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AS3 Load External Text File

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  1. package
  2. {
  3. 	import flash.display.MovieClip;
  4. 	import flash.events.Event;
  5. 	import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
  6. 	import flash.net.URLLoader;
  7. 	import flash.net.URLRequest;
  8.  
  9. 	public class Main extends MovieClip
  10. 	{
  11. 		private var _txtFileToLoad:String = "myTextFile.txt";
  12. 		private var _txtLoader:URLLoader;
  13. 		private var _loadedTxt:String;
  14.  
  15.  
  16. 		public function Main():void
  17. 		{
  18. 			loadExternalTxtFile();
  19. 		}
  20.  
  21. 		private function loadExternalTxtFile():void
  22. 		{
  23. 			_txtLoader = new URLLoader();
  24. 			_txtLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTxtLoader_COMPLETE);
  25. 			_txtLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onTxtLoader_IO_ERROR);
  26. 			_txtLoader.load(new URLRequest(_txtFileToLoad));
  27. 		}
  28.  
  29. 		private function onTxtLoader_COMPLETE(event:Event):void {
  30. 			_txtLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTxtLoader_COMPLETE);
  31. 			_txtLoader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onTxtLoader_IO_ERROR);
  32. 			_loadedTxt = String(event.target.data);
  33. 			trace(_loadedTxt);
  34. 		}
  35.  
  36. 		private function onTxtLoader_IO_ERROR(event:Event):void {
  37. 			_txtLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onTxtLoader_COMPLETE);
  38. 			_txtLoader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onTxtLoader_IO_ERROR);
  39. 			trace(event.target.text);
  40. 		}
  41.  
  42. 	}
  43. }

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