I'm simply trying to get Flash to display the first ten characters in a trace, but the results always come back undefined. Here is my code:
var lin = "";
var testfile = new File("test.txt");
testfile.open("text","read");
lin = testfile.read(10);
trace(lin);
The flash file is in the same directory as the text file.
I'm trying to write a tool in flash that lets you open and save to a xml file. Currently, I let user type in the xml url in a textfield and load it straight from that but that's un-intuitive. So I need a way to open the window/explorer that allows user to navigate to a file that he wants to save to or load from on the local hard drive just like all other software.
View 2 RepliesMost of the time when it comes to sharing FLA files compatibility is an issue. For me I have CS3 at college, CS4 at work and CS5 at home so saving as a specific version is an issue expacially as most people seem to have CS3. Is there such thing as a converter to allow the opening or saving of different versions? CS5 cannot save as a CS3 which is the main problem for me.
View 9 Replies...Anyway. Since college happened, I'm used to C++ storing data in .txt files and reading in from there. I'm trying to make a monopoly remake for something to do while Christmas comes, and I wanted to store all the card information somewhere. I thought of storing it in some sort of "Information Class" or perhaps just a text file.
how does AS3 read from text files?
Is it possible to save scores in a text file or xml file locally? Im not creating an online application but rather an application for personal use! I don't want to use cookies since they can be cleared by mistake! It would be really good if it was possible to save the score to an external file!
View 2 RepliesIs it possible that, when I publish my flash program to the internet that the user can save and load text to a text file somewhere on his computer?
View 2 RepliesI have an offline presentation for a client that needs to have a form submitted data saved local on the machine (kiosk) to be gathered later.I researched on google and found fscommand to write to a txt file but this no longer works and is sorta sloppy.
View 5 RepliesI use .txt files a lot with flash to load external news and updates. Although you can use the loadVariablesNum() command to load the .txt files is there anyway to edit and save the external files in flash? e.g. say I have a text box and a submit button in flash is there some way where I can add the text boxes content to a .txt file?
View 1 RepliesThis is absolutely driving me crazy. While I'm a fan of the availability of asynchronous calls in AIR, I'm finding that being forced to use them for something that should be SUPER simple is a severe limitation. So severe that I may end up abandoning AIR and writing native Android and iOS apps instead of using the shared AIR platform.
OK, now that I have that off my chest, here's what I'm trying to accomplish. I have an app that, when deployed, is relatively small. But once deployed to a user's device that user will log in using a login name/password. Once they log in, content specific to that user needs to be downloaded and saved to the local device. Since the content varies by user I can't include it in the package for deployment.
But I cannot figure out how to accomplish this: say I want to download 10 files and each file is 2-3mb and I want to show a "Downloading, please wait..." view during the download. The application cannot proceed until all 10 files are downloaded. But since from what I've seen URLStream and URLLoader are both async I cannot figure out how to block the app from opening the "View available content" and say on the "Downloading, please wait..." view.
How can I save data to a text file and also append a record to data in an existing text file? I've used Authowrware previously and it was quite easy to create a large string of data (a comma separated list) and export that to a text file (and create the text file if it didn't already exist). I could then easily append additional rows of data (records) to the text file. We want to build a questionnaire that will store the data locally on the computer in a text file. Each record may have a few hundred data points in a comma separated list.
View 8 RepliesI have a variable that is in a text file, which contains HTML that i load into my project and it displays it as html in a textbox..Im trying to have a MC in there that I can change the html text and save it over the file thats already there...and then next time i load it up, it will load the html text that i just created and saved to the file.ight just be a simple like php scripting or osmething that saves it to a txt file? i tried looking through the forum.
View 3 RepliesI want AS3 to write to a text file with PHP.
View 3 Repliessave and load to and from a text file. However, doing any tutorials found online currently (I've tried at least 10), I cannot seem to get it to work!
Flash Code:
Code:
myData = new LoadVars();
submit.onRelease = function() {
myData.Name = Name.text;
[code]....
saving data to a text file for example this tutorial shows how to load it but how would you save the data?[URL]
View 3 RepliesI have a datagrid and would like to be able to save it's content to a text file and reload it.. I've used dataProvider and saved it to a text file but all I get in the text file is [object],[object].
View 2 Replieshow to save the content of an array in an csv file that already has a content. its like overwriting the content of the csv file. the array is like this (Array [1][1]). i've search and googled it but every answer i got is still wrong.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to save information that I have displaying in my output panel to a .txt fille. I have tried this tutorial here: [URL] but it is not working for me.
I have the output panel displaying information such as:
PHP Code:
[URL]
I need to somehow save this information to a text file so I can forward it onto my email. Or if anyone knows a way to forward information from the output panel to your email
I want a user running a Flash game on his machine (not from a server) to be able to save some game data locally.From what I've read, there still isn't any way to do this, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone knows a sneaky xml or php work around.
View 2 RepliesI was wondering whether there's a way to save the "trace" output to a text file on the user's machine. I know we can use the flash debugger for this purpose but is there a better and more efficient way?
View 2 RepliesOkay, so at the moment I am making a game in as3 with the FlashPunk framework. I have managed to set up ogmo editor to work with it, and the results have been good! I intend to send the ogmo project to some friends, so that they can make some levels for my game themselves. But I have run into a problem. I wanted my friends to be able to test the levels they make, so I set about trying to find a simple open file dialog solution, Sp that they can select the generated XML file (.oel), and then load it in to the actual game.
View 1 RepliesI don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I've created a flash project that works fine on my computer locally. When I take it to another computer(I've tried 3-4), my keyboard events are not working. I used Actionscript 3 to create the file. I've checked to see that the other computers had the latest version of Flash player, but it's still not working on those computers. Does anyone know why my file may not be working? Is there a specific plugin/download I need to have to make my files work?
View 1 RepliesI recently had Flash CS4, I made an AS2 .swf, published to .fla. Now, I have Flash 8. I am attempting to open the CS4 .fla, and it says, "Unexpected file format!"
View 2 Replieshey there guys im doing my final major poject for college in media and were making a set of films and making a flash interface to go with them i was just wondering how can i make links in flash that either link to a an localy saved Html document or a localy saved .mov? i know how to link them to a website but not a locally saved file?
View 1 RepliesI downloaded a XML based website flash template and made some modifications to it. With this template there was few fonts included in separate folder (I had to install them to view swf and edit fla correctly) after all my mods done I published it to swf file and opened local file with browser, everything was working perfectly at this moment. Then I asked my friend if it could upload it on his server to check if this website looks the same on the web. I noticed that text (which is written with custom font that was included) is either missing or misplaced
View 5 RepliesI have made a cartoon section that needs to go into a video movie, it uses a lot of movie clips etc. It needs to be very high resolution- 1920x1080 When I just export it as an avi, none of the movie clips animate- they just slide around on the first frame of their animations.
When I export is as a .mov the file size is huge and I am not even offered the ability to compress it. It is like 8 gigs. When it was finally done the movie played in slow motion- the clip was about twice as long as it should have been.When I saved the file as an swf, and then tried to convert it to an avi using a converter, all the movie clips moved in doubletime, while the animations in the timeline were fine. How can I get my flash file to play in a standard video format.
I use flash 8 to edit my projects, recently I got a website related to music downloads and it was built in flash, now when I try to edit the fla file it opens up in flash 8 but I cannot see the library and when I edit it and make some changes in it it saves but it doesnt work like the original one.
View 1 RepliesI am making a CD and need to open a ppt file using flash. When I try it this way getURL("myAnim.ppt") it displays an "open" & "save as" dialog box. Is there a way I can open the file directly without having this box to appear?
View 1 Repliesis it possible to save out a text file from flash to a specified location on my local comp?
View 1 RepliesI am using flash for the first time and have been trying to open a new flash file: action script 3 but haven't been successful cause the program immediately crashes.
Attachments: Error report.docx (84.1 K)
I'm doing some small edits to a few lines of text in a .fla file.The file was created with an older version of Flash.When I edit this fla in CS4 and then export it to .sfw and play the movie it does not display correctly.Can I edit an oder file using CS4?the older file is using ActionScript 2.0.
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