MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING, Reference

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492 Chapter 12: Methods
Parameters
None.
Example
This statement creates a child object called RedCar from the parent script CarParentScript
without initializing its properties:
RedCar = script("CarParentScript").rawNew()
This statement initializes the properties of the child object RedCar:
RedCar.new()
See also
new() , script()
readChar()
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
fileioObjRef .readChar()
// JavaScript syntax
fileioObjRef .readChar();
Description
Fileio method; Reads the next character of a file and returns it as an ASCII code value.
You must first open a file by calling
openFile()
before using
readChar()
to read a character.
Parameters
None.
See also
Fileio , openFile()
readFile()
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
fileioObjRef .readFile()
// JavaScript syntax
fileioObjRef .readFile();
Description
Fileio method; Reads from the current position to the end of a specified file, and returns the result
as a string.
You must first open a file by calling
openFile()
before using
readFile()
to read a file.
Parameters
None.