# External text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-file/160497>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-file/160497 "2005-08-26T10:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Olivier07](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/olivier07/32/1688_2.png) [@Olivier07](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Olivier07)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-file/160497/1 "2005-08-26T10:22:48Z")

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[font=Arial]Hi everyone,[/font]  
[font=Arial]First of all thank you for running such a great site, it is so so helpfull![/font]  
[font=Arial]I have a little question.[/font]  
[font=Arial]I’m trying to use external text file with flash mx. What I want to do is to define a variable in the text file.[/font]  
[font=Arial]I want to be able to define the default content of a projector on my site from a text file so I would have a text file with something like “web/client/project.swf” inside and I want to be able to pick it up from within my movie clip using loadMovie(); where the “url” attribute would be my text file content.[/font]  
[font=Arial]Any Idea??[/font]  
[font=Arial]Hope this makes sense.[/font]  
[font=Arial]Thanks in advance[/font]  
[font=Arial]Olivier[/font]