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// brandon ellis - edeveloper@hotmail.com - 7/2002
// revised  - 1/2003
// application: C#/Flash MX dynamic newsfeed
// comments: this is it. the flash side of this application 
// is done entirely using actionscript. This function does not 
// rely on the server side page being C#. the processing page 
// could be anything - C#, php, asp, perl or a text file
// all that is really necessary is that the data must use this
// type of formatting:
// theUrls=value1|value2|value3&theTitles=value1|value2|value3
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// here it is:
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function set_gStyles(){
	tStyle = new TextFormat();
	tStyle.font = "verdana";
	tStyle.color = parseInt("ffffff",16);
	tStyle.leftMargin = 5;
}
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function chk_server_conn(){
	_root.createTextField("item_text",0,0,(_root["newsitem_text"]._y)+23,300,16);
	tStyle.size = 10;
	_root["item_text"].selectable = false;
	_root["item_text"].text = "Checking Server Connection";
	_root["item_text"].setTextFormat(tStyle);
}
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function showErrMsg(){
	tStyle.size = 10;
	_root["item_text"].text = "Connection Failed";
	_root["item_text"].setTextFormat(tStyle);
}
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function make_header(){
	_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("headerbg", -1);
		with (_root["headerbg"]){
			beginFill (0x284E75);
			lineStyle (.5, 0x333333, 100);
			moveTo (0, 0);
			lineTo (0, 23);
			lineTo (450, 23);
			lineTo (450, 0);
			endFill();
		}
		
	_root["headerbg"].createTextField("header",110,0,0,300,16);
	_root["headerbg"]["header"].text = "Macromedia News";
	_root["headerbg"]["header"].type = "static";
	_root["headerbg"]["header"].selectable = false;
	_root["headerbg"]["header"].autoSize = "left";
	tStyle.size = 14;
	_root["headerbg"]["header"].setTextFormat(tStyle);
}
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function make_newsitem(){
	_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("news_item", -20);
		with (_root["news_item"]){
			moveTo (0, 10);
			beginFill (0x336699);
			moveTo (0, 23);
			lineTo (0, 40);
			lineTo (450, 40);
			lineTo (450, 23);
			endFill();
		}
}
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function makeList(tAry,uAry){
	for (var i=0,j=1;i<uAry.length;i++,j++){
		duplicateMovieClip(_root["news_item"],"news_item"+i,i);
		_root["news_item"+i]._y = (_root["news_item"]._y + ((_root["news_item"]._height-1) * i));
		_root.createTextField("item_text"+i,j*10,0,(_root["news_item"+i]._y)+24,300,14);
		this["news_item"+i].theUrl=uAry[i];
		this["news_item"+i].item_index = i;
		this["item_text"+i].selectable = false;
		this["item_text"+i].autoSize = "left";			
		this["item_text"+i].text=tAry[i];
		tStyle.size = 10;
		this["item_text"+i].setTextFormat(tStyle);


		this["news_item"+i].onRollOver = function(myColor){
			var myBg = new Color(this);
			myBg.setRGB(parseInt("aaaaaa",16));
			var myFontColor = new Color(_root["item_text"+this.item_index]);
			myFontColor.setRGB(parseInt("333333",16));	
		}


		this["news_item"+i].onRollOut = function(){
			var myBg = new Color(this);
			myBg.setRGB(parseInt("336699",16));
			var myFontColor = new Color(_root["item_text"+this.item_index]);
			myFontColor.setRGB(parseInt("ffffff",16));	
		}
		
		this["news_item"+i].onRelease = function(){
			getURL(this.theUrl,"_blank");
		}			
	}		
}
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function get_news(){
	ret = new LoadVars();
	ret.onLoad = function(success){	
		if(success){
			ret.myUrlAry = ret.theUrls.split('|');
			ret.myTitleAry = ret.theTitles.split('|');
			
			makeList(ret.myTitleAry,ret.myUrlAry);
		} else {
			showErrMsg();
		}
	}
	
	// load the values from "getNews.aspx"
	ret.load("getNews.txt");
}
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function init(){
	set_gStyles();
	chk_server_conn();
	make_newsitem();
	make_header();
	get_news();
}
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init();
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