So, basically I need to create a toggle.

I created a dynamic textfield named "alert", with the variable as "alert'.

I then created a text file named "alert.txt" simply containing the following: alert=red

I have a label on frame 2, "red".

Here's the actions I have on my timeline: stop(); urlLoadVar = new LoadVars(); urlLoadVar.load("alert.txt"); urlLoadVar.onLoad = function (success){ if (success == true) { alert.text=urlLoadVar.alert; gotoAndStop(alert);

} }

The text field does indeed display "red" but it don't go. Thoughts?

yup, try:

gotoAndStop(urlLoadVar.alert);

• you missed the "urlLoadVar." bit out.

like this? stop(); urlLoadVar = new LoadVars(); urlLoadVar.load("alert.txt"); urlLoadVar.onLoad = function (success){ if (success == true) { alert.text=urlLoadVar.alert; gotoAndStop(urlLoadVar.alert);

} }

That doesn't work either.

I also tried stop(); urlLoadVar = new LoadVars(); urlLoadVar.load("alert.txt"); urlLoadVar.onLoad = function (success){ if (success == true) { alert.text=urlLoadVar.alert; gotoAndStop("urlLoadVar.alert");

} } to no avail.

as a test I tried stop(); urlLoadVar = new LoadVars(); urlLoadVar.load("alert.txt"); urlLoadVar.onLoad = function (success){ if (success == true) { alert.text=urlLoadVar.alert; gotoAndStop("red");

} }

Which does indeed go to the correct label.

you know why this didn't work right? gotoAndStop("urlLoadVar.alert");

cos the quotes around it tell Flash that it's a string - so just take it as it is. If you remove the quotes as you should, it tells Flash that it's a variable, in other words "give me whatever value the variable urlLoadVar.alert has right now". Which should be "red" of course... but isn't.

I'm stabbing a wild guess myself now TBH, but try this concoction:

gotoAndStop(urlLoadVar.alert.toString());

and also add

trace("urlLoadVar.alert.toString() = " + urlLoadVar.alert.toString()); to see what it really equates to.

It traces urlLoadVar.alert.toString() = red Which seems correct, no? But still the frame does not advance.

have you got a carriage return or any other whitespace at the end of your text file? I tested it here, and it worked fine. Then I added a carriage return and it broke the way you described.

you can also end it like this:

alert=red&

with that extra ampersand, since that's the separating character it isn't read in as part of the value of "alert", and having it there means that if you do accidentally add whitespace, it won't mess up your app.

Noice, that was exactly the problem. Thanks again, you're a gentleman and a scholar.

alert=red&

whatever

even that junk worked fine

no prob