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srelberger

2006-08-10, 6:24 pm

I'm trying to make a site for myself where the text and graphics can be changed
by manipulating a txt file or adding/subtracting images from a folder instead
of manipulating the FLA file itself. The reason for this is I am making a site
that I will be adding graphics and text to on a regular (daily) basis and want
to be able to do it with little upload time. I know how to do this using a
html site, but not sure what I would need to do actionscript wise to do this in
a FLA file. Any help and suggestions will be greatly appreaciated. Thanks!

shikozel

2006-08-10, 10:29 pm

the best way to do it is with XML and actionscript.
srelberger

2006-08-10, 10:29 pm

Any examples?
shikozel

2006-08-10, 10:29 pm

you can check this site.
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/

it has great video tutorial on xml. you should check the rest of the tutorials. they really good
srelberger

2006-08-10, 10:29 pm

Checked it out, not what I was looking for. Trying to find a way, soley within flash, to call out to an external txt file or external graphics folders. Thanks for the help and link though!
shikozel

2006-08-11, 4:24 am

look into loadvars command to load txt file.
you can load jpg from external file with loadMovie("imageName.jpg")
Nicolas Tarasvicius

2006-08-12, 10:21 pm

Sorry for my english, but what I need to do is this.
1- Create an INPUT TEXT FIELD
2- Write something (any message) in it. (Users will do that).
3- CLick the SUBMIT button
4- Display the same message in a DYNAMIC TEXTFIELD for about 10 seconds
5- Move on to a next message (someone else wrote) and so on.

I've been looking for information on "TICKERS", but haven;t been able to find
exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks for your help

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