Dynamic Text Tutorial

I want to use the Dynamic Text function in Dreamweaver; the
idea being to use a Word doc to generate the ever-changing
announcements. Does anyone know of either a video or book tutorial
that will walk me through this step by step. I would prefer C#.net
but at this point anything goes.

Lawrence *Adobe Community Expert* wrote:
> Sorry, but in short... You can't get there from here.
You can't update
> a web site "dynamically" from a word doc.
>
> You "could" have a Word doc that you save out as an HTML
doc and upload
> it under the same name each time to apply the updates,
but... Ewww!
> Word HTML docs are just soooo wrong on so many levels.
To truly have a
> dynamically updated site you are going to go with a
dynamic server
> language such as CF or PHP. Again, C# isn't an realistic
option on the web.
He could create an XML file with the relevant fields and
dynamically
pull that into a CF, PHP or ASP/.NET page.
If its just one announcement he could even create a plain
text file and
use the file system object to pull the data in.
Dooza
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I'm quite new to ActionScript and would be grateful for any help here.
I want to load text into a dynamic text field (called 'about_tab') using a class depending on the language selected (by clicking on a flag icon) by the user.
I managed to get this to work when the ActionScript was written directly in the timeline, but am having problems with doing the same thing via a class.
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package
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Hello flashrocket!
I'm also new to AS3 and I've just started using external classes and I think I know what you should do to put your code to work.
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**Error** Scene=MoonOfWintertime, layer=TextBox,
frame=2500:Line 1: Statement block must be terminated by '}'
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**Error** Scene=MoonOfWintertime, layer=TextBox,
frame=2500:Line 11: Syntax error.
**Error** Scene=MoonOfWintertime, layer=TextBox,
frame=2500:Line 1: Statement block must be terminated by '}'
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Total ActionScript Errors: 4 Reported Errors: 4

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Hello again,
Maybe I am asking this question wrong. Instead of making you try and figure out what's going on in my file what I really need to know is how you would take this code I am attaching and make it happen on another frame besides frame 1 and it doesn't appear on frame 1. I think this may help me understand a little better.
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        text_mc.y = maxScroll;
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    scroller_mc.y = (scrollPercent * (line_mc.height - scroller_mc.height)) + line_mc.y;
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textLoader.load(textFile);
scroller_mc.buttonMode = true;
text_mc.external_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
scroller_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragScroller);
textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textLoaded);
up_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollUp);
down_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, scrollDown);

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hmmmmm lemme double check as i seem to be a bit lost now.
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Cheers
Marc

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/JSPBeans.html
This is a good tutorial on using JSP pages with JavaBeans.
Your JSP page can have all the standard HTML tags and a bean can be set to retrieve any values from form fields upon a submit.
At that point your bean properties are set and your Java application can use that data for whatever processes you wish.
It's really quite simple once you get the hang of it! ^_^
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New and need help - drag and drop with dynamic text

So I'm doing this project and as an animator I'm not familiar with the whole action script side of flash
Okay so far I've managed to create the whole Drag and Drop feature and it works well, the thing is I want to make it so when you drag in object in the correct spot and new text appears, and I need like six different object with the dynamic text. but I have no idea how to integrated it in my code or where I should start!
So i based myself on some tutorial so theres some code in there that had dynamic text, but not exactly what i wanted
Your help would be much appreciated!
This is my code:
var counter:Number = 0;
var startX:Number;
var startY:Number;
six_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
six_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
five_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
five_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
four_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
four_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
three_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
three_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
two_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
two_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
one_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
one_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
function pickUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.startDrag(true);
reply_txt.text = "";
event.target.parent.addChild(event.target);
startX = event.target.x;
startY = event.target.y;
function dropIt(event:MouseEvent):void {
    event.target.stopDrag();
var myTargetName:String = "target" + event.target.name;
var myTarget:DisplayObject = getChildByName(myTargetName);
if (event.target.dropTarget != null && event.target.dropTarget.parent == myTarget){
    reply_txt.text = "Good Job!";
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, pickUp);
event.target.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropIt);
event.target.buttonMode = false;
event.target.x = myTarget.x;
event.target.y = myTarget.y;
} else {
reply_txt.text = "Try Again!";
event.target.x = startX;
event.target.y = startY;
    if(counter == 6){
        reply_txt.text = "Congrats, you're finished!";
six_mc.buttonMode = true;
five_mc.buttonMode = true;
four_mc.buttonMode = true;
three_mc.buttonMode = true;
two_mc.buttonMode = true;
one_mc.buttonMode = true;

where you have
xxx.text = ....
is where you're assigning text.

Displaying the result of a calculation in a dynamic text box

Hi folks,
I'm having a very minor issue here (operator error, I'm sure ). With the help of some folks here, I've created a series of calculations, and I've got that part down. Now, I just need it to show up in the movie.
I've created the dynamic text box in Flash (CS3), but when I hit test, it won't show up.
After all the calculations, I should have a figure that I call totalmoney. My dynamic text box is called total. The user doesn't need to hit anything for it to appear. It just appears as part of the movie.
Here's my code:
stop();
var startDate:Date = new Date(2010,0,12); // use your startyear, startmonth, startdate in the new Date() parameters.
var currentDate:Date = new Date(); // assuming user's clock is correct and in your timezone. else use server date/time.
var numberOfSeconds:Number = (currentDate.getTime()-startDate.getTime())/1000;
var interest:Number = (numberOfSeconds*0.74356);
var totalmoney:Number = (interest+15,000,000);
function displaytotal(evt:TextEvent):void {
total.text = "totalmoney";
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Napo

You didn't have to bury any of the calculations in the function--leaving it as you had it is better. They could remain where they a=werew, and you'll probably find you want them outside it if you have other plans for using them. If left inside, they only have scope inside. In the programming world, it's good to think of functions as things that do one thing and one thing only (though it isn't often practiced that way)--it's called modular design.
When you place an event as an argument for a function, it typically means that there is an event listener that initiates the call to the function. If you work with buttons you'll see what I mean. But if the plan is to create your own call to a function when you desire it as such, not have it driven by an event listener, then you don't need to pass any event to it, though you may pass some other type of variable to it if need be.
For instance, what you have now will call the function without an argument because the function has the value built into its code....
displaytotal();
But you could also make the function a little more generic and set it up to recieve the value instead as an argument...
function displaytotal(amt:Number):void {
total.text = String(amt); // an earlier error of mine
displaytotal(totalmoney);
That would make your function a little more useful. Now it could be used to display other Number variables as well.
// my earlier error was that a textfield displays text, so you need to convert the Number value to s String.
Hope I'm not confusing you.

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