Re: FLASH: Re: Strange Read From Text File Problem

[David Doggett]

Thanks John... That helps me a lot...  I will make it so the variables all

end with an & symbol.  I'll see how that works but I am sure that will fix

it.


Thanks again..



----- Original Message -----

From: John Croteau <

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>

To: <

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Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:27 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Re: Strange Read From Text File Problem



> Hi David,

>

>

> > I am reading in a value from a text file that will determine a movie to

load

> > into _level1 from another url.  Here is the scenario:

> >

> > data.txt

> > ***************************************

> > &movie=template1.swf

> > &color=red

> >

> > ***************************************

> >

> > Now from another movie in the same folder as the data.txt file I am

calling

> > out to the text file data.txt and reading in the variable movie.  This

has

> > always worked fine on other projects for me however I tried for about a

day

> > to debug why when I read in the value of movie eventhough when I show

the

> > value on the screen it looks correct what could be wrong!  I managed to

fix

> > my problem somewhat by editing the text file a bit until it worked and

this

> > is how it had to be:

> >

> > data.txt

> > ***************************************

> > &movie=template1.swf

> > ***************************************

> >

> > It ONLY worked when I took all of the data below the

&movie=template1.swf

> > out!  I can have as many lines above it as I want but if I have data

below

> > it messes up!

> >

> > I NEED to be able to have lines of data setting varibales below it just

by

> > the way this project works..

> >

> > Does ANYONE know WHY this might be happening?????

>

> Should be as follows with no other garbage.

> Line returns are sent as part of the variable and can mess things up.

>

> movie=template1.swf&color=red

>

> A technique that has been suggested is terminating lines with & or %0,

> the %0 technique has not been documented to work in all cases:

>

> data.txt

>

> &movie=template1.swf&

> &color=red

>

>

>

>

>

>

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