# External File Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 1, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105 "2002-09-01T04:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![HumanSimulator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HumanSimulator](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HumanSimulator)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105/1 "2002-09-01T04:24:33Z")

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Is there any way to use one external text file and have different parts for different dynamic text boxes? i tried just putting new headers like bio= and journal= but it all went into the bio text field and not the journal one. Is there a way to do this??

PeacE  
-BoB

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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:** [September 1, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105/2 "2002-09-01T06:04:29Z")

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How do you have it set up? One txt file which contains two variables, or Two different text files?  
When you load it into Flash, how are you doing it? ie are you using loadVariables(); or loadVariablesNum();?  
Are the two text fields on the main timeline or in movie clips?

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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:** [September 1, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105/3 "2002-09-01T18:32:18Z")

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Right now i have it set up as multiple text files but i wanted to know if you could have more than one in the same text file. They are seperate movies and loaded by  
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oadText = new loadVars();  
loadText.load(“six2.txt”);  
loadText.onLoad = function() {  
scroller.text = this.bios;  
};

PeacE  
-BoB

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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:** [September 1, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105/4 "2002-09-01T19:58:33Z")

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Did you separate your different variables by an & ?  
&bios=jjdfgjflk&contact=fdsjldjfkj&info=gjgjjkdfj and so on?

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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:** [September 1, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-file-help/5105/5 "2002-09-01T23:14:10Z")

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Nope i didnt. i will try it though. hopefully it will help me. thank you

PeacE  
-BoB