importing text into a field member pt2

[s1howes webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

All works fine when I import text (menu items) from an external txt file using fileIO xtra. However, forgetting security restrictions, I forgot that fileIO is not shockwave safe and will not import external menu items.

Does any body have a decent idea...probably using xml.

to see the example look at the attached.

PS. thank to NED for the previous help in prt 1 of this thread.

steve

[url]http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/importing_text.zip[/url]

[Andrew Morton]

If you want the text file to be local to the user then use setPref/getPref. If
you want the text file to reside on the server then use
preloadNetThing(whateverURL), wait for the download to finish, then
member(x).fileName=whateverURL. The Lingo Dictionary has examples of waiting for
the d/l to finish.

Andrew

[Ned]

I don't have time to watch your files, but you can quite easily import text
data in shockwave with xml, using FlashObject (refer to help and MM
technotes about that)

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| All works fine when I import text (menu items) from an external txt file
using fileIO xtra. However, forgetting security restrictions, I forgot that
fileIO is not shockwave safe and will not import external menu items.
|
| Does any body have a decent idea...probably using xml.
|
| to see the example look at the attached.
|
| PS. thank to NED for the previous help in prt 1 of this thread.
|
| steve
|
| [url]http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/importing_text.zip[/url]
|
|

[s1howes webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanx Andrew,
I think you have to setpref firstly in order to retrieve data back.

I need something that will be shockwave safe and that imports data (menu items) and propogates a menu field in all my dcr movies as this will save on 'Housekeeping' if movies are deleted or created as I would only have to update one file.

cheers

steve

[Andrew Morton]

> I think you have to setpref firstly in order to retrieve data back.

That's right. I thought that maybe you had a menu which could be personalised,
in which case you would have a default menu built-in to the Shockwave movie and
setPref that if there wasn't one already there.

> I need something that will be shockwave safe and that imports data (menu

items) and propogates a menu field in all my dcr movies as this will save on
'Housekeeping' if movies are deleted or created as I would only have to update
one file.

The text file you're using is small, right? In which case downloading it from
the server every time will take a very small amount of time. It will be cached
anyway. It might be a good idea to use a CGI script to retrieve the text file so
that you can set the content-expires header in case you want to occasionally
change the menu(s).

Andrew