You can read a text file into a variable and then use that variable for
your messages.
To learn how to read a text file from disk with Lingo, see Macromedia's
docs on the File IO Xtra that comes with Director, e.g.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/how/show/fileio.html
Slava
At 10:55 AM 6/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I looked a bit at the getPref option but i'm wondering
>if there is any other way to get text on the stage
>that you can change in a text file (the idea is that
>this way I can change the message everytime depending
>on what is best for that particular demo without
>having to re-create the projector)
>Hopefully somebody can give me a tip.
>Thanks, Eva
>the netherlands
>
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