How to load data from an external TEXT file.
You will have to load you data into a Dynamic TEXT box. Lets get started.
Follow the steps.
1. Select
Text Tool and draw a text box.
2. Make it
Dynamic Text from the properties.
3. Now in
Properties input a name in
var input box,
give name as
data like this..
4. Write a text file in notepad and save it with name
swish-db.txt.
5. Open text file and write the following code in it.
it will look like this.
8. Now it will pick the text
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display in your movie.
9. Thats all..
but if you want to display your text which is in your movie, then in target
you will have to write the name of movie, like this
loadVariables("swish-db.txt", "_root.movieclipName");
Download Example Fileit will be more clear in the next tutorial, Loading dynamic data and
making a scrollbar..
You can adjust the properties of your text box i.e Single Line,
Multiple Line etc.
I hope it helps..
regards
Ali Roman..
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