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Tha_Tweaker
Participant
April 13, 2009
Question

External text/xml into a Dynamic Text Box

  • April 13, 2009
  • 2 replies
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ive been searching for 2 days on how to do this. i would like to be "spoon fed" if at all possible, all i want to know is how to take an external text or xml file and allow AS3 to read it into a dynamic text box. i want this as to make it easier to update my website and make changes to the text bodies on each page more conveniently. thank you.

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muho_tr
Participating Frequently
April 13, 2009

Hi,

Here you go:

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
    loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handle_loadComplete);
    loader.load(new URLRequest("file"));

function handle_loadComplete(e:Event):void
{
    // e.target.data <- your data
    // textField.text = e.target.data
    // var xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
}

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Tha_TweakerAuthor
Participant
April 13, 2009

thank you!

but what is contained in the xml and is this being loaded as a file in my dir in my computer or is it from a website?

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muho_tr
Participating Frequently
April 13, 2009

Path to the file can be "http://...file" or just "file", "myDir/file".

If XML looks like this:

<books>

     <book>

          <author>Will Smith</author>

     </book>

     <book>

          <author>Bruce Willis</author>

     </book>

</books>

then the author of the first book in a text field is:

textField.text = xml.book[0].author;

T
Tha_TweakerAuthor
Participant
April 13, 2009

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