ActionScript 1/2 :: Inserting Text From A Variable?
Sep 28, 2009what is it called when you insert text from a variable in actionscript?
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View 0 RepliesI know you can read the contents of a text file into a dynamic text field at runtime. Can you also insert the string contents of a variable into a dynamic text field at runtime? I simply want a dynamic text field that says "Welcome back, <username>" I am doing it right now with a static text field and a dynamic one, but if the username is really short, the whole thing is not centered and looks weird. Optimally, it should all be part of one element on the stage.
View 9 RepliesI'm trying to take a variable from the parent movieclip and use it in the child movieclip inside of a dynamic text field.
The variable has a value that is taken from a php file.
I'm completely lost at the moment and know that my code is probably completely wrong.
here it is:
parent movieclip:
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onLoaded);
loader.load(new URLRequest("../SC/FLA_cont-btn.php"));
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I have a input text field on the stage and I want to insert text into that inputTF via a button. I can't use something like
Code:
add.onRelease = function(){
inputTF.htmlText = "hello world"
}
becase it replaces the user's inputed text. I want to just insert text where there "flashingType-dealy" is located (my apologies I don't know what it is called).
I think a starting point is using Selection
Code:
Selection.setFocus(inputTF);
Selection.setSelection(this.tempBegin, this.tempEnd);
//what else? //
I am somewhat of a beginner and have been attempting to create an entire website using Flash CS4 Everything is going quite well and the body of all of the pages are built The navigation buttons to each page are working perfectly. Now I am simply filling in the content for each individual page. Most of the pages were large enough to contain the content without requiring more room One of my pages will have a large area of text and several pictures.I became aware of the Components menu last evening and the selection of the scrollbar.I added the component to my page and sized it accordingly. It allows me to add text but not JPEG images. I was wanting to know how to utilize the scroll feature and still have text and images on the page
View 9 RepliesI have some application with 4 inserting text boxes and i must make SQRT between them. Problem is looking like this:
Code: Select all<mx:TextInput x="30" y="36" width="34" height="20" maxChars="3" id="xs1"/>
<mx:TextInput x="30" y="36" width="34" height="20" maxChars="3" id="ys1"/>
<mx:TextInput x="30" y="36" width="34" height="20" maxChars="3" id="xs2"/>[code]......
What kind variables must be to work because SQRT telling me to them Number and .text tell me to be String how to do this .
Is there anyway to add a blank line to a dynamic text object.
For example :-
.content.text = "How do I add a blank line into this object?";
Basically all I am trying to do, is place a simple text animation on a separate layer and animate it. Every time I insert the first keyframe on the first character of the text I am animating, it turns the whole document white. When I preview it like this, the white "layer" pulses at the set frame rate I have applied. I have played around with moving the layers and what not and I cant get this problem to go away.
View 1 RepliesHow do I reference the variable pointed to by the variable text but pointed to by more than one function?Say I have:
engine_level = 5;
tank_level = 3;
v_name = 'engine';
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How do I reference the variable pointed to by the variable text?
Say I have:
engine_level = 5;
v_name = 'engine';
pb_name = v_name + '_p_button'; // so pb_name = 'engine_p_button';
level = v_name + '_level'; // so level = 'engine_level';
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I want to load an external variable called name from a text file into a local variable in flash called my_str...here's what I have:
var loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
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I need to have the variable my_str available outside the function..
I'm trying to make something that will show up in a dynac text field something like this:"[variable1] text text text [varibale2] text text text"I've linked the dynamic text field to a variable "resu" and set it to:var resu = variable1 + "text text text text" + variable2 + "text text text"The only problem is that when I make the variables random, they don't change
View 1 RepliesI'm pretty new to FLASH. I have created several swf, several are videos. I want to insert them into an fla and have them play automatically then loop.
I tried just moving the swf from my library to the work area, but the swf aren't playing correctly.
I've seen similar threads but couldn't find one with the exact same issue. I've a PDF / Word document with arabic copy when I try pasting that text in flash all the joined letters start appearing as individual letters.I've tried the dynamic text box solution in which you create a dynamic text box and assign the text to its variable that doesn't work. But strangely when you write arabic in dynamic text box (with out assigning the text to the variable) and double click to select the text box and its content the text starts appearing fine .. but when published its again all individual letter.
View 1 RepliesAlright so lets say I have a number of movieclips or text fields or something with instance names test1, test2, test3 and so forth. Now say I want to fill these text fields with text that I have in an array and I want to do this with a loop, how do I do this? What I'm really asking is if there is a way to use a variable in an instance name if you catch my drift.
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There's a movieclip, lets call it myMovieClip. Inside this movieclip there is a dynamic text box, lets call this one myText. Now to change the text within this text box that is embedded in a movieclip, it's simply:
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However, what if there is a variable, called myVariable that stores the instance name of the text box. With only one text box I know it's pointless, but for the sake of example, lets leave it simple. So, suddenly the code looks like:
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I have a class that loads data from a text file and puts it into an array called tdv.importedTxtArray (public var).In a separate class i have written [code]The infoArray does not then contain the imported text however because tdv.importedTxtArray is not given its popper contents until about 1/2 a second after the tdvLoader class executes (i.e: when Event.COMPLETE is run and the array is populated with strings from the external text file). Subsequently in the code above infoArray is set to a blank array.How can i get the code in my separate class to ''wait' until tdv.importedTxtArray is properly populated before accessing it.
View 2 Repliesi can't get flash to show, and in a dynamic text box which loads text via a variable from a .txt file on a server.
View 2 RepliesI have a test field that I've created dynamically. If I add text to it by writing: myField.text = "some text" the text appears, but if I add text using a variable I don't see anything. If I trace the text field's text trace("text = " myField.text) I get the right value.
View 6 RepliesGo into the 3D Studio Max link and in there you'll see my problem.....How can I get the text to format to the width of the dynamic text field? What I have are variables set up to load text from an uploaded .txt file, into the dynamic text field... it seems to run each line way over to the right...
View 3 RepliesThis should be basic enough but I'm having trouble troubleshooting it
var instrument:MovieClip=banjo;
instrument_txt.text="The " + String(instrument)+ " has been selected!";
I wanted this to result in dynamic text field displaying
"The banjo has been selected!" but it results in "The [Object MovieClip] has been selected!".
Is String(var) wrong command to use? The only reason I could think why it's not working is, that the variable has been stated as 'MovieClip' instead of Number or Text. What can be done in the case of MovieClip if this is correct?
P.S I'm wondering if there're rules on asking questions on this board... I've asked two for today already and they would be considered pretty 'basic' ones to professionals / experienced users on this board >_<
I am trying to insert an external music player "jukebox.swf" into a .flaI don't really know how to load a .swf into the project
View 9 RepliesI am working on flash headers for a website. After I insert the swf file in DW and upload it, it looks fine in IE. However, in FF there is a gap under the header, so it doesn't look uniform.
View 3 RepliesI am doing a project for someone and we bought a template and I know enough to modify pretty much anything we need... until now.I want to do exactly what is listed here: [URL]But I can't figure out where to add the code. I'm not much for adding, so far I've been able to copy something in the library and modify it to do what I wanted but I have no idea what I can copy or modify for this.
View 1 RepliesI'm working on a Flash project that includes a number of buttons, each of which opens a Web page using the getURL function.I'd like to write the URLs into the XML file, then have the AS2 code reference those URLs.[code]
View 0 RepliesDoes anyone know the theory behind using javascript to insert your SWF files into the XHTML page, rather then the ("Insert.., Media.., SWF) way.
Is this a better way of doing it? whats the difference?
the Java looks like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
A[
var so = new SWFObject("here.swf", "", "100%", "100%", "9", "#000000");
so.addParam("scale", "noscale");
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I'm currently developing a full flash site. I've made the dropdown navigation menu with flash also. However, whenever I insert or import it into the webpage .fla, nothing works. When I preview the navigation menu swf file it works perfectly, ie, the mouseover effects, however I lose all actionscript coding when I bring it into my webpage .fla, what am I doing wrong?
View 1 RepliesI have created a flash file that demo's how to use a certain WAP site that is already created. (HTM files with links etc.) - I would like to put this "site" on a cellphone screen in my flash movie to then be navigated as per the HTM files.
Basically is there a way i can EMBED this mini WAP site into my flash movie so that it will function as if in an IFRAME on a standard website.
everywhere i look i come accross with tutorials about how to load data from XML file to flash, but i havnt found any article how u insert or update data in xml from flash. how is it done? i need to insert texts from a textbox in flash into xml file after i press a submit botton.
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