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Subject:	FLASH: How do I read the value of a variable?
From:	Colleen Appleton
Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:51:23 GMT

Hello Flashers,

I'm stumped on this and have tried every possible combo I can but it's not
working. I have a movie clip called getStatus with a dynamic field called
txtStatus.

The actions for getStatus are:

// reads the text file.
onClipEvent (load) {
loadVariables ("alert_status.txt", "");
}
// Dynamically updates the results if the text file changes.
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
loadVariables ("alert_status.txt", "");
// If the results is normal, then send the playhead to frame label normal.
If it reads HIGH, send it to label high.
// If it reads low, send to label low.
if (txtStatus == "NORMAL") {
tellTarget ("_root") {
gotoAndStop ("normal");
}
}
}

The question is, how do we get the result of alert_status.txt to use in our
if.. script? The value will be either: NORMAL, HIGH, or LOW. If it sees
the word normal, the playhead needs to jump to the main timeline called
"normal". etc. The text file is updated constantly but will only display
one of those values. If say the value changes from NORMAL, to HIGH, then
the playhead has to jump to the label "high" and the script loops there
until the status changes again.

The text displays dynamically as planned, but I can't grab the results and
direct the script in an if statement.

Any help would be appreciated!

Colleen

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