"Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Like the LoadMovie command to load .swf files into a main movie, is there
> any way you can load html documents into a movie? For example clicking on
a
> button then a html page loading up beside it, which can then change to
> another page upon selecting another button?
>
> Many Thanks in advance,
> Ben Foster
>
>

"David Stiller" <stiller@quip.net> wrote in message
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> You can't load HTML into Flash -- well, not the way you're thinking.
> You *can* use HTML formatting for your text fields, but it's a limited
> subset of the full HTML specification (just like you can use some CSS now
in
> Flash, but that's also very limited). You can import XML into Flash. But
> you can't call a loadMovie()-like method that actually loads external HTML
> into Flash.
>
> You may be able to accomplish your button goal, though, with the
> getURL() method.
>
>
> David
> stiller (at) quip (dot) net
>
> "Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ch80v1$9fh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > Like the LoadMovie command to load .swf files into a main movie, is
there
> > any way you can load html documents into a movie? For example clicking
on
> a
> > button then a html page loading up beside it, which can then change to
> > another page upon selecting another button?
> >
> > Many Thanks in advance,
> > Ben Foster
> >
> >
>
>

"Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ok thanks for your reply. How about this method then. By using this script
> you can load external text documents into a flash movie:
>
> loadText = new loadVars();
> loadText.load("example.txt");
> //creating the loadVarsText function
> loadText.onLoad = function() {
> scroller.text = this.exampletext;
> };
>
> I tried changing the "example.txt." to a htm file, and after changing the
> script it works apart from one thing, all the html code is also shown. Is
> there anyway i can make a html page, import it into a movie using this
> script but keep the html 'invisible' yet working? I tried using the
'render
> as html' option but it doesn't seem to work, must be using it for the
wrong
> purpose.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Ben Foster
>
> "David Stiller" <stiller@quip.net> wrote in message
> news:ch8qa1$htu$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > You can't load HTML into Flash -- well, not the way you're thinking.
> > You *can* use HTML formatting for your text fields, but it's a limited
> > subset of the full HTML specification (just like you can use some CSS
now
> in
> > Flash, but that's also very limited). You can import XML into Flash.
But
> > you can't call a loadMovie()-like method that actually loads external
HTML
> > into Flash.
> >
> > You may be able to accomplish your button goal, though, with the
> > getURL() method.
> >
> >
> > David
> > stiller (at) quip (dot) net
> >
> > "Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:ch80v1$9fh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > > Like the LoadMovie command to load .swf files into a main movie, is
> there
> > > any way you can load html documents into a movie? For example clicking
> on
> > a
> > > button then a html page loading up beside it, which can then change to
> > > another page upon selecting another button?
> > >
> > > Many Thanks in advance,
> > > Ben Foster
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"David Stiller" <stiller@quip.net> wrote in message
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> I've never tried what you did, but I wouldn't have expected that to
> work. If it did, then it *would* be possible to import HTML into
Flash! --
> but it isn't possible. :-)
>
> You can try, instead of setting the text property of scroller, to set
> its htmlText property (see TextField.htmlText in the ActionScript
> dictionary) -- and of course, scroller's HTML formatting will have to be
set
> to true for that to work. But even if you manage that, you'll be
> disappointed, and that's because of how loadVars() works. loadVars()
> expects at least one name/value pair. For example, if you had three
> external variables you wanted to load -- say, fruit="apple", meat="beef",
> veggie="corn" -- your text file would have to be formatted like this:
>
> fruit=apple&meat=beef&veggie=corn
>
> ... so in your case, you'd have to set the whole HTML document as a
> URLendcoded value for some variable, for example ...
>
> myHTML=%0chtml%0e%0chead%0e%0ctitle%0eMy%20page%20title ...
>
> In short, bro, Flash doesn't presently allow this.
>
>
> David
> stiller (at) quip (dot) net
>
>
>
> "Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cha594$7q1$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > Ok thanks for your reply. How about this method then. By using this
script
> > you can load external text documents into a flash movie:
> >
> > loadText = new loadVars();
> > loadText.load("example.txt");
> > //creating the loadVarsText function
> > loadText.onLoad = function() {
> > scroller.text = this.exampletext;
> > };
> >
> > I tried changing the "example.txt." to a htm file, and after changing
the
> > script it works apart from one thing, all the html code is also shown.
Is
> > there anyway i can make a html page, import it into a movie using this
> > script but keep the html 'invisible' yet working? I tried using the
> 'render
> > as html' option but it doesn't seem to work, must be using it for the
> wrong
> > purpose.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Ben Foster
> >
> > "David Stiller" <stiller@quip.net> wrote in message
> > news:ch8qa1$htu$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > > You can't load HTML into Flash -- well, not the way you're
thinking.
> > > You *can* use HTML formatting for your text fields, but it's a limited
> > > subset of the full HTML specification (just like you can use some CSS
> now
> > in
> > > Flash, but that's also very limited). You can import XML into Flash.
> But
> > > you can't call a loadMovie()-like method that actually loads external
> HTML
> > > into Flash.
> > >
> > > You may be able to accomplish your button goal, though, with the
> > > getURL() method.
> > >
> > >
> > > David
> > > stiller (at) quip (dot) net
> > >
> > > "Ben Foster" <ben.foster@zoom.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:ch80v1$9fh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > > > Like the LoadMovie command to load .swf files into a main movie, is
> > there
> > > > any way you can load html documents into a movie? For example
clicking
> > on
> > > a
> > > > button then a html page loading up beside it, which can then change
to
> > > > another page upon selecting another button?
> > > >
> > > > Many Thanks in advance,
> > > > Ben Foster
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>