Can an array be in an external file?

[Cindy]

Hi.

I'm using a bunch of arrays in my flash file.
Can they be put into an external text file and loaded into flash dynamically at run-time?

If so, can the arrays text file be changed and have the flash movie updated without having to re-generate the swf?

If it can, what is the syntax? I've used external text files to load variables into flash (using
"&myVariable=something") but not sure how to code the array.

Thanks for your help!

--cindy

[kamalohe]

like in the yourtxt.txt put:
myArray = newArray("Arraything1", "Arraything2", "Stuffhere3", "poop")

yah i think thats rightm if not change 'newArray' to 'new Array'

[Jack]

Flash receives all external data as a string,
you can send a delimited string and split
to an array in Flash using the delimeter,

in your.txt -
&txtString=Betty,Barry,Cindy,Dana,Travis&

lv = new LoadVars();

lv.onLoad = function(){
myArray = lv.txtString.split(",");
for(var n=0; n != myArray.length; n++){
trace("myArray["+n+"] - "+myArray[n]);
}
};

lv.load("your.txt");

hth,


"Cindy" <cflorig@highmark.com> wrote in message
news:4044D7C1.60609@highmark.com...

> Hi.
>
> I'm using a bunch of arrays in my flash file.
> Can they be put into an external text file and loaded into flash

dynamically at run-time?

>
> If so, can the arrays text file be changed and have the flash movie

updated without having to re-generate the swf?

>
> If it can, what is the syntax? I've used external text files to load

variables into flash (using

> "&myVariable=something") but not sure how to code the array.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> --cindy
>

[Cindy]

Thanks guys. I'll try both ways and see which one works best for me.
Have a great day!

--cindy



Cindy wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm using a bunch of arrays in my flash file.
> Can they be put into an external text file and loaded into flash
> dynamically at run-time?
>
> If so, can the arrays text file be changed and have the flash movie
> updated without having to re-generate the swf?
>
> If it can, what is the syntax? I've used external text files to load
> variables into flash (using "&myVariable=something") but not sure how to
> code the array.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> --cindy
>

[oopiewan]

You also have a file that looks like
data=
line 1
line 2
line 3

Use obj.loadVars(thetextfile). Then myarray = obj.data.split("\n"). Myarray now contains an array.

[Cindy]

Interesting. It looks like this approach makes reading/organizing the data easier to read.
I'll give this a shot.

Is it true that I could have more than one array in this text file--just by naming one "data=" and another "data2="?

--cindy

oopiewan wrote:

> You also have a file that looks like
> data=
> line 1
> line 2
> line 3
>
> Use obj.loadVars(thetextfile). Then myarray = obj.data.split("\n"). Myarray now contains an array.

[oopiewanCodeknowbie]

re: cindy. I don't see why you cant have any number of arrays.
Originally, I "developed" this technique which parsed native truespace files
into 3d by simply adding the data= trick.
here is a link to that experiment.
[url]http://www.nebulouscore.com/examples/truepsace_parser5.swf[/url]
I think I put the fla out there too. Its got some 3d stuff in there.. though I
don't remember which generation of 3d I was doing at that time. If you let it
finish building the faces, then click the button, it will rotate the cube and
tell you how fast it renders the frame. (like I said.. just an experiment to
"see if it could be done")

[kamalohe]

I made a game that took like 3 different variables from a text file and randomized them in the flash. Ill dig it up and you can modify it to your needs. ^-^