Attach this script to read a text file from your system.
global myFile
property pField, pPath, pName, pAttach
on readFile
if objectP(myFile) then set myFile = 0
set myFile = new(xtra"fileio")
set fileName = pPath&Pname&".txt"
if not voidP(filename) and not (filename = EMPTY) then
openFile (myFile, filename, 1)
if status (myFile) = 0 then
set theFile = readFile (myFile)
put theFile into field member pField
else
alert error (myfile, status (myfile))
end if
end if
closeFile(myFile)
set myFile = 0
end
on EnterFrame me
if pAttach = "On EnterFrame" then
readFile
end if
end EnterFrame
on ExitFrame me
if pAttach = "On ExitFrame" then
readFile
end if
end ExitFrame
on MouseUp
if pAttach = "On MouseUp" then
readFile
end if
end MouseUp
on MouseDown
if pAttach = "On MouseDown" then
readFile
end if
end MouseDown
on getPropertyDescriptionList me
set description = [:]
addProp description, #pField, [#default: "my field", #format: #string, #comment: "Specify your field name:"]
addProp description, #pPath, [#default: "C:windowsdesktop", #format: #string, #comment: "Specify your path:"]
addProp description, #pName, [#default: "Default", #format: #string, #comment: "Type the file name:"]
if the currentspritenum = 0 then
addProp description, #pAttach, [#comment: "Options to attach:" ,#format:#String, #range:["On EnterFrame","On ExitFrame"],#default:"On EnterFrame"]
else
addProp description, #pAttach, [#comment: "Options to attach:" ,#format:#String, #range:["On MouseUp","On MouseDown"],#default:"On MouseUp"]
end if
return description
end getPropertyDescriptionList
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