# External text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text/18088>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text/18088 "2003-04-13T04:21:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mystee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@mystee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mystee)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text/18088/1 "2003-04-13T04:21:17Z")

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have a prob here…

i want to load an external text in a dynamic textbox when the movie start playing…this is what i typed…

onClipEvent (load)  
{  
this.loadVariables(“File1.txt”, 0);  
}

but the textbox is still empty when i play the .swf.

What could possibly be the prob here?

🔗

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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:** [April 13, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text/18088/2 "2003-04-13T08:51:09Z")

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I have been using this to load dynamic text on two of my websites. This works real well:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic\_scroller.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic_scroller.htm)

with or without the scrollbar.  
:beam:

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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:** [April 13, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-text/18088/3 "2003-04-13T10:47:08Z")

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Also take a look at [this tutorial](http://www.flash-db.com/Components/?swfID=19&sComType=Scroll%20Bar) if you need more examples