ActionScript 3.0 :: Loading External Documents?
Jun 17, 2009
I am a beginner when it comes to Flash and Actionscript. I know how to create a few things using Flash, but when it comes to programming in actionscript, I am clueless. I work for a local government agency; my boss and I want to simulate a digital signage system using Flash.
I have a document that changes weekly, I want to load it in a Flash file that will display it as is and autoscroll it and loop back to the beginning. The file itself is created by a secretary in different office. We want her to save the file in a designated folder and it will automatically apear on screen. (does any of this make sense?)
I was able to set up an application that uses xml and css. I had to go through the microsoft word document copy and paste it to an xml editor which was 14 plus pages and add xml tags. I was able to get it to show up online, but I could not find code in actionscript 2 that uses autoscroll.
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