# Dynamic Text Levels issue

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-levels-issue/221271>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-levels-issue/221271 "2007-04-03T01:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Darren\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Darren_E)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-levels-issue/221271/1 "2007-04-03T01:34:49Z")

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I am having a hard time making this work- I created a movie clip with two dynamic fields that read from a .txt file on a server. The text fields work when the actionscript and dynamic text fields are on the \_root level.

As soon as I move the dynamic fields (and the loadVariableNum command) from the \_root level to a movie clip, the dynamic fields no longer retrieve the information. After doing some reading I tried setting the level from “0” to “1” but that didn’t make a difference.

My question is this- do I have to have the loadVariableNum("…/text.txt", “0”) on the \_root level or can I have this command residing inside of the movie clip??

I hope this question isn’t too basic and I’m sure it’s probably something VERY simple that I’m overlooking.

I need these dynamic text fields to reside inside a movie clip (nested) for a specific reasons.  
(I hope I’m making sense after messing with this for several hours with trying to figure this out).

For every second lost, I lose yet another strand of hair!