How to use listBox component

[Skinner]

Hi just wanna shared this out. Some basic stuffs i had regarding saving and loading text.txt from a Floopy Drive.

Keyframe 1:
stop();
loadVariablesNum ("file:///A|/TextField.txt",0);
Selection.getFocus ("TextField"); // where TextField is the var

Button :
on(release){
fscommand ( "save", "A:\\TextField.txt" );
}

But Problem is:
*How can i prompt a message when it is done saving or floopy is not inserted ? Pls guide me heheh.

[Skinner]

Hi people,

Just wondering since Flash MX and 2004 cant support this fscommand 'save'...is there anyway way i can pass an argument to xml so i can save or load a .txt file from there?


Appreciate.

Skinner

[CyanBlue]

Howdy...

I don't think you can pass an argument from the Flash anymore... So, you cannot really use fscommand save to save data anymore unless you are working on F5...

Read this page for more information...
http://www.northcode.com/links/mxproject.html

The best way to do it would be using the server side script, but if that's not your option, IE only solution can be found here...
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=44092

[Skinner]

Hey man thanks for the reply...very appreciate
and it will be perfect and solve everyone problems if that IE server side script can be work in Projectors (.exe).

Anyway i got some minor problems with listBox in MX.

I have this actually it creates .swf into it but wanted it to create .txt

listArray = new Array ();
for (i=1; i<=0; i++) {
listArray.push ({label:"Slides" + i, data:"Slides" + i + ".txt"});
}

this.attachMovie ("FListBoxSymbol", "newSlides", 18, {_x:18, _y:482});
this.newSlides.setSize (280,100);
this.newSlides.setDataProvider (listArray);
this.newSlides.setChangeHandler ("loadTXT");

function loadTXT (component) {
 loadVariablesNum (component.getValue(), 0);
}

Question is i wanted it to load .txt instead of .swf
and label were based on the txt file name.

Edit: OK i figured out half of it just have the problem for the listArray to push it.

[CyanBlue]

Half way done, then, right???

[Skinner]

hey man dang im stuck at the listArray

listArray = new Array ();
for (i=1; i<=0; i++) {
listArray.push ({label:"Slides" + i, data:"Slides" + i + ".txt"});
}

How can i abstart the <filename>.txt filename and place into the listbox label? yet there will be more than 1 <filename>.txt with each different filename.

i have this but no idea how to continue on using LoadVars(); or perhaps u have better solution ?

loadUser = new LoadVars();
loadUser.load ("user.txt");

Cheers

[CyanBlue]

Um... Can you post some workable sample???

[Skinner]

ops ok here you go the file...thank you.

the listBox located in keyframe 2 which i use the attachClip.

Edit: One.txt, Two.txt, & Three.txt is to be load into it and One, Two, & Three happens to be the name of the listbox label.

[CyanBlue]

Um... I am not fully getting it... What about this one???
(I was focusing on the listbox issue not the actual saving part...)

Let me know if it is actually going somewhere...

[Skinner]

getting into it but not quite right....

The listbox label should be the filename of <filename>.txt
e.g Skinner.txt, CyanBlue.txt, or Jesse.txt and so on containing each individual respectively like this
Skinner
CyanBlue
Jesse
One
.
.
n

note the <filename>.txt will be different instead of building it up using i++ not asd1.txt -asdn.txt. Why? coz when save the <filename> will base on the user keyin name.