# Displaying data as an external file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-data-as-an-external-file/79126>\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-data-as-an-external-file/79126 "2005-02-11T02:06:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-data-as-an-external-file/79126/1 "2005-02-11T02:06:04Z")

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## This question is in regards to this tutorial. [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/externaldata.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/externaldata.htm)

I need to create a employee directory for work. I saw this tutorial and thought it would be perfect. I took the code off the action layer and tried applying it to a button but it didn’t work and I got errors.

My idea would to have 1 frame and a button displaying each employee name. When you click “John Doe” it’ll display John Doe’s information (johndoe.txt) and would be different for each one.

Does anybody know how I could do this?

thanks  
Joel