# Displaying external data in flash
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 19, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705 "2002-09-19T20:48:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chrisbees1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisbees1)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705/1 "2002-09-19T20:48:29Z")
Hi, im fairly new to flash but what i want to do is…
i have a file called counter.data1 file on my server and that file contains a number on its own.
What i want flash to do is to have a dynamic text box of some sort to look in the file and display the number.
Thanks in advance, Chris
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705/2 "2002-09-19T21:02:07Z")
[SIZE=1]First rule of the Fight Club: read the posts before posting[/SIZE]
[The thread that is 4 threads down this one](http://kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5849)
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705/3 "2002-09-19T21:07:48Z")
sorry but i dont understand that thread - im crap at flash
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/displaying-external-data-in-flash/5705/4 "2002-09-19T21:44:51Z")
There’s no tute about this here, unfortunately (not that I know of). You can try [here](http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/beginner/loadVariables_and_loadVars/index.shtml)
pom :asian: