Loading tekst into flash from .txt file

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hi ppl i’m new here. Got a little question.

I’m having trouble with loading texts from a txt file outside flash. I done this a lot and it works out when i just load it into a textbox to which i’ve added a scrollbar.

Few days ago i tried to make a scrolling movieclip. i thought it would be easier for layout because i needed textboxes and pics on the same scrolling page… well in theorie it would have been nice :-\ . I can’t seem to load the textfile(s) when i put em on there.

Is there anyone that could give me some pointers on this?

thnx in advance

Black Lightning

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You need to be more specific or post your F5 .fla file.
Search has a lot about loading from .txt files

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i’m gonna try to explain but it probly won’t be clear (i’m not that good at explaining) so i’ll post the fla tomorrow.

I know there are tutorials around bout loading the content of .txt files into a dynamic textbox. but most (if not all) of these tutorials make you load the content into a variable which is then read into the textbox. You can add a scrollbar to this to scroll through big texts. And make a movie clip out of it for easy use. I’ve done this succesfully so no problem there.

What i’m doing now:

Because of layout issues i gotta have pics and text in one scrollable area. So i made a movieclip with 2 textboxes and a pic on it. i added a scrollbar to make the clip move between two _y-values. and put a mask-layer over it so it looks like a real scrollbox. All of this is put into a movieclip for easy (re-)use. So far so good. but when i try to load the content from my txt files in here it won’t work. Probly doing something wrong because it’s a movieclip in a movie clip i think.

And there are no tutorials to be found (i’m looking at all tutorial sites/ flash forums i can find, but so far no luck… 6 hours of search today only --> :crazy: )

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make sure that the paths are correct.

also, if you are using a mask you have to make sure that you have embedded the font. in the properties window click the character button and select “embed all” or something to that effect.

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thnx very much for the pointer… i’ll try it asap (day after tomorrow, no school tomorrow yay)

no doubt that will be it, and if it isn’t well i know where to post my fla then

(-:

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can’t get it to work…

i think i’m doing this path thing wrong…

guess i’m stOOpid :-\

anyway put a zip online of the fla and textfile i made to test it.
http://beestjeuhspage.tripod.com/scrollmovie.zip. sorry the link doesn’t work directly, but that’s tripod i’m afraid:-\ . copy and paste in the a browser window will work

hope someone can help me out