reading variable from Text file

[phishbone]

Hello,
I am communicating with a database through flash and an asp page. I query the database and output a variable to a text file. For some reason I CANNOT read the variable from the text file. I've done this before and it has worked fine, but I'm not getting anything now. The text file reads "energy=5000", but the energy variable in flash does not get set to this value.

I am trying to use

loadVariablesNum ("C:\energy.txt", 0);

if I use
loadVariablesNum ("energy.txt", 0);
I get
Error opening URL "file:///C|/Inetpub/

http://wwwroot/energy.txt"

Why does it add all that stuff to the path? Which way should the slashes go?

please help!
How do I do this properly? I've made sure that there the text files are there and they are not Read Only.

Thanks,
Emily

 

[oldnewbie]

Why not simply have the text file in the same folder as your Flash movie?

loadVariablesNum("energy.txt", 0);

 

[phishbone]

I have tried that, but I still can't get it to read the variable. If you read my post again you will see what happens when I put

loadVariablesNum("energy.txt", 0);

i get the error
Error opening URL "file:///C|/Inetpub/

http://wwwroot/energy.txt

 

[oldnewbie]

Is your movie along with this text file in the folders..

c:/inetpub/

http://wwwroot/

???

 

[phishbone]

yes they are all in the same folder (

http://wwwroot)

 

[tviman]

Just in case...

does your text file look like this?

energy=5000&

The ampersand signifies the end of the file/variable. Don't know if this will make any difference.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[oldnewbie]

Naaaaah! That wouldn't generate that error message, which simply says that the text file can't be found through that path & folders.
Are you sure of the exact same spelling in the text file's name? No caps in one case, and not in the other? Is the extension the exact same?

 

[tviman]

Okay, I'm not usually this slow on the uptake. Any after re-reading all the posts, this is what I see:

this: loadVariablesNum ("C:\energy.txt", 0);

says that energy.txt is in the root of C drive, not in C:/inetpub/

http://wwwroot.

and when you do this: loadVariablesNum ("energy.txt", 0);

the error message tells you that the file IS NOT in C:/inetpub/

http://wwwroot

So.... exactly where is energy.txt? In C: or in C:/inetpub/

http://wwwroot?

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[oldnewbie]

Is this for local use only?
If so and if "energy.txt" is in c: , then the line should be...

loadVariablesNum("file://c:/energy.txt", 0);