User Guide

MovieClip.loadVariables() 541

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass. For

more information, see “Assigning a class to a movie clip symbol” in Using ActionScript in Flash.

Example

The following example loads information from a text file called params.txt into the target_mc

movie clip that is created using

createEmptyMovieClip(). The setInterval() function is used

to check the loading progress. The script checks for a variable in the params.txt file named

done.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("target_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());

target_mc.loadVariables("params.txt");

function checkParamsLoaded() {

if (target_mc.done == undefined) {

trace("not yet.");

} else {

trace("finished loading. killing interval.");

trace("-------------");

for (i in target_mc) {

trace(i+": "+target_mc[i]);

}

trace("-------------");

clearInterval(param_interval);

}

var param_interval = setInterval(checkParamsLoaded, 100);

/* params.txt includes the following text

var1="hello"&var2="goodbye"&done="done"