[mr breaker]

I'm building a site in Flash 5, and I would like to link to a second .swf, but I would like to go to a specific scene/frame.


Is this possible? I couldn't figure out how to do this with loadMovie

[derbs]

I think this would work in flash5

in the main movie, on the main timeline:

Code:
loadMovieNum("whatever.swf",50);
_level50.gotoAndStop("SCENE",1);

Let us know if it works

[mr breaker]

thanks, I'll give that a try.

[mr breaker]

I tried that code, but it didn't work. It just went to the beginning of the current .swf


Any other ideas?

[derbs]

weird. I use this code a lot. Try this:

in the main flash file

Code:
loadMovieNum("whatever.swf",50);
_level50.doStuff();

in the whatever.swf, on the main timeline:

Code:
function doStuff() {
     gotoAndStop("SCENE",1);
}

this should definitely work!

[mr breaker]

thanks derbs, I appreciate the help.

I have one more quick question.


I have a simple xml file:


<item>
<date>4.22</date>
<news>text here</news>
</item>


How can I parse out the date and text so I can put them in a text box?

[derbs]

The flash XML parser is pretty complicated. Here goes

Code:
newsXML = new XML();
//make sure your file is in the same directory as the swf
newsXML.load("myxml.xml");
newsXML.onLoad = doParse;
newsXML.ignoreWhite = true;

function doParse() {
	mainNode = newsXML.firstChild;
	mainName = mainNode.nodeName;
	newsNodes = mainNode.childNodes;
	
	//this variable returns the date
	dateText = newsNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
	//this variable returns the news text
	newsText = newsNodes[1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
	//now fill your textboxes
	textbox1.text=dateText;
	textbox2.text=newsText;
}

If you have lots of news, you could use a for loop. I used a similar one on the news-ticker at www.webis.net. Let me know if you need help with that

[mr breaker]

thanks! got the xml to load ok.


Is there an easy way to get the text box to scroll using up/down buttons?

[skalie]

Originally posted by mr breaker:
Is there an easy way to get the text box to scroll using up/down buttons?

Upgrade to Flash MX.

[frownyfrank]

on the up button:
your text box.scroll--;

on the down button:
your text box.scroll++;