Hi I am only just getting into Flash actionscript and need a little help.
I have a movie clip on my stage that I need to change color dependant on an external txt flie.
The file has a variable &status which will equal “red”, “green” or “amber” and I want the mc to change accordingly.
I have read lots of articles about loadVars, conditionals and the color object but just cant get them to work together.
i.e
myColour = new LoadVars();
myColour.onLoad = function(success) {
if(success){
trace(“data has loaded successfully”);
var changeStatus = myColor.status;
}else{
trace(“error: the data did not load”);
}
if (changeStatus == “red”){
trace(“test1”);
}else if(changeStatus == “green”){
trace(“test2”);
}else {
trace(“test”);
}
}
myColour.load(“status.txt”);
I know about,
myColor=new Color();
myColor.setRGB();
But even just putting trace into the code only returns the initial “data has loaded successfully” and the final trace “test”.
I have searched and searched and played with this code but I cannot get it to work.
I would appreciate any help yo can give
