I've downloaded this countdown clock:
http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Utilities/Time/Flash_Co-Trevor_R-8139/index.php
I'm new and kglad has been helping me...I need it to countdown from a variable
in a text file, but get errors from it even trying to read the .txt file:
Error opening URL
"file:///D|/Inetpub/wwwroot/WebApplication1/flash/XC%20Site/countdown.txt"
I need that fixed and to use these variables in the txt file:
day=3&hours=13&minutes=49&seconds=49
and start counting down when they are loaded.
I've used this code and it doesn't work:
var dateVars = new LoadVars();
dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
date_txt.text =
dateVars.days+":"+dateVars.hours+":"+dateVars.Minutes+":"+dateVars.seconds;
}
};
dateVars.load("countdown.txt");
and kglads probably works, but I'm just to new to this.
Any help is appreciated...I really need this!
Thanks,
Trint

just as John says : try putting the textfile in the same folder as the .swf.

First thing to check is whether countdown.txt really has that filename and
that it is in the same directory as the swf file that calls it.

John

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Ok, now it opens and i changed it to days, but the timer does not start with
what is in the text file...
heres what is in script frame1:
stop();
var dateVars = new LoadVars();
dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
date_txt.text =
dateVars.days+":"+dateVars.hours+":"+dateVars.Minutes+":"+dateVars.seconds;
}
};
dateVars.load("countdown.txt");

heres what is in the <clock>:
onClipEvent(load) {
//Create and set initial countdown varibles
var start = getTimer();
this.daysleft = _root.days;
this.hoursleft = _root.hours;
this.minutesleft = _root.minutes;
this.secondsleft = _root.seconds;
click = new Sound();
click.attachSound("click");
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//Countdown script
elapsed = getTimer() - start;
if (elapsed < 1000) {
continue
} else {
click.start();
start = getTimer();
elapsed -= 1000;
this.secondsleft -= 1;
if (this.secondsleft < 0) {
this.secondsleft += 60;
this.minutesleft -= 1;
}
if (this.minutesleft < 0) {
this.minutesleft += 60;
this.hoursleft -= 1;
}
if (this.hoursleft < 0) {
this.hoursleft += 24;
this.daysleft -= 1;
}
}
}

Any help is appreciated,
thanks,
Trint

you have 4 seperate textfields, not the one as in the first bit of code.
Delete the stuff on the clock and type this in the frame
stop();
var dateVars = new LoadVars();
dateVars.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
clock.secondsleft = dateVars.seconds;
clock.minutesleft = dateVars.minutes;
clock.hoursleft = datevars.hours;
clock.daysleft = dateVars.days;
}
};
dateVars.load("countdown.txt");
myinterval = setInterval(countDown, 1000);
function countDown() {
clock.secondsleft -= 1;
if (clock.secondsleft<0) {
clock.secondsleft += 60;
clock.minutesleft -= 1;
}
if (clock.minutesleft<0) {
clock.minutesleft += 60;
clock.hoursleft -= 1;
}
if (clock.hoursleft<0) {
clock.hoursleft += 24;
clock.daysleft -= 1;
}
}