hey out there,
just read the tutorial at http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/externaldata.htm and it got me thinking…
i’ve gotta load of cd track listings i need to show. all the info is in text files, and i can format it to look like:
totalTracks=2
&trackInfo1=Square One
&trackFile1=01_Square_One.mp3
&trackInfo2=What If?
&trackFile2=what_if.mp3
i’ve been trying to use this actionscript to loop through each track and attach it to the stage:
stop();
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("cd1.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function() {
//count the number of tracks
arrayLength = this.totalTracks;
//each movie clip has to be offset
vertOffset = 55;
//loop through each value in the array
for (i=0; i<arrayLength; i++) {
//attach the clip
var tClip = this.attachMovie("trackInfoMc", "track"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
trace(tClip);
//set it's y position
tClip._y = vertOffset+(tClip._y+vertOffset)*i;
//set the txt inside the new mc to the current value
tClip.trackInfo.text = this.trackInfo*;
tClip.trackFile.text = this.trackFile*;
}
};
the final idea is to turn each loop into a click link that loads the mp3 into a media player - i need to get this working 1st!
at the moment, nothing appears on the timeline.
can anyone see what i’m doing wrong or am i approaching this the wrong way…
anything would be great!
many thanks,
jake