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Subject: Re: FLASH: Load Movie using variable
From: Waldo Smeets
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:34:07 +0100

Hi Corstiaan,

nice trick! I'll remember it.

Thank you.

Waldo



Corstiaan Smorenburg wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I thought I'd share a simple trick I use for the problem of delay when
> loading variables form textfiles. I set up four frames as you would in a
> loading sequence, so:
>
> FRAME 1, label "load":
> Load Variables ("variables.txt",0)
>
> FRAME 2, label "loop":
> If (EOF = 1)
> Go to and Play ("read")
> End If
>
> FRAME 3:
> Go to and Play ("loop")
>
> FRAME 4, label "read":
> --> your regular movie starts here
>
> And I end all my textfiles (with variables) with: "&EOF=1"
> EOF standing for End Of File, it's a programming term.
> So, the movie doesn't continue until the file is read and 'EOF' is set to 1.
>
> Hope this helps..
>
> Corstiaan.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Waldo Smeets <w [dot] smeetsatstud [dot] tue [dot] nl>
> To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Load Movie using variable
>
> > Thanks Dave,
> >
> > someone from the Flash Pro mailinglist alreay told me what my problem was:
> > I used good codings, but because loading a text file takes some time it
> didn't
> > work with me.
> >
> > that was because at 1 frame i used "load variables" and load movie etc at
> once.
> > Simply the url1 couldn't be read that quick!
> >
> > Butt still, thanks for your help.
> > Hope someone else will lear from this problem.
> >
> > Waldo
>
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Replies
  RE: FLASH: Load Movie using variable, Mike S. Krischker

Replies
  RE: FLASH: Load Movie using variable, Dave Hollinden
  Re: FLASH: Load Movie using variable, Waldo Smeets
  Re: FLASH: Load Movie using variable, Corstiaan Smorenburg

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