AS3 SRT Subtitle in SWF

Question

Hi all,
I've been looking at some tutorials in how to add SRT subtitles in flash. I found this grea article in base42 but i'm not finding a way to make it work can anyone give me a hand in how this works?
PLS HELP!!!
Let's say I have 4 files
movie.fla (movie.swf)
// I need to make the subtitle SRT show on the textBox_txt during my animation (timeline)
textBox_txt.text = subtitle.srt
subtitle.srt
1
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400
In connection with a dramatic increase
in crime in certain neighbourhoods,
2
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800
the government is implementing a new policy...
SubtitleParser.as
package nl.inlet42.data.subtitles {
      *     @author Jankees.van.Woezik
     public class SubtitleParser {
          public static function parseSRT(data : String) : Array {
               var result : Array = new Array();
               var lines : Array;
               var translation : SubTitleData;
               var blocks : Array = data.split(/^[0-9]+$/gm);
               for each (var block : String in blocks) {
                    translation = new SubTitleData();
                    lines = block.split('\n');
                    for each (var line : String in lines) {
                         //all lines in a translation block
                         if(trim(line) != "") {
                              if(line.match("-->")) {
                                   //timecodes line
                                   var timecodes : Array = line.split(/[ ]+-->[ ]+/gm);
                                   if(timecodes.length != 2) {
                                        trace("Translation error, something wrong with the start or end time");                                   
                                   } else {
                                        translation.start = stringToSeconds(timecodes[0]);
                                        translation.end = stringToSeconds(timecodes[1]);
                                        translation.duration = translation.end - translation.start;
                                        if(translation.duration < 0) {
                                             trace("Translation error, something wrong with the start or end time");                                   
                              } else {
                                   //translation line
                                   if(translation.text.length != 0) line = "\n" + trim(line);
                                   translation.text += line;
                    result.push(translation);
               return result;
          public static function trim(p_string : String) : String {
               if (p_string == null) {
                    return '';
               return p_string.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
           * Convert a string to seconds, with these formats supported:
           * 00:03:00.1 / 03:00.1 / 180.1s / 3.2m / 3.2h / 00:01:53,800
           * Special thanks to Thijs Broerse of Media Monks!
          public static function stringToSeconds(string : String) : Number {
               var arr : Array = string.split(':');
               var sec : Number = 0;
               if (string.substr(-1) == 's') {
                    sec = Number(string.substr(0, string.length - 1));
               }else if (string.substr(-1) == 'm') {
                    sec = Number(string.substr(0, string.length - 1)) * 60;
               }else if(string.substr(-1) == 'h') {
                    sec = Number(string.substr(0, string.length - 1)) * 3600;
               }else if(arr.length > 1) {
                    if(arr[2] && String(arr[2]).indexOf(',') != -1) arr[2] = String(arr[2]).replace(/\,/, ".");
                    sec = Number(arr[arr.length - 1]);
                    sec += Number(arr[arr.length - 2]) * 60;
                    if(arr.length == 3) {
                         sec += Number(arr[arr.length - 3]) * 3600;
               } else {
                    sec = Number(string);
               return sec;
SubTitleData.as
package nl.inlet42.data.subtitles {
     public class SubTitleData {
          public var text : String;
          public var start : Number;
          public var duration : Number;
          public var end : Number;
          public function SubTitleData(inText : String = "",inStart : Number = 0,inDuration : Number = 0,inEnd : Number = 0) {
               text = inText;
               start = inStart;
               duration = inDuration;
               end = inEnd;
          public function toString() : void {
               trace("nl.inlet42.data.subtitles.SubTitleData");
Thansk a lot!!!

Answer 1

Since you mention AS3 in the subject line, wouldn't it be more logical to ask the question in the AS3 forum?