# Dynamic Text & Scrollbar

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 26, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254 "2002-10-26T20:51:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![killingmesoftly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@killingmesoftly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/killingmesoftly)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/1 "2002-10-26T20:51:32Z")

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If I load a dynamic text field by setting the variable for the field equal to the text, the scrollbar on that field doens’t work. How do I set the scrollbar to scroll the right amount to fill the amount of dynamically loaded text?

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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:** [October 26, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/2 "2002-10-26T20:53:31Z")

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There is a Flash MX tutorial on scrolling dynamically loaded text on [www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com) 🙂

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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 5, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/3 "2002-12-05T02:54:26Z")

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Can Flash MX render a dynamic text as HTML? I’ve done this experiment but it returns me a HTML tags, shows on the text field.

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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 5, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/4 "2002-12-05T02:59:21Z")

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Try:

```php
TextFieldInstanceName.html = true

```

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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 5, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/5 "2002-12-05T05:05:32Z")

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well…I tried this up, but the html tag still there, unlike flash 5, no html tags shows when I want the text file render a text as html.

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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 5, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/6 "2002-12-05T05:10:43Z")

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Can i have a look at ur fla?

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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 5, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/7 "2002-12-05T05:26:51Z")

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ok no problem.

the fla code is like below:

loadText = new loadVars();  
loadText.load(“help.txt”);  
loadText.onLoad = function(){  
scroller.text = this.help;  
};

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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 5, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/8 "2002-12-05T05:28:33Z")

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Try this instead:

```php
loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.onLoad = function(){
scroller.html = true;
scroller.htmlText = this.help;
};
loadText.load("help.txt");

```

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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 5, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/9 "2002-12-05T05:37:27Z")

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oh yeah! it works now! thanks very much.

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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 5, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-scrollbar/7254/10 "2002-12-05T05:47:04Z")

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Glad. :crazy: