# Dynamic Text filed not showing %
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 16, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314 "2003-06-16T11:35:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@lbeetles](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lbeetles)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/1 "2003-06-16T11:35:33Z")
I’m loading text from an external .txt file.
In the file there is a % sign but the dynamic text field does not show this does anyone know why, and how can i solve this problem???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/2 "2003-06-16T12:44:42Z")
post the .fla
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/3 "2003-06-16T13:08:26Z")
Here’s the .fla in zip file.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/4 "2003-06-16T14:28:33Z")
Dis might help you
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25844](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25844)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/5 "2003-06-16T14:40:31Z")
thanks claudio that sorted out my problem.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/6 "2003-06-16T14:41:38Z")
🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/7 "2003-06-18T09:39:27Z")
ive sorted out the file showing the percentage sign, but when i need to display other special characters there not working and i don’t know why.
the characters im trying to use are:
ë i’m using %EB and ive tried %eb
ê i’m using %EA and ive tried %ea
é i’m using %E9 and ive tried %e9
does anyone know any other ways to display these???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/8 "2003-06-18T09:55:43Z")
Is it maybe possible to use a HTML text instead? You might be able to use special characters from HTML but I am not sure if it will work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/9 "2003-06-18T10:02:16Z")
the dynamic text field is HTML enabled.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/10 "2003-06-18T10:17:16Z")
Maybe you have some use of this link:
[HDTF](http://actionscript-toolbox.com/sampletextandflash.php)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/11 "2003-06-18T10:28:04Z")
Had a similar problem with spec chars and in my case it took a loooong time ´til someone could figure it out.
My mistake was that I published my swf as flash 5 movie and when I changed that to a flash mx swf it worked!!
I´m not at my “real” comp so I can´t check your fla so this might be totaly of the topic but maybe not…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/12 "2003-06-18T10:36:20Z")
i have already published the file as flash 6.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/13 "2003-06-19T00:56:59Z")
Maybe this will help you
[AS]system.useCodepage = true;
[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/14 "2003-06-19T08:28:46Z")
thanx to everyone that helped me, i used the system.useCodepage = true; and that solved the problem.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-filed-not-showing/23314/15 "2003-06-19T08:30:03Z")
you’re welcome
🙂