Re: FLASH: Getting Info from File on Disk (Flash 4)

[Muzak]

David,


It is possible. You can load about anything in Flash, but there's nothing you can do with it really, since Flash only reads plain

txt files and expects a certain encoding (&var1=blah&var2=woopy).

On WinNT or win2k, try this:


loadVariablesNum ("file://C:\\WINNT\\win.ini", 0);


then in test movie mode, debug > list variables (ctrl + alt + v).

You'll see the result, but it's not in the format Flash expects, so I really doubt you can do anything with it.


------------

Rick,


To load variables from a text file into a Flash movie, use the following action attached to a button or keyrame:


  loadVariablesNum ("name_of_textfile.txt", 0);

The textfile can have any extension, as long as the content is in the standard MIME format application/x-www-urlformencoded

(meaning: plain text).

The previous example loads variables into level0, meaning the main timeline. You can also load variables into a different level, or

target a Movieclip. The following ActionScript, attached to a button or a keyframe loads variables from a textfile into a MovieClip

(Instance Name: mc_var):


  loadVariablesNum ("name_of_textfile.txt", "mc_var");

hth,

Muzak

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

From: "David Gee" <

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To: <

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Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 9:21 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Getting Info from File on Disk (Flash 4)



> I'm pretty sure that this is impossible. If it isn't, Macromedia could get

> in a lot of trouble.

>

> Or do you mean "server's hard drive" instead of "user's hard drive"?

>

> david

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Melton, Richard A Contractor/NCCIM"

>

<richard [dot] meltonredstone [dot] army [dot] mil>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 2:33 PM

> Subject: FLASH: Getting Info from File on Disk (Flash 4)

>

>

> > I am trying to read the content from a file on the user's hard drive, and

> if a

> > certain numeric or string value is in the file, take an action in Flash.

> >

> > I have looked at ReadURL and FSCommand, but haven't found the way to do

> this.

> >

> > How can this be done?

> >

> >

> > Rick




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