Re: FLASH: ActionScript (Substring)

[Helen Triolo]

Bill Herz wrote:

> 

> Hello All,

> 

> DATA.txt

> -----------------------------cut

> data=00023492340248902

> -----------------------------cut

> 

> Load Variables ("DATA.txt", 0)

> Set Variable: "abc" = Substring ( data , 1, 2 )

> 

> BUT there is nothing in variable "abc", why?


Maybe it hasn't loaded yet.  Might be a good idea to add a

check-for-vars-loaded loop.  So in frame 1, you have Load Variables

followed by goto and play(Loading).  frame 2 is Loading.  In frame 2,

you check for if lastvar ne "" then goto and play(DoTheRest).  (lastvar

is the last variable you expect to be returned from your text file.) 

Frame 3 has a goto and play(Loading) to loop til the last variable is

returned.  Frame 4 is DoTheRest, and has your Set Variable statement

along with whatever else you want to do.


hth,

Helen

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