as I got told off for it i wouldnt upload anything lol
post it to a server and provide a link, include the dependent files also
[quoted text, click to view] "pwiop" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Objective
> What I am trying to achieve is this. 20 buttons (dynamically generated).
Each
> button displaying an external jpg which it loads into a picture viewer
(this I
> have achieved). On clicking each button information about each of the
pictures
> is loaded into a textfield from an external txt file (this I cannot
achieve)
>
> What I am Doing
> I am loading 20 variables ?picinfo1? to ?picinfo20? from an external txt
file
> ?myData.txt?
>
> Each of the variables contains text such as ?my picture one? etc
>
> I am dynamically generating buttons (within an mc) based on the number of
> variables in the txt file ie. 20
>
> I have a textfield component called ?textViewer?
>
> If within the original button if I add the code _root.textViewer.text =
> picinfo1, the textViewer is populated by information stored in that
variable is
> (obviously all the buttons display the information stored in that
particular
> variable)
>
> Using the looping function that I have to dynamically create the buttons
I
> have a variable ?infoCount?
>
> When I add the following code
> _root.textViewer.text = ?_root.picinfo?+ infoCount - the text field just
> displays _root.picinfo1 , _root.picinfo2, _root.picinfo3 etc but NOT the
> information stored in those variables
>
> It seems that it is being interpreted as a string NOT as a path. Is there
any
> way that I can make Flash recognise ?_root.picinfo?+ infoCount ? as a path
NOT
> a string
>
> Sorry if this is a little confusing - I can upload a copy if anyone could
be
> bothered having a gander
>
> paul
>
>
