Re: FLASH: F5 combining multiple external variables (bug???)

[Muzak]

Before you can attach/use the onClipEvent() make surethe MC you want to attach it to is selected on the stage (workarea). To make

100% sure it is selected, close the actionscript panel, right click on the MC and choose 'actions'. The actions panel will popup and

it should read 'Object actions' in it's titlebar, instead of Frame actions.


onClipEvent (data)

The action is initiated when data is received in a loadVariables or

loadMovie action. When specified with a loadVariables action, the data

event occurs only once, when the last variable is loaded. When specified with

a loadMovie action, the data event occurs repeatedly, as each section of data

is retrieved.


This means, if you use (data) with loading a textfile, Flash won't execute the actions specified, until it has received all the

variables from the textfile. So, if you attach this action to a MC it will work.


// load the variables in the MC

onClipEvent (load) {

    loadVariables ("text01.txt", "");

}

// as soon as variables are loaded

// display matter1 and matter2

// in a textfield 'matters'

onClipEvent (data) {

    matters = matter1 + newline + matter2;

}


sample:

http://muzakdeezign.com/flashMM/matters.html

http://muzakdeezign.com/flashMM/matters.zip


hth,

Muzak

ps: mMc was a typo, it's late here too :-)


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

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jmerrillelftech [dot] com

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Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 12:58 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: F5 combining multiple external variables (bug???)



>

> Thanks.  Yeah, figured that out after I sent it... its late here....

>

> I would like to now  figure out how to use

> onClipEvent (data) {

> }

>

> but not sure how... the actionscript manual is vague.  I'm not sure why

> when attaching that script to the MC instance I get a "can only be used

> with movie clips" error...

>

> Jason Merrill




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