Name
loadVariablesNum( ) Global Function — attach an external set of variables to a document level
Availability
Flash 5. Use the Load Variables
Action in Flash
4 to place variables on a document level.
Synopsis
loadVariablesNum(URL, level) loadVariablesNum(URL, level, method)
Arguments
- URL
A string specifying the path to a variable source—either a server-side script that returns variables or a text file containing variables.
- level
A non-negative integer, or an expression that yields one, indicating the document level on which the loaded variables will be defined.
- method
An optional string indicating the method by which to send variables to an external script. If specified, the variables from the current timeline are sent to the script, and
level
receives the loaded variables. If omitted, variables are retrieved but none are loaded. The legal values formethod
are"GET"
and"POST"
. This parameter must be a literal, not a variable or other expression. The standalone version of the Flash Player always uses the"GET"
method regardless of themethod
specified.
Description
The loadVariablesNum( )
function is nearly
identical to loadVariables( )
except that it
requires the target level
to be specified
as a number rather than as a string. This means that
loadVariablesNum( )
can attach variables to
document levels only, not movie clips. The target
level
can be specified dynamically, as in:
var myLevel = 2; loadVariablesNum("myVars.txt", myLevel);
A similar effect could be achieved using string concatenation ...
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