[kenisswell]

Help.
I need to have a text box display text from a txt file based on which item is clicked. One text box but multiple strings in the txt file (same text box with a changing VARIABLE based on a click.) How do I set the variable on the Dynamic Text instance so it displays the correct string from the text file. Or is there a totally better way to do this?

(heres an example)

Code:

 names.txt
 &firstname1=bob
 &firstname2=Fred
 &firstname3=joe

loadVariablesNum("names.txt", 0);
on (release, releaseOutside) {i = 2;}

User clicks box 2 and some how I set my Dynamic Text var to firstname1 (i.e. firstname+i) Result: Hi my name is Fred

How do I set up my text box to get or change its variable dynamically?

(also seems like the same question)

Hello,

Is it possible to change the name of the variable in a text field dynamically?



I have a movie named "Box" which is loaded after a button is pressed on the main timeline. "Box" has a text field with the variable name "text". I am loading the variables to populate the text field from a text file. 

Can I change the name of the text field variable according to which selection has been made? For example. When I click one button on the main timeline in my Flash movie, it loads my movie named "Box" with a text field populated by the variable "bios". When I click another button in the same timeline it loads the same movie "Box", only this time the text field variable needs to be "people". 



Is this possible?

Thanks all,

Damien