# Dynamically loaded text into movieclip using loadVariablesNum

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-loaded-text-into-movieclip-using-loadvariablesnum/125804>\
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**Created:** [October 17, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-loaded-text-into-movieclip-using-loadvariablesnum/125804 "2004-10-17T22:22:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5daacb/32.png) [@zoip](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zoip)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamically-loaded-text-into-movieclip-using-loadvariablesnum/125804/1 "2004-10-17T22:22:24Z")

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arrrrrrrrgh!!!

I’m trying dynamically to load text from an external source into a movieclip, but all it does is opening the .txt file in a pop up window

```auto
loadVariablesNum("html/start.txt", _root.text);

```

why donsen’t it work? :h:  
what am I doing wrong?