# Dynamic text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text/206583>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text/206583 "2006-11-09T16:07:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![andyryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@andyryan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andyryan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text/206583/1 "2006-11-09T16:07:33Z")

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hi there,

i am making a flash site for a friend of mine. nothing spectacular just a few sections advertising his business with a few bits of cute animation thrown in. My question is for 1 or 2 of the sections to be updatable by him with news and anouncements etc. ( the rest will be remain the same.) Is there a simple way of loading text from an external file into a dynamic text box in a movie clip. Someone mentioned xml but it this the easiest way?

any help would be great.

cheers.

andyryan.