# Custom scroller with external file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-scroller-with-external-file/254123>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-scroller-with-external-file/254123 "2008-03-08T06:18:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![irfaniax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@irfaniax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/irfaniax)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-scroller-with-external-file/254123/1 "2008-03-08T06:18:41Z")

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Yesterday i tried to made a custom scroller (got the tutorial from kirupa, flash8) I modified it by load the text from external file(.txt). I used dynamic text for that purpose. But i couldn’t get the text.\_height variable correctly, since the text.\_height variable equal to the height of the dynamic text’s box i have made before. So even the loaded text was longer than the box, the variable wouldn’t change and the scroller didn’t work correctly. Is there any way i could get the variable correctly? Sorry for my creepy english…