Loading external variables with Mac

WHy o why in the world doesnt this work? I’ve done this quite a few times at home on my PC, but now I’m on-site with a client who has nothing but Macs. “Sure, no problem” I told my AD, “I can do that…”.

I’m trying to load variables from an external .txt file into Flash MX and this is the code I’m using:

links = new LoadVars();
links.load(“assignLinks.txt”);
links.onLoad = function(success){
if(success) {
diovan = links.diovan;
diovanhct = links.diovanhct;
}
}
trace(diovan);
trace(diovanhct);

(The text file has the following content: diovan=whatever&diovanhct=whateveragain&)

The trace outputs “undefined” for both variables. WHY??

I also tried loadVariables instead of loadVars… same result. If this is a problem specific to Macs, whats the work around?

Please send help!! URGENT!!!