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AS3: Load external .txt and .css

Published in: ActionScript 3 

Here is an intermediate example of how to load an external .txt file and apply an external .css


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  1. /***************************************
  2. Initialize Variables
  3. ***************************************/
  4. var tf:TextField = new TextField();
  5. 	tf.width = stage.stageWidth;
  6. 	tf.height = stage.stageHeight;
  7. 	addChild(tf);
  8.  
  9. var wordList:Array = new Array();
  10.  
  11. var textLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
  12.     textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, textLoaded);
  13.  
  14. var cssLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
  15. var css:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
  16.  
  17.  
  18. /***************************************
  19. Parse Text + Apply External CSS
  20. ***************************************/
  21. function cssLoaded(e:Event):void{
  22. 	css.parseCSS(e.target.data);
  23. 	tf.styleSheet = css;
  24.  
  25. 	for(var i:int = 0; i < wordList.length; i++){
  26. 		tf.htmlText += "<h4>" + wordList[i] + "</h4>";
  27. 	}
  28. }
  29. function textLoaded(e:Event):void{
  30. 	wordList = e.target.data.split("\n");
  31. 	cssLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.channelone.com/css/flash_block.css"));	
  32. 	cssLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, cssLoaded);
  33. }
  34.  
  35. textLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.channelone.com/fun/swf_band_name_txt.txt"));

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