Add var into .txt

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how can i add a content of a variable into a .txt file?
simple question needs a simple answer.
Cheers!
/ZeusVL

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load the variables using the loadVariablesNum() method. If you specify 0 then the variables will load to _level0 which equates to _root if your movie only contains one level

Declare you variables as you would in Flash and separate variables with ampersands (don’t add any additional spaces) e.g.

dog=25&oatmeal=“farinacious”

Don’t forget that if you’ve a slow server then there can be a delay between client request and server response and if your server hangs in the middle of serving a long txt file then your vars may be incomplete

It’s good practice to include a “junk” variable at the end of your txt file so that you know all the vars have been loaded and declared

e.g.

dog=25&oatmeal=“farinacious”&alldone=true

then if you call the txt file using

alldone=false
loadVariablesNum (“vars.txt”, 0);

you can perodically test for alldone and handle any errors that arise

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hmm, Im sorry but i didnt quite understand.

4

Create text file called vars.txt containing the text

dog=25&oatmeal=“farinacious”

with no additional spaces, carriage returns or line breaks. (Assuming that you want to declare two variable one a numerical variable called dog with a value of 25 and the other a string variable called oatmeal with a value “farinacious” - obviously you’ll need to edit this to suit your purposes)

Then it the place where you want to declare your variables i.e. the place where you would otherwise type

var _root.dog=25
var _root.oatmeal=“farinaceous”

instead type

loadVariablesNum(“vars.txt”,0)

and make sure that vars.txt and your swf are in the same folder

5

hmm, could you show me an example?

6

here we go:

7

Try looking at the enclosed zip loadVarsExample.zip

8

Have a look at

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=118268

9

thats not the first time that happens

10

I think he’s asking how to save text file from Flash… FSCommand save still work in Flash 5???

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yeah after i saw your example I think u have understood me.
fscommand (“save”, “bla.txt”)
u mean?

12

Yes… That’s what I have meant, but I am not sure if that still works or not… I know that it should work if your user have FP5 installed, but it’s kinda outdated now, so I am afraid that wouldn’t do any good for you…

Are you trying to save a text file for the projector or the web based one??? And you DO use F5 for this project, right???

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Ok.
Yes I use F5 for this. Well it´s just a experiment, but I think i will use it on a webbased one.

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Well… I guess it’s your job to search the web to see if fscommand save still works or not…

If you have a project for the web which needs to save a text file, then you gotta get the server side script to do the job… No other way I know of rather than that…

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If you want to save to a txt file in Flash 5 then you’ll need a server side script (VB, php, etc) and sufficient server permissions to set the chkmod of your txt file (777 = read/write/execute).

You pass your variables to the server script using the getUrl() method specifiying GET/POST as appropriate.

Alternatively, if you only want to use Flash, then MX has the ability to store persistent local data.