# External text into a masked MovieClip textarea

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-into-a-masked-movieclip-textarea/271250>\
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**Created:** [September 20, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-into-a-masked-movieclip-textarea/271250 "2008-09-20T09:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![garret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@garret](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garret)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text-into-a-masked-movieclip-textarea/271250/1 "2008-09-20T09:48:39Z")

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Hello people. How can I load an external I can’t load inside a movieClip that is masked. If he movieclip isn’t masked theres no problem but if is inside a mask, it doesn’t appear the text inside the text area.

[http://flashmove.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3817&d=1221667829](http://flashmove.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3817&d=1221667829)  
Can anyone help me on this, please?

thank you