setting variable to loadVariablesNum

[flyrod]

hi - i'm having a little trouble with this. i am trying to set a variable that will be used in a loadVariablesNum statement.

the code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
noteMonth = _root.calendarHold.calendar.checkMonth;
noteDay = _root.calendarHold.calendar.checkDay;
yesterday = noteDay-1;
yesterdayNoteName = noteMonth+" "+yesterday+" "+"Notes";
loadVariablesNum (noteMonth+"/"+"notes"+"/"+yesterday+".txt", 0);
}

the error:

Error opening URL "file:///notes/-1.txt" <-- this here

when i check the variable in a txt box, it comes up as it should (in this case '7')

tah!

[jake88]

Now I'm not an expert on flash but perhaps take out the "/" because unless the txt file is in the root directory it should not be there. either that, or give it an absoulute path like c:\notes\1.txt. I've also noticed that you have -1.txt is that the actual name of the file?

[flyrod]

i'm using the "/" as a literal string to define the path to the .txt file.

the '-1.txt' is the problem i am having. the path to the .txt file should be :

February/notes/7.txt

as you can see, that is what i am trying to achieve with this statement:

noteMonth+"/"+"notes"+"/"+yesterday+".txt"

where:
'noteMonth" = February dir
'"notes"' = notes dir
'yesterday' = noteDay (which, in this case, is 8) -1
'".txt"' = the file extention

but thanks anyway.

[Jesse]

No, the orriginal scrip is your problem.

None of your variable have any values, which is why you're not getting the right output. Either that or the paths to your variables are wrong.

The fact that you get -1 means that 'noteDate' has no value no value is equivalent to 0)
yesterday = noteDay-1;
= 0 - 1
= -1.

Also your month isn't comming out because it's no inserting February into the string.

Test Mode your movie (Ctrl Enter in flash) then user Ctrl Alt V to view your variables. If they have values, then copy and paste the paths to them and use absolute paths fo safety.

Finally, change the last line of code to:

loadVariablesNum (noteMonth+"/notes/"+yesterday+".txt", 0);

(That's just mroe efficient.)

Cheers

Jesse

[flyrod]

thanks jesse - it's working, i guess, but i'm still getting the error:

Movie Clip: Target="_level0.notePadYesterday"
Variable _level0.notePadYesterday.name = "notePadYesterday"
Variable _level0.notePadYesterday.noteMonth = "February"
Variable _level0.notePadYesterday.noteDay = 9
Variable _level0.notePadYesterday.yesterday = 8
Variable _level0.notePadYesterday.yesterdayNoteName = "February 8 Notes"
Error opening URL "file:///notes/-1.txt"

as you can see, yesterday does = 8 (today is the 9th), but the app is still looking for ///notes/-1.txt

the clip loads with the correct info in the text box, i must have that coded somwhere else in the movie.

[Jesse]

When all else fails use absolute paths:

loadVariablesNum (_level0.notePadYesterday:noteMonth+"/"+"notes"+"/"+_level0.notePadYesterday:yesterday+".txt", 0);

See if that works.

Cheers

Jesse