Load Variables: Text File
i'm using the following script to load text file variables:
Code:
on (release) {
_parent.Thread = "loading...";
_parent.File = File;
_parent.Topic = Topic;
loadVariables (_root.Forum.PathToDir+_root.Forum.Category+"/"+_root.Forum.File, _parent);
}
(Flash 5)
it loads the files no problem.... however, if i add information to a particular text file (it's a message board), when i click the subject again (the script above), it doesn't load my updated text file (with the new comments).
i'm guessing that this is something to do with the fact that after originally loading the text file, it just reads this (cached file) and not my updated version.
is there any way around this...??
any help very much appreciated... this is really doin my head in now!!
cheers - ric
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Posted on: 01-27-2004, 03:40 AM
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