load .txt file into a dynamic text field with scrollbar 1

[martinb7]

Hi, i was wondering how to make a movieclip - loader
(onClipEvent(load)) load news.txt into a dynamic text field (var = rinfo) and make it scrollable.
Use scrollbar to scroll the text when loaded into the text box.

I have been trying for ages, but cant get it working.

Help Me

Martin

PS. if you could make me a .fla for me to download it would be helpful

 

[billwatson]

why does it have to go into a clip? 2 secs to make an fla if you have mx.

 

[billwatson]

heres one

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/martin.zip

 

[abiemjee]

hey...i have sort of the same question / problem too.. can u please help me? I get that one but it's only plain text, wut if i want to add like colors and things to the text?

abiem@shaw.ca
icQ: 9313923

it'd b great if u can help me asap..thanks!! =D

 

[billwatson]

i have a download for that

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/tektips/dloads.html

look at html text

 

[abiemjee]

omg thanks!!! ^^

 

[abiemjee]

Hi umm..I have another problem...=( I have 2 section for the dynamic text..liek 2 different fields in the same movie that would load different texts itself....

here's my first set of code:

// loading this movie into an empty clip named 'hold'
// set up load function and format objects
mydata = new loadvars();
mydata.onload = function() {
_root.update1.html = true;
_root.update1.htmlText = mydata.theText;
_root.update1.border = false;
_root.update1.borderColor = "0x000000";
_root.update1.background = false;
_root.update1.backgroundColor = "0x345678";
scrollBar.setScrollTarget(_root.update1);
};
// format scrollbar
formStyleFormat = new FStyleFormat();
formStyleFormat.scrollTrack = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.highlight = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.highlight3D = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.arrow = "0xffffff";
formStyleFormat.face = "0x003366";
formStyleFormat.background = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.shadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.darkshadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.addListener(scrollBar, dropdown);
formStyleFormat.applyChanges();
// change handler for combobox and set up
mydata.load("update.txt"
dropdown.setSelectedIndex(0);
dropdown.setChangeHandler("loadthis"
function loadthis() {
var loadText = dropDown.getSelectedItem().data;
mydata.load(loadtext);
}


its' called "update1"

and i have another set of code..and it didnt show up so i thought i should change mydata to mydata2 in the second set? so here it is...


// loading this movie into an empty clip named 'hold'
// set up load function and format objects
mydata2 = new loadvars();
mydata2.onload = function() {
_root.update2.html = true;
_root.update2.htmText = mydata2.theText;
_root.update2.border = false;
_root.update2.borderColor = "0x000000";
_root.update2.background = false;
_root.update2.backgroundColor = "0x345678";
scrollBar.setScrollTarget(_root.update2);
};
// format scrollbar
formStyleFormat = new FStyleFormat();
formStyleFormat.scrollTrack = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.highlight = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.highlight3D = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.arrow = "0xffffff";
formStyleFormat.face = "0x003366";
formStyleFormat.background = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.shadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.darkshadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.addListener(scrollBar, dropdown);
formStyleFormat.applyChanges();
// change handler for combobox and set up
mydata2.load("update2.txt"
dropdown.setSelectedIndex(0);
dropdown.setChangeHandler("loadthis"
function loadthis() {
var loadText = dropDown.getSelectedItem().data;
mydata2.load(loadtext);
}



but it doesnt work...=( can u tell me what's wrong?

Also another host movie loads this dynamic-text movie. and for some reason when the host movie loads this text movie the texts doesnt show up but if i just open the text movie itself the texts loads properly =(

 

[billwatson]

you have 2 different change handlers for the combo box thats one thing thats wrong

why not just drop the combo box and load the text diretly into the textboxes.

 

[abiemjee]

wut do u mean...=( I'm really bad at actionscript m sorry....

 

[billwatson]

Delete the combobox then use this code in the main timeline


mydata = new loadvars();
mydata.onload = function() {
_root.update1.html = true;
_root.update1.htmlText = mydata.theText;
_root.update1.border = false;
_root.update1.borderColor = "0x000000";
_root.update1.background = false;
_root.update1.backgroundColor = "0x345678";
scrollBar.setScrollTarget(_root.update1);
};
// format scrollbar
formStyleFormat = new FStyleFormat();
formStyleFormat.scrollTrack = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.highlight = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.highlight3D = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.arrow = "0xffffff";
formStyleFormat.face = "0x003366";
formStyleFormat.background = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.shadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.darkshadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.addListener(scrollBar);
formStyleFormat.applyChanges();
mydata.load("update.txt"

mydata2 = new loadvars();
mydata2.onload = function() {
_root.update2.html = true;
_root.update2.htmText = mydata2.theText;
_root.update2.border = false;
_root.update2.borderColor = "0x000000";
_root.update2.background = false;
_root.update2.backgroundColor = "0x345678";
scrollBar2.setScrollTarget(_root.update2);
};
// format scrollbar2
formStyleFormat = new FStyleFormat();
formStyleFormat.scrollTrack = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.highlight = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.highlight3D = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.arrow = "0xffffff";
formStyleFormat.face = "0x003366";
formStyleFormat.background = "0x123456";
formStyleFormat.shadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.darkshadow = "0x000000";
formStyleFormat.addListener(scrollBar2);
formStyleFormat.applyChanges();
mydata2.load("update2.txt"

 

[abiemjee]

combo box you mean the dynamic text box?.....but dont i need that?....
i just copy and pasted the first text box and changed the codes for the second box, that's okay right?

so only
dropdown.setSelectedIndex(0);
dropdown.setChangeHandler("loadthis"
function loadthis() {
var loadText = dropDown.getSelectedItem().data;

is taken out and changed in the text? what did those 4 lines do before then? how come we dont need them any more....

 

[billwatson]

those lines are for either a list box or a combobox...they have nothing to do with a text box. the code above will load 2 textfiles (update.txt and update2.txt) into 2 dynamic text boxes with instance names update1 and update2 and scrollbars, scrollbar and scrollbar2

 

[prasoon]

wow genius at work.. kool bill. just a small problem with me too. i have a dynamic text loaded frm external file through loadVars("filename",0); but since the text is too big i tried to put a scroll bar. it sometimes works sometimes not.. i dont know wats the problem is.. so i just deleted it and used the scrolling buttons insted.. to scroll the text through action script.

so could u please tell me how can i make that silly scroll bar to work. fine...
regards

 

[oldnewbie]

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/scrolling_text_mx.htm

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/dynamic_text_scrollmx.htm

Regards,

 

[prasoon]

thanks newbie
regards

 

[abiemjee]

hi bill...i've looked @ it but i still dont get how to load up my 2nd txt file...can u help me? here's my files =( and please tell me what's wrong

unpossiblestudio.com/abiem/update.zip

 

[billwatson]

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/update2.zip

you will have to rearrange things to get them back the way they were but both fields now load text.

 

[abiemjee]

omg thank you soooo much!! =D Let me see...

 

[abiemjee]

it works great! thanks =)

but umm..I have another small problem =( I tried to custmize the scrollbar with my own grpahics..I think i have everythign working except the "bar" that u click on to scroll i dont know where to replace that can u help me again?

http://www.unpossiblestudio.com/abiem/update.fla

 

[abiemjee]

anyone? >_<