[shan]

Hi,

Having a problem displaying a dynamic text field inside a movieclip - when I test / publish the movie, the text field is empty
I'm using AS2 in Flash CS3 (Newbie)..

my movie clip has the instance name: contentMain
The dynamic text field (Inside the movie clip) has the instance name: myText
The text field reads a html file, which contains text and images..

I believe my problem is something to do with the root - But I'm a newbie and are uncertain as to how I should change the following code:

(I should add that I know my html file works, because I can test the dynamic text field scene in flash and see the content, but not when I test the entire movie)

//stylesheet stuff
var ss = new TextField.StyleSheet();
ss.load("stuff.css");
contentMain.myText.styleSheet = ss;
/***************************************************/
//xml stuff
about = new XML();
about.load("stuff.html");
about.onLoad = function () {	
	contentMain.myText.text = about;
}

[tgines]

Originally Posted by shan

//stylesheet stuff
var ss = new TextField.StyleSheet();
ss.load("stuff.css");
contentMain.myText.styleSheet = ss;
/***************************************************/
//xml stuff
about = new XML();
about.load("stuff.html");
about.onLoad = function () {	
	contentMain.myText.text = about;
}

try tracing out the about variable and make sure it's loading the text up... just to see what it's getting.

//xml stuff
about = new XML();
about.load("stuff.html");
about.onLoad = function () {	
	contentMain.myText.text = about;
}
trace(about);

[shan]

I tried tracing it out with the code you provided, and got the following message:

Error opening URL 'file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/admin/Desktop/imagesxml/stuff.html'

- which I found a little wierd, because the HTML file is definately in the correct folder (Same folder with the flash files)..


I have had some limited success by changing my code from:
myText.text = about;
to:
contentMain.myText.text = about;

With this, the images from my html file are now displaying in the textArea, but the text itself is still not displaying.. I don't know why this would be happening

[flatcat]

Have you embedded the font for the dynamic text box?