How to load txt file in haxe in js project?

Question

I've started a haxe js project in FlashDevelop, I need to load a local file, is this possible? how to to so?

Answer 1

The simple answer is use "resources". You add a path and an identifier to your hxml:

-resource hello_message.txt@welcome

And you use it in your code like this:

var welcome = haxe.Resource.getString("welcome");

Note that the operation is performed at compile time so there is no runtime overhead. It is essentially equivalent to embed the file content in a quoted string.

The complex answer is to use a macro. With them you can load, parse, process and do all the manipulation you might need. Pretty commonly, you can see macros to load a config file (say JSON or YAML) and use it as part of your application (again at compile time and not at runtime).