Instead of the name of my txt file coming back it's coming back in the output window as "[Object URLRequest]".  That means that the name of my txt file is not being parsed.  How come?  I'm using trace(req);

I fixed the code in the following way:

function onClickNewFB(e:MouseEvent):String{

var req:URLRequest=new URLRequest(e.currentTarget.name+".txt");

var infoLoader:URLLoader=new URLLoader();

var myInfoLoader:String;

var myStr:String= new String();

var req2:URLRequest=new URLRequest('\"'+myStr+'\"');

myStr=e.target.name+".txt";

infoLoader.load(req2);

trace(myStr);

myInfoLoader=infoLoader.data;

infoLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadFeedbackText);

//OSD_feedbackText.text=e.target.name;

return myInfoLoader;

function loadFeedbackText(e:Event):void{

//OSD_feedbackText.text=infoLoader.data;

OSD_feedbackText.text=myInfoLoader;

}

trace(myInfoLoader);

}

but now I'm getting Error #2044: Unhandled ioError:. text=Error #2032: Stream Error. URL: file:  <<filename>>

where <<filename>> is an actual location on my computer

at FlashFileName::MainTimeline/onClickNewFB()

. . . I am at a loss.  If I can pass the string to the URL Request and the file exists in my directory, then why am I getting an IO error?

P.S.  I should note that <<filename>> actually appears as ///C|Users/[username]/[directory]/"FILENAME.txt" with the double quotes around the filename.  I also had to put myStr=e.target.name+".txt"; above the previous line to get this far.  If I change the URLRequest to new URLRequest(myStr) then I don't even get an IO Stream error.  I get

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.

at flash.text::TextField/set text()

at Function/<anonymous>()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()

????

-markerline

Message was edited by: markerline

Yes, kglad.  I'm well aware of the benefits of relative paths.  I was actually simply passing the filename as it stands without directory information but the output console gave me the full path of the filename, which means it's looking in the right place, but it's wrapping the name of the file (not the entire path) with quote marks.  I have since changed my file to not use this scripted method for identifying which file to read and have built the text content into movie clips and accessed the movie clips from frame labels on the timeline.  However I would still like to know how to do it the scripted way for the benefit of me learning how to properly apply this method and for the benefit of others wishing to do the same.

-markerline