EDIT: New problem, post #5 Say I have a flash website made, and to allow for minor information changes to be easily made by someone without flash, they can simply open, edit, and reupload to the webserver a text file that contains that page's info.So, how can I have flash pull text from a file, and always do that every time it's ran (ie, not have to republish a new swf)?
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to pull in dynamic text from a txt file and display in a web page. The text works great when I view the .swf, but when I place the .swf in a web page the text no longer appears. I'm using loadVariables("text.txt", ""); in my ActionScript and text.txt is located in the same directory. I have embedded the fonts and I'm using Flash CS5 and I have selected Classic Text/Dynamic Text.
View 2 Repliesim trying to pull attributes from my xml file for use in a dynamic text field but cant seem to get the actionscript dialed in properly. i have a php script which parses the data as attributes rather than nodes...so my actionscript must use these attributes!
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is there a simple way to just pull back a true or false value from an associated javascript file to a flash file? here is what i have:
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var bincheck:Boolean = fscommand("eval", "parent.check_bins(\'"+img+"\')");
if (!bincheck){return false;}
return true;
check_bins(img) is a function in my javascript file that simply iterates through an array, returning false if "img" is found. im simply trying to get the true or false value back into flash, but its not proving that simple. i added a couple alerts so that i could see what the "bincheck" value was, and i keep getting an 'undefined' value for "bincheck" in flash.
I'm trying to pull a URL from an xml file, but have come up against a problem that I cannot solve.
The XML looks like this:
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<photos>
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<photo>
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What I'm trying to do is to get flash to pull the actionscript from an external as file.[code]
View 2 Repliesim able to pull in an xml file, and push all the data in to arrays. Im pulling out this data and performing calculations on it. Now, iv created a varialble called _global.newLocation = _global.percentage*100;
which equals my percentage change, multiplyed by 100. It works because i have used trace and you can see it.
I would like to then take all these newLocations and put these in to an array so i can refer to them by their index but i just cant seem to get it to work?
I am using flash CS4, AS2 and have had a client request for something that I'm not sure is possible.
I have created a calculator that calculates the cost savings that my client offers their customers. There are many options available in the calculator and it is quite in depth. At one point there is a pull down menu where the site visitor can choose their product, then enter the amount they pay for it currently. If their product is not listed, the site visitor can choose "other" from the list.
Is it possible that when the client selects "other", the text IN the pull down component for that option could be dynamic, so that the site visitor can enter the name of their product? The product they enter does not need to be submitted anywhere, nor does it need to remain upon that visitor's next visit. It simply needs to be there for the duration of their current session, to help the client keep track of what product they are comparing.
how to go about searching for this since I don't know the terms used for it. I am trying to make an interface to use on a website that would have to pull up images and text with no preloading. Think of an online encyclopedia; you put in a word and it pulls up the object/animal/etc with a description. I am looking at needing to pull up thousands of different things; hence the no preloading.
View 2 RepliesHow could I get the XML data in to a text box?[code]...
View 8 Repliespull some text (numbers) from another page and the only way (at the moment) I can think of doing it is to load the page source into a string (or another var), and then break the string down to search for the particular text.
I found a way to do something similar in PHP, but I want to run this from the local PC which doesn't (and can't) have any form of web service running.
For anyone who's interested in why ... we have about 25 odd printers (identical) that every month we collect a colour and mono page count from. Every printer is connected to the network and each one has a web-based menu. To get the page counts, it involves going through around 4-5 different pages, and this has to be done with each printer. So I thought it would be handy if the text from the page counter could be pulled onto a single page (or stage).
I am working on a project for college and was wondering does anyone know how to get the autocomplete working in AS3.From what I have read I can only see how to do it wth AS2!I need the autocomplete to pull in suggestions from an XML file!
View 7 RepliesI am trying to dynamically pull up the city and state all within the swf file.
So if a user goes to my site from San Diego, CA. There would be a dynamic box that says San Diego, CA.
I am trying to make a banner like item for a website I am working on, I have 1 external text file 4 external swf's and 1 external .jpg.that I am trying to get to do this:on page load display img1.jpg for 60 seconds and then randomly select a number and then display the file that is associated with that number, for 60 seconds, and do it again, and again until all of the text and swf files have been displayed and then start over from the beginning,Now I can get it to select a random number and then pull up a file that is associated with that number with this code.I have shortened the time to see it work but still no avail.Example random code:
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Movienum = Math.floor(math.random()*5);
if(Movienum == 0) loadVariableNum ("loaded_Text.txt", 0)
if(Movienum == 1) loadVariableNum ("1.swf", 0)[code]...
Now with the SetInterval I tried this and wound up with squat.I am starting to get Desperate.New Example code:
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Movienum = Math.floor(math.random()*5);
function countDown() {
if (Movienum == 0) {[code].....
build an image gallery on a site i'm building.The way I have built the site use sactionscript to pull the each different page through as an individual swf file. see: http:[url]....The page im putting the image gallery on is 'Virtual Tour'.When I test this specific page in flash it works fine, however when I view the master flash file and click 'Virtual Tour' then it doesnt pull the images through. Im not sure why this is, as if you view the swf directly then you can see the images do work: http:[url]....
View 4 RepliesI am trying to pull a random string from my xml into a dynamic text field in Flash. In this example, the first text field should bring in a random fruit (Apple, Pear or Orange). Im stuck as to which way I should randomly do this. This is my code right now in my movieclip:
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I have an XML file using CDATA and trying to pull my image in. Ex:
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<ingredients><![CDATA[<img src="test.jpg" width="304" height="466" align="right" />Ingredients: Water, Carrots, Celery, ....
My text field has all the ingredients it needs in order to pull this image in i.e. multiline, render as html etc.
When I compile my swf I can see that the text moves up and it looks like the image wants to be pulled in and yet it doesn't show.
Things I have tried: Variatons of the file. PNG, JPG, GIF Moved the file into the same folder as the XML file
Flash 8, I have some XML creating a few simple arrays. These pull some movie clips onto the stage with incremented names: product1, product2 and so on. Inside these clips I have some code that is supposed to pull data from the arrays and put that data into text fields.
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Shouldn't this last output be the number 1? I want to use this number to call the correct node for each clip,
I'm loading a external text file to flash and according to the number present in the text file i'm trying to do a IF - ELSE command. It's not working coz the value I load from the external file is string. How can i get this as intiger.
View 2 RepliesHow 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 RepliesHow can Flash AS3.0 Read file text while text file still writing by C++ program ?
I have some code that I asked before + I modify some line but It can read only text file that completely writing.
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
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Now My task is read real time file and send xArray and yArray to another function but I don't know how can I code it.
I'm found the site with the monkey on the the flash thing and all it shows is a name, email and something else and I used it and it works by including a txt file and displaying text from that file as putting down this information
name.text = this.name;
and I can't find the site anymore to get help.I want to know how to include a PHP script that shows this information like this
text=something I need&username=My Name&email=something@website.com
I want to show this stuff on the flash but every time I execute by using it as localhost/test.php, it will show a syntax error.
I am still using flash MX. I'm pulling random text from a textfile (array.txt) into movieclip instance textbox.[code]All is good, but now my question is if I can have a text effect as well. For example having the random quotes typed out as they appear.
View 16 RepliesI have listbox which load the names from the xml file now i want that when i select the name or item in the list and click on get button it opens the corresponding url (which is in the xml file)...
however it doesnt load the page instead shows textbox and problem loading page error.
I need to pull the XML below into flash.
I need the <name> , and the <coupon><title> and<link> </coupon>
Example display in flash would be.... Apple Bees Trivia Tuesday & BARGO Wednesday Coupon link here
Here is the sample XML...
<merchant>
<logo>Logo link</logo>
<name>Apple Bees</name>
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I have a problem with a dynamic text field. I have 1 text field on frome 10 which displays text from a text file. This text can change when a button is clicked. I have another text file on frame 20, which i want to display what ever text is in the text filed on frame 10.
I have tried:-
[AS]MyTextboxFrame20.text = MyTextboxFrame10.text;[/AS]
but it doesn't work.
I'm trying to create a pull down menu. Not one that drops down when rolled over but one that drops down when clicked and stays down until an item is selected. Once an item is selected or the menu is clicked out of it retracks again.
My strategy is to create a movie clip for the initial menu that when clicked jumps to another movie clip where ther menu is extracted and houses movie clip buttons that hightlight when rolled over and when clicked redirect to another movie clip related to the button that was selected.
is this the proper way to do this? And second: can you offer some direction for the action script?
I think that you can do this using html but if you have a PDF in your root directory will Flash be able to link to bookmarked pages in that document?
View 2 RepliesI have a script that always returns iframe HTML back to flash. I was looking to get help on how to build some RegEx code to only find the URL. I would only like this substring so I can use it in another script.Here is the iframe code the I want to search for and return the substring:
HTML Code:
<iframe SCROLLING="no" id="myFr" style="width:660px; height:500px; border:0px; margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:hidden" src="http://www.blabla.net/sdsdsd/?ut=wecsdsd&lang=EN"></iframe>
This is then best O could come up with but unfortunately.... it returns src=" too.
ActionScript Code:
private var _findTheURL:RegExp = /src=u0022(.*)u0022/i;
I have the folowing codo to load text from a text file into a text field in my flash document:
loadVarsText = new loadVars();
loadVarsText.load("homePage.txt");
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
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the same, and I want to make the homePage.txt file load when the flash file starts, that is what it does right now by placing the code on the main timeline.