SEARCH IN FLASH

[livestyle]

Hi all,
I'd like to know, if it's possible to load by the button "search" an external swf.
For example: I' ve got 100 swf files which have names like 01.swf, 02.swf etc.
I want to find and load 46.swf., I will write number 46 to the textbox and I will
tell the button "search" to load this file. Is that possible?

[fasterthanlight™]

on(release){
my_emptyMovieClip.load(searchField_txt+".swf");
}



Oh and cross posting is punishable by death.

[livestyle]

I tried it, but it is not working to me.
Please, can you make some sample for me?
Thanks very much.

[livestyle]

I have found mistake in your code. There was missing "loadMovie".
It's is workink now. Thank you very, very much!
I'd like to know, how to make this message (SEARCH RESULTS: "this name" not found) show up, when the wrong name of swf file is written.

[fasterthanlight™]

well, you could either use loadMovie, or use the load class which is what i used.... of course, for my code to have worked you would have had to create an empty movieclip and place it on the stage where you want it... you could also do that with AS.

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("empty_mc", _root.getNextHighestDepth);
empty_mc._x = 10;
empty_mc._y = 10;
empty_mc.load(searchField_txt+".swf");

but whatever...

[livestyle]

Yes, but it's not answer to my last question, is it?

[livestyle]

I was waiting for the answer, but I didn't get any. I am trying it again then.
So I have got 100 swf files. I will put for example number 10 to the textfield and let to search. The mc with number 10 is loaded. That is alright. But if I put to the textfield for example number 245 - mc should be loaded with the error message "NOT FOUND", because it has to be a number not bigger than 100. Is possible to do it somehow?
Another question is, if the searched mc's are in different directories, how to add it to the code, which is mentioned above? Thanks for any help to everyone.

[scotty]

var search;
search_btn.onRelease = function() {
search = input_txt.text;
searchAndFind(search);
};
function searchAndFind(item) {
if (item>0 && item<101) {
var checkItem = i+".swf";
holder.loadMovie(checkItem);
} else {
//your 'wrong' text here
}
}


scotty(-:

[livestyle]

Somehow it doesn't work to me. Instead of loading mc, "undefined.swf" shows up.

[scotty]

My bad

var checkItem =item+".swf";
will work

scotty(-:

[livestyle]

Yes, now it's it working. That's great for me! Thank you very much!
Just one more little thing, would it be possible to change the numbers into the names?
For example SAMANTHA, NATALIA etc?
If not, at least into img001, img002 etc...

[livestyle]

I have got one idea. Isn't it possible to load mc's with names by XML?

[scotty]

Yep that's possible :)

scotty(-:

[livestyle]

And don't you know, how to do it, please?

[livestyle]

Can somebody help me?