// Use this for initialization
public void Transfer()
{
List_TextMesh fem = GameObject.Find("femaleNames").GetComponent <List_TextMesh>();
List_TextMesh man = GameObject.Find("maleNames").GetComponent <List_TextMesh>();
List_TextMesh cul = GameObject.Find("culturalNames").GetComponent <List_TextMesh>();
List_TextMesh las = GameObject.Find("lastNames").GetComponent <List_TextMesh>();
femaleNames = fem.item;
maleNames = man.item;
culturalNames = cul.item;
lastNames = las.item;
}
void AttachTextMeshScripts(GameObject newObject, TextAsset textFile)
{
// ListFromTextAsset uses file IO to populate item list with strings.;
newObject.AddComponent <ListFromTextAsset>();
newObject.GetComponent <ListFromTextAsset>().TextFile = textFile;
newObject.GetComponent <ListFromTextAsset>().Init();
if (newObject.GetComponent <ListFromTextAsset>().item != null)
{
newObject.AddComponent <List_TextMesh>();
List_TextMesh listTextMesh = newObject.GetComponent <List_TextMesh>();
if (listTextMesh != null)
{
// transfer list items from file to self contained list display script
listTextMesh.Init();
if (listTextMesh.item.Count >= 1)
{
newObject.tag = "Category";
// Destroy ListFromTextAssets so that the objects can travel independnet of files original text files.
DestroyImmediate(newObject.GetComponent <ListFromTextAsset>());
}
}
}
}
