importText Extension for Flash MX 2004 IDE
How to get it
grab the .MXP (33k)
How to install it
Use the Macromedia Extension Manager (If you don't already have
it from your Flash IDE install then you can grab it here: Macromedia
Extension Manager)
This is only for Flash MX2004 version 7.2 or above
How to use it
Launch the Flash MX 2004 IDE and then Windows>Other Panels>importXML
You
can dock or undock it just like any other panel in Flash..
You pick the file you wish to import
You set the name of the variable that the string will be assigned to
You click one of the import buttons to indicate how you want the text formatted.
The text is reformatted as a string (line breaks are escaped, etc) and pasted
into the Actions panel.
* I couldn't figure out a good way to detect when the user changes documents, so there's a "refresh" button that will load the filename and variable name for the current document.
WHY is this needed?
umm.. because.. try copy/pasting raw HTML or XMLinto the Actions panel
in the Flash IDE..
What does it cost?
It's totally free! But it would be awesome if you
would donate a small amount.
Total donated to date: $0
Reporting bugs/feature requests/thanks
Go to the contact page and send me an e-mail.
I give no guarantees that I'll respond, fix the bug, or add the feature,
but I'll try.
updates:
*I think I could make this so that instead of importing the text string
into the Actions panel it saves out to an external .as file.. anyone
interested?