[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers.Layers.Text with variable filename as input

[Carl Morgan]

Ok, I have it working. Looks like my problem was simply with bad 
javascript syntax.

Carl Morgan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to OpenLayers and just as new to javascript, so I 
> apologize in advance for my lack of basic understanding of all of this.
>
> But, I am attempting to plot points on a map using 
> OpenLayers.Layers.Text and it works just fine. However I would ideally 
> like to pass the filename in through the URL. In the following line, I 
> would like to replace "./lsrtext.txt" with a variable but am having no 
> luck.
>
> var newl = new OpenLayers.Layer.Text( "text", {location: "./lsrtext.txt"} );
>
> Is it possible to do such a thing? I have the code working which 
> processes the variable name, and I am able to process the lat, lon and 
> zoom level this way. But I can't seem to get it working with the 
> filename. The documentation states that the URL of the text file can't 
> be changed once passed in. Does this count as changing?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -Carl
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