Get flash to read data from an Input file.

[Sidro]

hi,
im making a flash application and it will not be used online. How do I get flash to read a simple txt file filled with a list of people's name? example,

joe
mary
larry
greg
tom

I would like flask to go through the data file, reading each name into a variable then output it into a text box.

Also, how do I get it to output the names to a regular text file? thankx in advance.

 

[billwatson]

to load the data

text file

&content=Mary,joe,bill&

this will work best if names separated by commas though any delimiter will be fine

flash

lv = new LoadVars()
lv.onLoad = function(){
names = lv.content.split(",");
for(var i = 0;i<names.length;i++){
_root.createTextField(&quot;mytext&quot; + i,i + 1,100,30*i,150,30);
_root[&quot;mytext&quot; + i].text = names[i]
}
}
lv.load(&quot;names.txt&quot;)