Re: SOLVED - Re: FLASH: How do I read the value of a variable?

[Muzak]

Then you could change the asp script, so it only writes "normal" "high" "low", without the html tags.


Muzak

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Subject: SOLVED - Re: FLASH: How do I read the value of a variable?



> Muzak, that didn't work.  Instead what I had to do to read the results was

> use a substr.  It was counting from the "f" in <font face and therefore,

> when I said txtXxxxxxxxxStatus == NORMAL..... It had to many letters in the

> result, therefore; I just got a blank result.

>

> My text file:

> txtXxxxxxxxxStatus=<font face="ARIAL" color="#FFFFFF">NORMAL</font>

>

> Now all I have to do is go to my text file, change NORMAL to what the

> current status is, and it updates my flash file in an instant!  No random

> codes at all.  I have dynamic text, and depending on the value of

> txtXxxxxxxxxStatus, determines where the playhead goes next.  Actually, my

> client updates the status word via an ASP page.  They select the radio

> button for the current status, then that writes to the text file and Flash

> refreshes instantly with the new results.  The client didn't have to touch

> flash

> or the text file, and they don't end up messing up anything. :-)

>

> Now we have an alert system that sounds an alarm if it's a warning status,

> or just stays green if it's normal.  Each frame is set up with the exact

> same code, so if the alert status changes, the playhead goes to the proper

> frame, sounds the alarm, shows the status and continually loops on that

> frame until the status changes.  It just cycles the code until it sees a

> change.




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