Writing code or text in an external file

i want to write some text or code in an external file such as
(text file or something else)
when an event in flash occurs
like (on mouse click)
thanks for your answer

Its important to know whether its plain text or code that
you're expecting to execute. You can use something like the
loadVars method to read a plain text or XML file. You could get
variables from it to use in your code. But the movie will have been
compiled already, so I don't think large blocks of code are
appropriate here. That having been said, you can create external AS
files that are compiled into your SWF.
Hope that helps!

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Hi,
Did you ever find a resolution to this? I'm having a similar
issue that I can't seem to get multiline dynamic text working in
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my animation is very simple - a background image and 2 text boxes. one of the textboxes shows a large word, which crossfades to another word, with a total of about 12 words (showing one at a time in different text boxes fading in & out in the same spot).
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External file writing woes!

so i have my code that reads from an external file brilliantly, but then the problems tart when i try to write to the file.
option 2 on the menu works fully, and doesadd data to the file, but itis not adding it to the end of the records like it should. instead it is adding it after the first record, then shifting the surnames ofthe records below it.
import java.util.*;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
public class contacts
 private static final int MAX_RECORDS = 20;
 private static String lastName[] = new String[MAX_RECORDS];
 private static String firstName[] = new String[MAX_RECORDS];
 private static String telNumber[] = new String[MAX_RECORDS];
 private static String emailAddress[] = new String[MAX_RECORDS];
 private static Scanner data_input = new Scanner(System.in);
 public static int read_in_file(String file_name)
 Scanner read_in;
 Scanner line;
 int record_count = 0;
 String record;
 try
 read_in = new Scanner(new File(file_name));
 // read in one line at a time
 read_in.useDelimiter(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
 while (read_in.hasNext())
 // Test to see if there are too many records in the file
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 System.exit(0);
 // read in record
 record = new String(read_in.next());
 // Split the record up into its fields and store in
 // appropriate arrays
 line = new Scanner(record);
 line.useDelimiter("\\s*,,\\s*");
 lastName[record_count] = line.next();
 firstName[record_count] = line.next();
 telNumber[record_count] = line.next();
 emailAddress[record_count] = line.next();
 // Increment record count
 record_count++;
 catch (FileNotFoundException e)
 e.printStackTrace();
 return record_count;
 public static void write_out_file(int no_of_records, String filename)
 PrintStream write_out;
 int counter;
 try
 // Create new file
 write_out = new PrintStream(new File(filename));
 // Output all reacords
 for(counter = 0; counter < no_of_records; counter++)
 // Output a record
 write_out.print(lastName[counter]);
 write_out.print(",,");
 write_out.print(firstName[counter]);
 write_out.print(",,");
 write_out.print(telNumber[counter]);
 write_out.print(",,");
 write_out.println(emailAddress[counter]);
 // Close file
 write_out.close();
 catch (FileNotFoundException e)
 e.printStackTrace();
 // Your 'Methods' go here
 public static void display_all()
 for (int d = 0; d < 20; d++)
 if (lastName[d] != null)
 System.out.printf("%n%s%n", lastName[d] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", firstName[d] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", telNumber[d] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", emailAddress[d] );
 public static void main(String[] args)
 // Declare Variables
 int user_choice;
 boolean quit = false;
 Scanner dataInput = new Scanner(System.in);
 int number_of_records, records, n, sort;
 String filename, first_name, last_name, enter, tel_num, email_addr;
 // Get filename and read in file
 System.out.print("Enter the masterfile file name: ");
 filename = data_input.next();
 number_of_records = read_in_file(filename);
 // Your 'main' code goes here
 //display menu
 do
 System.out.printf("%n%nMenu%n%n");
 System.out.println("1. Search records (use * to list all)");
 System.out.println("2. Insert record");
 System.out.println("3. Delete record");
 System.out.println("4. Quit with saving");
 System.out.println("5. Quit without saving");
 //get users choice
 user_choice = data_input.nextInt();
 //process choice
 switch(user_choice)
 case 1:
 System.out.print("Please Enter Last Name: ");
 last_name = dataInput.next();
 System.out.print("Do You with to Enter First Name? (Y/N): ");
 enter = dataInput.next();
 if (enter.equalsIgnoreCase("N"))
 for (int i = 0; i < number_of_records; i++)
 if (last_name.compareTo(lastName) == 0)
 //Arrays.sort(lastName[i]);
 System.out.printf("%n%s%n", lastName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", firstName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", telNumber[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", emailAddress[i] );
 if (enter.equalsIgnoreCase("Y"))
 System.out.print("Please Enter First Name: ");
 first_name = dataInput.next();
 for (int i = 0; i < number_of_records; i++)
 if ((last_name.compareTo(lastName[i]) == 0) && (first_name.compareTo(firstName[i]) == 0))
 System.out.printf("%n%s%n", lastName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", firstName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", telNumber[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", emailAddress[i] );
 if (last_name.compareTo("*") == 0)
 for (int i = 0; i < number_of_records; i++)
 //There cannot be more then a 20 data records in the file
 if (lastName[i] != last_name)
 System.out.printf("%n%s%n", lastName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", firstName[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", telNumber[i] );
 System.out.printf("%s%n", emailAddress[i] );
break;
case 2:
System.out.print("Please enter the last name of the contact: ");
last_name = dataInput.next();
System.out.print("Please enter the first name of the contact: ");
first_name = dataInput.next();
System.out.print("Please enter the telephone number of the contact: ");
tel_num = dataInput.next();
System.out.print("Please enter the email address of the contact: ");
email_addr = dataInput.next();
int z = 0;
for (int i=0; i < number_of_records; i++)
if ((last_name.compareTo(lastName[i])) i))
z = i;
for (int i = number_of_records; i > z; i--)
lastName[i] = lastName[i-1];
lastName[z+1] = last_name;
firstName[z+1] = first_name;
telNumber[z+1] = tel_num;
emailAddress[z+1] = email_addr;
break;
case 3:
 System.out.print("Please enter the last name of the contact: ");
 last_name = dataInput.next();
 int z = 0;
 for (int i=0; i < number_of_records; i++)
 if ((last_name.compareTo(lastName[i])) i))
 z = i;
 for (int i = z; i < number_of_records; i++)
 lastName[i] = lastName[i+1];
 //lastName[z-1] = lastName[i];
 //firstName[z-1] = firstName[i];
 //telNumber[z-1] = telNumber[i];
 //emailAddress[z-1] = emailAddress[i];
 // Get new filename and write out the file
 System.out.print("Please Enter New Masterfile File Name: ");
 filename = dataInput.next();
 write_out_file(number_of_records, filename);
 System.out.print("File Save In Progress. Please Wait...");
 for (int r = 0; r < 35000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
 System.out.print("..");
 for (int r = 1000000; r < 10000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
 System.out.print("............");
 System.out.printf("%nGoodbye!");
break;
case 4:
 // Get new filename and write out the file
 System.out.print("Please Enter New Masterfile File Name: ");
 filename = dataInput.next();
 write_out_file(number_of_records, filename);
 System.out.print("File Save In Progress. Please Wait...");
 for (int r = 0; r < 35000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
 System.out.print("..");
 for (int r = 1000000; r < 10000000; ++ r) System.currentTimeMillis ();
 System.out.print("............");
 System.out.printf("%nGoodbye!");
break;
case 5:
quit = true;
break;
default:
System.out.println("Invalid menu choice, please try again");
} while(!quit);
any insight as to what the problem is, and how to fix it?
thanks in advance

for now im just looking for the solution to the
problem i stated. after i have the code working, i
will work on tidying it up.No. You are still not understanding something very fundamental here.
The code is bad design. It will be diificult to make work BECAUSE it is
a bad design. A better OO based approach would result in code that is
cleaner and easier to make work.
Nobody in their right mind is going to "help you" (aka rewrite entirely)
somebody else's terrible design. What is the point of that? None. The
fastest way for you to get code that is working is to start with better
thought out code. You can read the thread you copied this code from to
get some ideas of why this code is bad.
Or you can start with some tutorials.
Nobody cares if this is for school, work, fun, whatever. You need to do
your thinking on your own. If you are incapable of putting the effort in
then you need to reconsider your options. Perhaps paying somebody
to write code for you is a better solution.

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Insert into CLARITY_RESPONSE_LOG
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 x NUMBER;
 l_output UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
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-- define output directory
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 vstart := 1;
 bytelen := 32000;
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len := DBMS_LOB.getlength (rec.vblob);
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 x := len;
---- If small enough for a single write
IF len < 32760
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 ELSE
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---------------- set the start position for the next cut
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---------- set the end position if less than 32000 bytes
 x := x - bytelen;
 IF x < 32000
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 bytelen := x;
 END IF;
 UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE (l_output);
 END LOOP;
----------------- --- UTL_FILE.NEW_LINE(l_output);
 END IF;
 END LOOP;
 UTL_FILE.FCLOSE (l_output);
END;The above code works well and all the records or xml contents are being written simultaneously adjacent to each other but we each records must be written to a new line or there must be a line gap or a blank line between any two records
the code which I get is as follow all all xml data comes on a single line
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7369</empno><ename>James</ename><job>Manager</job><salary>1000</salary></emp><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><emp><empno>7370</empno><ename>charles</ename><job>President</job><salary>500</salary></emp>But the code written to an external file has to be something like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<emp>
<empno>7369</empno>
<ename>James</ename>
<job>Manager</job>
<salary>1000</salary>
</emp>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<emp>
<empno>7370</empno>
<ename>charles</ename>
<job>President</job>
<salary>500</salary>
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What was wrong with the previous answers given on your other thread:
Export Blob data to text file(-29285-ORA-29285: file write error)
If there's a continuing issue, stay with the same thread, don't just ask the same question again and again, it's really Pi**es people off and causes confusion as not everyone will be familiar with what answers you've already had. You're just wasting people's time by doing that.
As already mentioned before, convert your BLOB to a CLOB and then to XMLTYPE where it can be treated as XML and written out to file in a variety of ways including the way I showed you on the other thread.
You really seem to be struggling to get the worst possible way to work.

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I'm scratching my head on this one....

then mapped that share as a network drive (N:) on server A (the OWB/DB-server)I think that problem was with different accounts used for run Oracle database (usually database instance run under SYSTEM account) and which you used to map share (it was interactive session). Even when you made this map persistent (enable "Reconnect at logon" option during mapping) you don't grant access to this drive to other accounts (including SYSTEM ) - this drive will not be visible to other users.
I think it is possible to create "persistent" network drive mapping for Oracle database context with specification non-SYSTEM account (domain or server local) for running Oracle database instance (and Oracle Listener service).
Also it seems there is a workaround to access mapped network drive under SYSTEM account:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182750/how-to-map-a-network-drive-to-be-used-by-a-service
Regards,
Oleg

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Hi All,
i want to run a agent and that result should be displayed in external file system.and i achieved this by using writing VB script and in agents i used actions in that we have invoke server script.And i got the perfect output but what 's my scenario is when i run the agnent again it should create another file with below requirements.
The file name must contain a suffix containing the date in yyyymmdd format. In cases where the file stored more than once per day, a sequence number must also be provided within the filename.
(i.e. v1_yyyymmdd, v2_yyyymmdd, v3_yyyymmdd, v4_yyyymmdd, v5_yyyymmdd…)
And my VB script is like below
'#####=========================================================================
'## Title: Export Report
'## Rev: 1.0
'## Author: Paul McGarrick
'## Company: Total Business Intelligence / http://total-bi.com
'## Purpose:
'## 1. This script takes a file from OBIEE and saves to the file system
'## 2. Creates a reporting subdirectory if not already present
'## 3. Creates a further subdirectory with name based on current date
'## Inputs (specified in Actions tab of OBIEE Delivers Agent):
'## 1. Parameter(0) - This actual file to be exported
'## 2. Parameter(1) - The filename specified within OBIEE
'## 3. Parameter(2) - Report sub directory name specified within OBIEE
'#####=========================================================================
Dim sBasePath
sBasePath = "E:\reports\reports"
Dim sMasterPath
sMasterPath = sBasePath & "\" & Parameter(2)
Dim objFSO
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Dim objMasterDir
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(sMasterPath) Then
Set objMasterDir = objFSO.CreateFolder(sMasterPath)
End If
Set objMasterDir = Nothing
'build string to get date in yyyy-mm-dd format
Dim sDate, sDateFull
sDate = Now
sDateFull = DatePart("yyyy", sDate) & "-"
If Len(DatePart("m", sDate))=1 Then sDateFull = sDateFull & "0" End If
sDateFull = sDateFull & DatePart("m", sDate) & "-"
If Len(DatePart("d", sDate))=1 Then sDateFull = sDateFull & "0" End If
sDateFull = sDateFull & DatePart("d", sDate)
Dim sDir
sDir = sMasterPath & "\" & sDateFull
Dim objDir
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Set objDir = objFSO.CreateFolder(sDir)
End If
Set objDir = Nothing
Dim sFileName
sFileName = sDir & "\" & Parameter(1)
Dim objFile
objFSO.CopyFile Parameter(0), sFileName, True
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
could you please any body help me out from this....

I assume you are using Windows. Try to write a batch file so that that would look for the ibot name when ever its finds rename the file name as required.
This would be easiest way..
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rename+a+file+to+current+date+using+batch+file
Edited by: Srini VEERAVALLI on Apr 8, 2013 7:23 AM
Can you updates all your posts?
Edited by: Srini VEERAVALLI on May 13, 2013 6:44 AM

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I'm trying to develop a PDF in two languages. When pushing a button, all questions and list-of-values for possible answers should be translated.
I created and initialized several variables with the two language phrases with javascript. Everything is inside my code.
Is there anyway that when a button is pressed an external file is read, bringing that javascript code for questions ans list-of-values? My concern is that currently I have a duplicated code, but if I want to implement three, four languages it will grow without control.
This is an example I wrote in my code:
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TxtAuxL1ESP[0]=", como ";
TxtAuxL1ING[0]=", such as ";
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TxtAuxL1ING[2]="%, in the last three years ";
TxtAuxL1ESP[3]="% y en los últimos cinco años ";
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What I was thinking is to store TxtAuxL1ING in one file, TxtAuxL1ESP in another file and read them from my javascript code inside the PDF. Is it possible?
Regards
JC

Hi,
maybe this solution ist interesting for you.
It populates form fields with data read from an attached XML file.
http://thelivecycle.blogspot.de/2011/01/populate-data-from-attachment.html

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I see there's a way to get it form the query scring of the URL ( http://captivatedev.com/2011/05/01/how-to-jump-to-a-specific-slide-in-a-separate-course/ ), but I have a project where I want several pieces of text to be replaced and we want to be able to edit it externally from the Captivate file.
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the ACTUAL map. They have also provided coding for placing markers
on the map, which is what I'm using.
I have the addresses throughout multiple xml files, which I
am actually loading through 1 single xml file. These addresses are
being stored in an array, then called by the AS below to place
markers. All the markers are placed correctly, however, I am trying
to have them actually say the address - this is where the problem
lies.
The marker that is being located and placed has a text field
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I'm very confused because every loop through the * for (i=0;
i<addressA.length; i++) * loop the marker is placed at the
correct addressA
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load_txt field in the marker. I can even run a trace during that
loop and it traces addressA for each address, but I can't seem
to actually load those values into the load_txt box.
Do you have any ideas?

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Is there any documentation in addition to the standard SDK documet?
I have to challenges:
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2. How can I change settings for the stahdard image files. For example, I like to output the large files with a different JPEG compression than the thumbnails.

Probably a newbie question...
I tried the exampe from jarnoh above, but I get the error "Attempt to index local 'file' (a nil value).
This is my code:
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local LrApplication = import 'LrApplication'
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local LrStringUtils = import 'LrStringUtils'
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