and read from the same file like a sort of database? Can the Action Script also append more data to the text file? If so, can someone point me to a tutorial or Web site tutorial illustrating the techniques involved?

Thanks in advance,

Chris G ~`^%

Writing To Dynamic Text Box
Hello, I've made an mp3 player with a list of songs. Each song is a button that streams the mp3 associated with the button.

What I want to do now is make a dynamic text box that will show what song is playing. I have a book and have figured out how to do this with a text file.

Is there a way of doing it without the text file so that once the song button is hit it will write to the dynamic box the text I specify?

Thanks
Brian

Writing Text As If Handwrittn
Hi All,

Is there an application, or effect somewhere that displays text as if its being written in pen and ink?

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Writing Text Files
I'm doing a project where by it would be extremely helpful if options that a person selects in a flash movie file could be saved into a .txt file (...or possibly a cookie if necessary) so that when the movie is closed and then reopened, the previously set options are used to dictate variable settings.

If anyone knows how to write variables to a file, it would be very much appreciated?

Writing To A Text File?
Is it possible to write to a text file from with in a .swf?
Thanks in advance.
Chuck

Writing To Text Documents
does anybody know of a way to use actionscript to write to a text file?

Writing To A Text File? Can It Be Done?
Can Flash when published as an EXE or a web based SWF write to a Text File?

If so does it add to the existing text or over write it?

Can Flash create a New text file to write to?

Just simple yes or no is fine but if you know how one or more of these things is done a description of how would be fantastic!

How Do I Make A Self Writing Text?
i wanna make a short text to write it slef at least make it like its writing it self

can somebody help me how to manage that??

Writing To A Text File
Anyone know of a tutorial available that will allow me to write from an input form to a .txt file? I have PHP, and ASP available to process it.

Basically, I just want to write one variable's contents into a text file. Shouldn't be to difficult but i cant find any resources out there.

Thanks

Writing To A Text File
i am making an application that is stored on a CD. the user pops in the cd and d-clicks the main SWF to start the app. i need to read/write to text files. id be stupid to assume that the client machine has a specific backend script -- how can i do simple writes to a text file in this situation?

thanks

Writing To A Text File
I have set up a movie so that 4 text boxes read variable's from a text file. Here is the code:

Code:
&date01=01/12/05
&title01=The Weeping Camel
&blog=
&time01=2:48AM

This is what is contained inside the text file.

Code:
loadVariablesNum("December.txt", 0);

This loads the variables. This all works fine. I am trying to write from an input text box back into the the text file. Can anyone please help??

Writing A Variable To Text
Can someone please show me a working example of a .swf (or projector?) writing a variable to a text file.. I need something to run simply on my computer.. not on the internet.. so i'd assume I don't need backend scripting...

But for some reason I can't seem to find anything that works for me?
For example..
I would like two input text boxes.. one for the file name
and one for the variable .. such as "Hello World!"

So if I typed in HelloWorld into both text boxes.. a text file would be created "HelloWorld.txt" and within would be something like var=HelloWorld

can anyone help me out? thanks in advance

Writing Text On Screen?
Did this on one of my first flash projects, and I've still got the .swf file and I know I used a mask to reveal already written text--but I'm jiggered if I can remember exactly what I did.

Have searched the forum under every variation of "writing/revealing text/letters on the screen," but could find no tutes.

Thanx heaps, y'all, for your attention and help.

[F8] Writing Text To The Screen
I am trying to write text to a text box but I cant seem to change the size, color or any attributes but position. I update it with this line.

I update it from a movieclip script ( doteater movieclip ).

_root.mytext.text = _x;

The fla is included as an attachment.

Code:
function CreateTextBox()
{
_root.createTextField("mytext",_root.getNextHighestDepth(),100,100,600,400);

mytext.multiline = true;
mytext.wordWrap = true;
mytext.border = false;
mytext.color = 0xffffff;
//mytext.border = false;
//mytext.size = 24;
//trace( mytext.size );

myformat = new TextFormat();
myformat.color = 0xffffff;
myformat.bullet = false;
myformat.underline = true;
myformat.size = 16;

mytext.text = "";
mytext.setTextFormat(myformat);
}

[F8] Writing To A Text File
I am creating a game of "snake" and need to be able to write the end score and the name of the person who played the game to a text file in the users documents, as the end file will be a .swf for an assignment I was wondering if this was possible and if so, what code I would have to use.

The code I am using for the game is similar to this code: http://www.strille.net/tutorials/snake/index.php

thanks in advance if you can help.
steph.

Writing To Text File
could anyone please explain the most straightforward way to write variables from Flash 8 into a text file? from my Googling i discovered that certain fscommands could do it, but that this was an undocumented feature that only worked up to Flash 5 and with older versions of the standalone player.

the only condition is that the system of writing must work offline. presumably this means that a php script would not be the best solution? would something like javascript be able to do the job?

thanks in advance for any help.

Writing To Text File
Is there any way to write a text file on the hard disk (without using shared docs) using flash 8. I want to develop a simple application which will save and retrieve chracters from the text file.

Thanks in advance

Writing To Text Files
hi,
i'm tryin to make a survey and i want to write the collected information into a text file and save the text file. After that i want to load from the text file and display the results in a certain way...

can anyone help me?

Effect Of Text Writing Itself
Does anyone know how I can create the effect of text writing itself? Or can someone recommend a site that explains it in a way that a not very advanced Flash user would understand? Thanks.

Writing A Text File From A Swf?
I am trying to develop a Flash site with text that is editable from the SWF file. The editor could log in via a password > dynamic text fields become input text fields which could be edited and THEN I need a method for writing the information somewhere so it can be loaded back in.

This is a small brochure site and I think a database is a little over-kill, and too expensive.

Anyone have any suggestions of methods for writing to a text file? Is it possible (I mean easy) to write a text file from Flash?

(I have looked for tutorials, if there are any I'm missing them)

Writing To A Text File
Is there a way where I can write to a text file from flash using Actionscript?

I want to save some values from a variable and reload that values when i run flash again.

Writing Text Files
right i am current a relitive noob to flash, i know motion and shape tweens and not much action script, infact virtually nothing..

i want to place all the info from a text box, then pressing submit place this into a text file. is there a way to do this without using a external script php/asp/cfm/perl

Pen Writing A Text In FlashMX
in older versions of flash there was a sampel with a pen writing a text. i need that sampel or some thing simular.

dose anyone know were to find it or maybe someone know how to make the writing effect?

Writing To A Text File
Is there a way where I can write to a text file from flash using Actionscript?

I want to save some values from a variable and reload that values when i run flash again.

Writing To A Dynamic Text Box?
Just wondering if anyone knew how to have a flash program that you can wright whatever say "News" to a .txt file?

The way I have it set up is, you enter a password, then it loads a screen where you can update the news as you please. And is will wright over whatever is in the .txt file. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.