Thanks for helping me out guys... I really appreciate it... :) Hi, Mr. Kurt...
> > openFile(myFile, the moviePath & "SymbolsData.txt", 0) > >This path is hard coded to look for "SymbolsData.txt" in the same directory >as the director movie. Is it there? Yes, Sire... the file is sitting right there where my movie file is... I kinda figured this part out even though I don't understand this... I just rebooted my computer several hours ago and voila... I guess I've let my computer working too hard and long... Hi, Mr. Ockrassa... >Before you go any farther, it sounds like you don't need FileIO at all. You >should be able to do everyhting using setPref and getPref, which have the >added value of being Shockwave safe, so you can use it in a browser >setting, unlike FileIO. Thanks for letting me have another choice... :) I want to try this one with FileIO Xtra though, because this is my first time(or maybe second time) using any kind of Xtra... I'd appreciate it if you could explain me some more about your 'shockwave safe' mention... Will there be any kind of disadvantage if I use FileIO Xtra for this program??? I cannot use this in the browser if I use FileIO Xtra??? I am not planning to, I am just curious... :) (It doesn't matter whether I use FileIO or setPref/getPref because this is going to be the one that will help me to make another program, not the actual output movie, if you will...) >>(Made several lines for your eyes... It really is a one liner...) >>TotalSymbols=4& Symbols=12!21!23!30!34!40!42!44!51!53 >>~11!13!22!30!31!33!34!41!43!51!53!62 ~12!21!23!30!34!40!44!51!52!53 >>~30!40!21!51!12!42!23!53!34!44 > I assume this is an actual text string, not some kind of weird Flash >variable. That is, this has "" around it, correct? FileIO requires text to >be written. Nope... This is the file for Flash... not an actual string... TotalSymbols means the total number of records, and the leftovers are actual data that I call in Flash... I want to use those data in Director as an array data... and each array(Symbols[1], Symbols[2],...) represents the coordinate system for stage one, stage two, and so on... I need to replace '!' with ',' for the each item in an array, and '~' is a symbol for another array... which will be like this... Symbols[1] = [12, 21, 23, 30, 34, 40, 42, 44, 51, 53] Symbols[2] = [11, 13, 22, 30, 31, 33, 34, 41, 43, 51, 53, 62] Symbols[3] = [12, 21, 23, 30, 34, 40, 44, 51, 52, 53] Symbols[4] = [30, 40, 21, 51, 12, 42, 23, 53, 34, 44] So eventually I'll be having a list of lists in Director, right??? Right now I am at the stage of this parsing data thing... Having some difficulties as a matter of fact, but I'll see what I can do... Sitting in front of the computer made my head-ache, and my butt-ache... :( Just watching the monitor made my brain !@#$%^&*... :( Well... I guess I gotta go get some sleep or at least get some rest so that I could function a little bit better a couple hours later... Thanks again... and have a nice day!!! Jason _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
