loading text with AS

[morse]

Is there any way to make line breaks when you load text into a dynamic text box, other than using html? And if not, could someone give me an example of how to do it using html?

[Jubba]

\n = new line

\r = carriage return


just put them where you want them. Should work.

[morse]

can I do this?:

quote = new Array("'' Tastes Like Burning ''\n - Ralph")

and then load text into a box from the array? I mean, I know I can load the text from the array, but is that up there legal?

[Jubba]

yeah, what exactly are you trying to do?

quote = "Tastes Like Burning \n - Ralph"

just include the \n right in the string. and be careful its \ not /

[sanman918]

Hey, I'm having the same problem. I have a text box loaded dynamically and I have it in HTML format but when I put things like <b>News</b> in my notepad file they don't show up when i publish. Is there anyway that I don't make it HTML and use the /n and /r commands. Because when I put /n it actually shows up when I publish

[morse]

Oh I see. I'm making a random quotes thinger.

[morse]

Oy hey it does work! Thanks a trillian gazillian Jubba!

[sanman918]

i mean i use \n and it still doesn't work...that was a typo in the post

[sanman918]

i still need help :(

[mlk]

maybe if you post the fla we can help, or post some code, it's either the way you made your text file or your as syntax...

[sanman918]

i got everything to work now I just can't get things to be bold or what not. this is what i have in my firstframe

loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load("news.txt");
// creating the loadVarsText function
loadText.onLoad = function() {
_root.text.scroller.html = true;
_root.text.scroller.htmlText = this.newstext;
};


and this is what I have in my notpad file

newstext=

<p><b>Layout - </b>Posted by Sanman</p>
<p>This is the news page.</p>

and the word layout won't show up.?

[sanman918]

"newstext=

<p><b>Layout - </b>Posted by Sanman</p>
<p>This is the news page.<p>"

I would like to get rid of the HTML part and just use the \n and \r

[Elios]

Well, then what you're looking for is the url encode method. You can't use escape characters in the text file. Where you would have used "\n", use "%0d", and where you would have used "\r", use "%0a". Other useful codes are: "%09" (tab) and "%20" (space). Anyway, the problem is that Flash doesn't read escape characters in the text file, that's solely an ActionScript thing (and, since it's a C derivative, you can use the same escape chars in C: printf("It's the same\nreally!\nAnd\\\Or quite different, you see?"); ).

Anyway,
--Elios