getURL from .txt file

[mandrews]

i'm having trouble with putting the getURL address in a .txt file. here's the script i have on the movieclip:

on (press) {
getURL("http://"+_level0.myURL1, "_blank");
}

here's what's in the .txt file:
&myURL1=www.google.com

the movie clip is inside another clip from the main timeline if that matters (...level2 or 3?).

???

thanks.

[richtestani]

I could be wrong, but doesn't getURL() get the url of a loaded file?

[mandrews]

...?

i just know that the on press brings up a browser that says http://undefined in the address.

as if the flash file is not reading the .txt file correctly.

???

[mandrews]

i think it has something to do with the levels because it works on another file where the script is on a mc thats one level down.

[Cota]

How did you load the text file? Can you show me that code?

[mandrews]

onClipEvent (load){
this.loadVariables("comments.txt");
}

[Cota]

Where is that being called?

[mandrews]

you mean where files located?

[Cota]

Inside which movieclip..whats that movieclips path from the main time line.

[mandrews]

_root.mc1.mc2

[Cota]

ok, I havent used loadVariables in a long time, not since the advent of LoadVars(), by the way, always a better solution....So, either your variable will be _root.myurl1 or that path to myurl1.

[issamneo]

first you have to check if your variable is in flash, you test that by tracing it, then the load will be easy

[Cota]

Which is exactly why LoadVars() is the better choice.