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Reading from external file action qustion ....

Hi experts

http://flash-db.com/Tutorials/loading/loadingData.php?page=2

in this example flash read more than one record from external text file with this code ..

myData = new LoadVars()
myData.load("anastasio2.txt")
myData.ref = this
myData.onLoad = function(succes){
if(succes){
for(var i=0; i<this.cant; i++){
this.ref["Title_txt"+i].htmlText = "<b>"+this["Title"+i]+"</b>"
this.ref["Comments_txt"+i].text = this["Comments"+i]
this.ref["holder_mc"+i].loadMovie(this["Image"+i])
}
} else trace("Error loading data")
}

my quistuin is
What is " ref " and we use it many times in the code
can any body explain the example ???

Thanks

Billystyx

from the tutorial I would say you could just as easily replace 'ref' with _root, and get rid of the 'this'
does this sample actually work? I noticed success is spelled wrong in it...

Billystyx

Billystyx

(as in the first example).
Because, the textifelds are on the _root timeline there, as is the loadVars script.
So you don't really need it, but it is a method to give you the current timeline, no matter where youa re working.
Does this make sense?

Billystyx

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