How to load text file into flash using AS3 . and the text file not on the root but on my server on the internet
There are already a few posts about this.
Here are 2 examples: Flash AS3 Read Text File
and Working with txt file on as3
What part, specifically, are you stuck on?
UPDATE:
var url:String = "http://concept-vs.com/load/my_text_file.txt";
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest(url));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
function onFileLoaded(e:Event):void
{
var loader:URLLoader = e.target as URLLoader;
var text:String = loader.data; // variable text now holds the text from the file
}
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i use txt file that contain paths.
after loaded txt file and split to path array
then load img file from array path
but i get err in loading img
please help me
sample code:
var imglst:Array=new Array();
var lodimg:Loader=new Loader();
var lodtxt:URLLoader=new URLLoader();
lodtxt.load(new URLRequest("imglst.txt"));
lodtxt.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_C);
function onL_C(e:Event)
{
var t:Array=new Array();
t=e.target.data.split(/\n/);
var s:URLRequest=new URLRequest(t[0].toString());
trace(t[0]);
lodimg.load(s);
}
lodimg.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_Cimg);
function onL_Cimg(e:Event)
{
var i:Bitmap=new Bitmap();
i=Bitmap(lodimg.content);
i.width=100;
i.height=100;
addChild(i);
trace("OK");
}
Are you loading images from a different website from your own? Does the other website(s) have a crossdomain.xml to allow permissions of loading their content? Usually Flash will give you a "security error" as an event but your code isn't listening for such an event so your program is not aware of any such problems... look on google how to handle AS3 errors.
Anyways a workaround is to just load the bytes of file using URLloader and on completion you then only use Loader to decode the bytes into pixel colours.
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
var imglst : Array;
var lodimg : Loader;
//var lodtxt : URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var lodURL:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var img_bytes : ByteArray = new ByteArray();
lodURL.load(new URLRequest("http://yoursite/imglst.txt"));
lodURL.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_C);
function onL_C (e:Event)
{
//# Since load complete no need to keep listening for that
lodURL.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_C);
var t:Array=new Array();
t=e.target.data.split(/\n/);
var s:URLRequest=new URLRequest(t[0].toString());
trace(t[0]);
//lodimg.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_Cimg);
//lodimg.load(s);
//# Now we know path so we load those file bytes
lodURL.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;
lodURL.load(s); lodURL.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onBytes_C);
}
function onBytes_C (e:Event)
{
//# on complete load of bytes...
trace("got bytes");
img_bytes = lodURL.data;
//trace("Image bytes total : " + img_bytes.length);
img_bytes.position = 0; //avoid "end of file" error
lodimg = new Loader();
lodimg.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onL_Cimg);
lodimg.loadBytes(img_bytes); //we already have data so this will be fast
}
function onL_Cimg (e:Event)
{
var i:Bitmap = new Bitmap();
i = lodimg.content as Bitmap;
i.width=100;
i.height=100;
addChild(i);
trace("OK");
}
I have a problem about loading a SWF file(the SWF with a Main.as)
Here is my code:
bt1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, f1);
var myloader:Loader = new Loader();
var myURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("test.swf");
myloader.load(myURL);
function f1(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
addChild(myloader);
myloader.x=100;
myloader.y=200;
myloader.width =200;
myloader.height =60;
}
When I clicked load button, I can hear the sounds(test.swf), but I cant see anything.
Did you try with stage.addChild(myloader);?
I am having trouble loading an image and displaying it on stage using the File API in as3. I am able to successfully load it in but when I put it on stage the image is just noise. I am assuming because I need to decode the PNG/JPG into Bitmap data somehow and I am doing it wrong? Here is my code:
public function browseForIcon(){
var file:File = new File();
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, onFileSelected);
file.browseForOpen("Select a an image");
}
private function onFileSelected(event:Event):void {
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
stream.open(event.target as File, FileMode.READ);
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
stream.readBytes(bytes);
var img = new BitmapData(160,160);
img.setPixels(new Rectangle(0,0,160,160),bytes);
this.addChild(new Bitmap(img));
}
}
THANKS!
One option is to use Loader.loadBytes(). If you're using Flex, you could also use an Image with source set to the File.
using AS3 and Flash CS5
I have a messageboard Adobe Air desktop App with a URLLoader making a URLRequest for a ".txt" file every 2 minutes. or however long I set the time to look. The App loads the txt file into a dynamic text field.
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest("https://my_text_file.txt"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
var loadedText:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
myText_txt.htmlText = loadedText.data;
}
Is it possible to have the URLRequest load the file only if its new? not every time?
then when the "new" file has been loaded fire
mainWindow.notifyUser(NotificationType.CRITICAL)
so the user knows there is a new message?
thanks in advance!!
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest("https://my_text_file.txt"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
var loadedText:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
if(myText_txt.htmlText!=loadedText.data){
myText_txt.htmlText = loadedText.data;
mainWindow.notifyUser(NotificationType.CRITICAL)
}else {
//do nothing
}
}
Since the application will still be running you should just compare the old text file to the new one to see if there have been any changes made.
I have an Adobe Air desktop message board App built in Flash cs5, it loads an external ".txt" file in a dynamic text field and checks for a new file every 2 minutes. I need it to notify user with (NotificationType.CRITICAL) only if the file is new not just everytime it loads it. is it possible?
all the code in the app:
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.startAtLogin=true
stage.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront=true;
//external text file load and recheck every 2 minutes
var myInterval:uint = setInterval (loadUrl, 120000);
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest("https://my_text_file.txt"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
var loadedText:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
if(myText_txt.htmlText!=loadedText.data){
myText_txt.htmlText = loadedText.data;
stage.nativeWindow.notifyUser(NotificationType.CRITICAL)
}else {
//do nothing
}
}
function loadUrl():void {
loader = new URLLoader(new URLRequest("https:///my_text_file.txt"));
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
}
// button control
Minimize_BTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, minimize);
function minimize(e:MouseEvent){
stage.nativeWindow.minimize();
}
drag_BTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag);
function drag(e:MouseEvent){
stage.nativeWindow.startMove();
}
stop(); //Stop on the frame you want
Your code might not work if the myText_txt field is modifying the loaded text (e.g., if myText_txt's condenseWhite property is set to true). A more accurate way to determine if the text has changed would be to store it in a String variable named, for example, oldText and then comparing oldText with the newly loaded text.
Here's part of your code re-written to include the oldText variable. This code is also more efficient because it instantiates some variables only once and it avoids duplicating some code:
import flash.net.URLRequest;
function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{
var newText:String = loader.data;
if(newText != oldText)
{
myText_txt.htmlText = newText;
stage.nativeWindow.notifyUser(NotificationType.CRITICAL);
oldText = newText;
}
}
function loadUrl():void
{
loader.load(req);
}
// Initialize your variables and event handlers only one time
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("https:///my_text_file.txt");
// Set cacheResponse to false to prevent a successful response
// from being cached.
req.cacheResponse = false;
// And don't bother checking the cache, either.
// Not necessary, but the request will execute a little faster.
req.useCache = false;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
// Use oldText inside completeHandler() to determine
// whether the file's text has changed
var oldText:String = "";
var myInterval:uint = setInterval(loadUrl, 120000);
// Start loading the text right away
loadUrl();
Why don't you use FileReference object to find out about some properties like modificationDate and based on this verify if file is different you can also test it's size.