Update variable from a textfile?

Question

How can I update a variable from a textfile into a frame? The
hard part is that I want to keep the same variables in the
textfiles and I want only change the textfile name.
example script on a frame,
new loadVariablesNum(page);
page = loadVariablesNum("data/img_autonoom.txt", 0);
variable example is from a textfile is &link1, &link2
and that I will use for my movieclips as _root.link1 _root.link2
etc.
already thanks for your time!

Answer 1

vinnio,
> How can I update a variable from a textfile into a
frame?
I think you're asking how to load a variable from a text
file, right?
> The hard part is that I want to keep the same variables
in
> the textfiles and I want only change the textfile name.
This is the part I don't understand. You cannot change the
text file's
name from Flash. You can reference a text file by its current
name, and you
can load variables stored in that text file, but that's the
extent of it.
> example script on a frame,
>
> new loadVariablesNum(page);
> page = loadVariablesNum("data/img_autonoom.txt", 0);
Line 1 (with the term "new") is not necessary, here.
loadVariablesNum
is not a class or method, it's just a function. There's
nothing to
instantiate, such as you would with, say, an Array instance.
Just call the
loadVariablesNum() function in a line by itself.
Line 2 acts as if loadVariablesNum() returns a value, but it
doesn't.
The variable page will not be updated in this manner. Simply
call
loadVariablesNum() and supply a) the path to to your text
file and b) the
level into which you'd like to load the variables stored in
that text file.
If that text file *contains* a variable named page, then page
will become a
variable in level specified, and its value will be the value
set for that
variable in the text file. Make sense?
This is all spelled out in detail in the ActionScript 2.0
Language
Reference, by the way. You might also consider using
loadVariables() or the
LoadVars class (that one does require the "new" line).
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
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http://www.quip.net/blog/
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