Re: FLASH: flash buttons: dynamic url?

[Helen Triolo]

"Springer, Steven" wrote:

> 

> does anyone know how to grab a URL from a text file and import it into a

> Flash movie dynamically?

> I need to create Flash buttons that look to an external text file, or to the

> text on the HTML page, find plain text URL, and use it for the button's "GET

> URL" command...

> 

Just read it into a variable (eg, url) and then do GetURL(url).

http://www.flashlite.net/tutorials/f4bh_vload1.html for help on loading

from text files.


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