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DesignBetty - 19 Apr 2006 21:51 GMT

Hi all,

I'm getting myself a little confused. I think this is so easy I am missing it.

My Flash file contains some dynamic text fields. When I publish the Flash file
I get the swf, great.
But, how do I publish the file that contains the dynamic text changes?

THX.

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Motion Maker - 19 Apr 2006 22:03 GMT

The only Flash files that are published are the swf (Movie) and if you
choose them projectors that are the swf with the Flash player in one file.

Then as the movie is playing Actionscript changes the contents of the
TextField.

That change could be from something like a simply countdown counter or data
you are fetching from a server script.

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Hi all,

I'm getting myself a little confused. I think this is so easy I am missing
it.

My Flash file contains some dynamic text fields. When I publish the Flash
file
I get the swf, great.
But, how do I publish the file that contains the dynamic text changes?

THX.

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DesignBetty - 19 Apr 2006 22:17 GMT

Thanks for responding. Please excuse my "neophytness" about this. Javascript
and php seems so easy right now. :)
Let me explain a bit clearer.

I am updating an old template that was purchased (groan). The fla file has
dymanic text boxes. I also have the swf file. And then I have another html doc
that stands alone. This html doc allows me to changes the variables in the swf
doc.
Sounds great, huh?

But I have made a few simple changes in the FLA doc (font, position, etc). Now
when I republish it I get a SWF doc that doesn't reference the html doc that
lets me change those variables.
Am I missing a step?
thx!

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Motion Maker - 20 Apr 2006 05:10 GMT

A couple of guesses are:

1. If the HTML document you got with the purchased template was the same
name as the movie, then by republishing the Flash movie you could have
overwritten the HTML doc that contains the Javascript. If this is the case,
then you needed to turn of publishing the html File->Publish Settings and
hopefully you have the original copy.

2. You may not be using the correct HTML file. How are you testing? If you
are using File->Publish Preview as mentioned above Flash may be generating
an HTML document for the testing convenience and you may not be using the
correct HTML with the Javascript in it.

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Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!

Thanks for responding. Please excuse my "neophytness" about this. Javascript
and php seems so easy right now. :)
Let me explain a bit clearer.

I am updating an old template that was purchased (groan). The fla file has
dymanic text boxes. I also have the swf file. And then I have another html
doc
that stands alone. This html doc allows me to changes the variables in the
swf
doc.
Sounds great, huh?

But I have made a few simple changes in the FLA doc (font, position, etc).
Now
when I republish it I get a SWF doc that doesn't reference the html doc that
lets me change those variables.
Am I missing a step?
thx!

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