# Dynamic text problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 22, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021 "2002-12-22T21:34:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ultramarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b487fb/32.png) [@ultramarc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ultramarc)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/1 "2002-12-22T21:34:18Z")

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i have a movie with a dynamic text in it…it loads up a txt file where it gets its contents…

ok, so this is where the prob starts…i load the movie into another movie via an empty mc, and loading the text was quite easy, i jz added the \_root.instancenameofmc.instancenameofDT …but i have a scrollbar w/c is supposed to scroll the dynamic text field…but it doesnt work…help me please!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/2 "2002-12-22T21:54:51Z")

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your path is prob wrong…

remember your textbox is no longer in \_root…

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/3 "2002-12-23T12:48:19Z")

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what would i do then reverendflash?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/4 "2002-12-23T14:00:03Z")

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yes…almighty kirupa, u have this tutorial in full flash site, and u used these swf to be loaded in another swf file, by the way it’s the CLUB Kirupa site, and there’s this locations.swf and there is a scrollbar too! how did you get to make the scrollbar in the loaded swf file to work? you know, to scroll the text field there. please mighty kirupa, help me!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/5 "2002-12-23T14:13:54Z")

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uhm…i got it already…tnx anyways

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem/10021/6 "2002-12-23T19:15:40Z")

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