loadMovie dynamic text swf

[blues007]

I'm trying to loadMovie a dynamic text swf and I'm getting nothing. Although I would be very much surprised if it had worked, I don't understand the reason why it doesn't.

the code is:

on(release){
move.loadMovie("somemovie.swf");
}

being some movie.swf a dynamic text swf, that works perfectly as sandalone. Now what? Thank you very much.

 

[oldnewbie]

What are you using to load the text...

loadVariables or the new LoadVars() object.

What's your exact code?

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[blues007]

frame 1: loadVariables("text.txt","_root");
frame 2: stop();

in frame 2 I have a dynamic text box

 

[oldnewbie]

You should be using the LoadVars() object instead, but if you still want to use loadVariables, you've got to get rid of your reference to _root, which no longer points to the root timeline of your loaded movie itself, but to the root timeline of the other movie in which you're loading your movie into.

Thus, in the text movie use...

loadVariablesNum("text.txt",0);

And add _level0 to your variable's name in the VAR box...
If your variable's name was my_text, make it _level0.my_text instead.

And it should work fine... Although you may also experience loading lag time (if this is online...) and may need to set your loadVariables action in a loop until an added extra last variable is read, confirming that the text file was all loaded.

You might even need to add a few extra frames between your loadVariables action and the display, when testing this locally.

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[blues007]

It works fine offline. Online it doesn't work at all.

in the file I want to open i put:

frame 1: loadVariablesNum("text.txt",0);
frame 2: stop();

in the Var box I put _level0.text

What do I do?

 

[oldnewbie]

That's most probably because of the loading lag time...

Have you set your loadVariables in a loop?

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[blues007]

how do I set loadVariables in a loop?

 

[oldnewbie]

Why don't you use the LoadVars() object?

You wouldn't be having these problems...

Post a link to your .fla & text file zipped up, and I'll set it up both ways for you.


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[blues007]

http://www.oldbluesband.com/here/

In this folder theres a .zip folder named tektipfiles.zip

 

[oldnewbie]

Had you uploaded your text file and were all the files in the same folder? Because your original files work for me...

http://www27.brinkster.com/oldnewbie/tektips/principal.html

And are you on a slow connection?

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[blues007]

my connection is adsl and I can't get it to work from my server (you can try it)

http://www.keepersoflight.pt

português

skip intro

quem somos

The text should appear

 

[oldnewbie]

What's to say your button works to start with?

Have you tried loading some other .swf, just to test it out?

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[blues007]

The button is working because:

if you open "Contactos" the address, email and things appear. If you press "Quem Somos" the address disappears. It's a sure sign the button is working.

 

[oldnewbie]

Well... Guess I have to take your word for it.
Have you tried loading in some other .swf, or at least add a border to your textfield (in your present text .swf) so see if the border at least appears?

Is this .swf loaded under a mask? If so have you embedded the font used?

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[blues007]

I put the files I sent you in

http://www.oldbluesband.com/files/varela.htm

and they work ok

The code is the same I put in keepersoflight.pt. I don't understand. I'll work around puting text in some other way, though it's nice to replace a .txt file if you want to replace the text in your page. Thank you very much anyway. You're the best.