# External .txt-file into TextArea Component?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-txt-file-into-textarea-component/45411>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 14, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-txt-file-into-textarea-component/45411 "2004-03-14T03:04:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Danneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@Danneman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danneman)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-txt-file-into-textarea-component/45411/1 "2004-03-14T03:04:48Z")

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Is it possible to load an external textfile into the new TextArea component? I mean like you do when loading text into dynamic textboxes.

Ive tried putting the path into TextArea Component -\> Parameters -\> text, but it just displayes the path as a text-string.

I would use the ordinary textboxes, but since the scroller aint in any longer…

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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:** [March 15, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-txt-file-into-textarea-component/45411/2 "2004-03-15T03:42:09Z")

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no prob 🙂