How to load additional external texts?

Forum|Forum|16 years ago
December 4, 2009
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This is my external texts loading:

//Loading external texts
var slideXTween:Tween;
var txtAlphaTween:Tween;
var txtNextText:Tween;
var txtContainer:Sprite;
var txtField:TextField = new TextField();
var textRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest("happyHoliday.txt");
var textLoad:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var txtFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
//end of loading external texts

How do I utilize this same code for loading a second .txt file after the first one is loaded and the motion tween is completed? I don't want to rewrite this whole code for additional files to be loaded.

Thanks for any help.

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Correct answer kglad

use:

TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth*2.25, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:myFunction});
function myFunction():void {
    textLoad.load(new URLRequest("inspiration.txt"));
    TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:nextText});
    trace("tween finished");
}
function nextText():void{
    trace("tween done");
}

kglad

Community Expert

the Tween class has a motionFinish event you can use to define a new urlrequest. use that new urlrequest in another load method of your urlloader.

A

Anonymous

Okay, here's what I have:

TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth*2.25, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:myFunction});
function myFunction():void {
    textRequest.load(new URLRequest("inspiration.txt"));
    TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:nextText});
    trace("tween finished");
}
function nextText():void{
    trace("tween done");
}

And here's the compiled error:

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method load through a reference with static type flash.net:URLRequest.

The error is referring to my second time loading the inspiration.txt file.

kglad

Correct answer

Community Expert

use:

TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth*2.25, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:myFunction});
function myFunction():void {
    textLoad.load(new URLRequest("inspiration.txt"));
    TweenLite.to(txtField, 30, {x:-stage.stageWidth, ease:None.easeInOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:nextText});
    trace("tween finished");
}
function nextText():void{
    trace("tween done");
}

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