Re: FLASH: More text field scrolling questions

[Robert Bleeker]

Hi Mark,


First you should load your "news page" into a placeHolder MC, this can be a

blank MC (say with a name like "newsPage"), remember that the "news page"

MC's top left corner will load into the center of the blank "newsPage"

placeHolder.

Now you have a easy path to follow for Tell Target commands.



Then you load your text into the MC "newsPage".


ie. Load Variables ("news.txt", "newsPage")



As for variable text file names, do this:


Set Variable "whichNews"=1

Load Variables ("news"&whichNews&".txt", "newsPage")


making sure that you have the URL field set to be an Expression.


Hope this works for you.


Robert


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on 30/5/00 7:21 AM, Mark Sheppard at

zach29columbus [dot] rr [dot] com

 wrote:


> I have set up a scrollable text field also , which is importing from a text

> file. (tut. on Mooks)

> 

> The problem I am running into is that I want to use continuous feedback

> buttons to control it, and don't know how to pass the variable "up?"a level

> from the MC that acts as the button.

> 

> I have the main time line and a "news page" that is loading into level 1

> with the textfield.

> Then two MCs which are each 4 frames with 2 layers containing the buttons.

> Every other frame has a button with :

> *MC up arrow:

> 

> On (Press, Drag Over, Drag Out)

> Set Variable: "clicks" = clicks + 1

> If (content.scroll < content.maxscroll)

> Set Variable: "content.scroll" = content.scroll + 1

> End If

> End On

> 

> Also the variable "clicks" is used to set the text field back to line one

> when loading new text files (old news) so that variable also needs to be

> sent . (This works ok on a plain button so far)

> To load a new text file the button action is:

> 

> On (Release)

> Set Variable: "content.scroll" = content.scroll -clicks

> Load Variables ("news.txt", 1)

> End On

> 

> Another question is, is it possible to have the text file to be loaded set

> as a variable so I can have one button to load subsequently older news? i.e.

> news1.txt   news2.txt    news3.txt.

> 

> Actually it would be really cool to have these listed in reverse order so

> the end client could just rename the current news to

> news5.txt if news.txt 1,2&3 allready existed.

> 

> I am definatley new to actionscripting, and sometimes it really feels like

> my head is about to explode : )

> 

> Thanks in advance

> ----------------------------------------

> Mark Sheppard



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