# \[FMX\] Loading Text is good, But scroller doesn't seem to scroll the whole .txt file
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 19, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351 "2002-11-19T06:37:28Z")
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### Author:  [@kruza](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kruza)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351/1 "2002-11-19T06:37:28Z")
> on (release) {
> scrollbar.visible = true
> loadVarsText = new loadVars();
> loadVarsText.load(“News.txt”);
> // assign a function which fires when the data is loaded:
> loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
> if (success) {
> trace(“done loading”);
> // Now that we know the data is loaded,
> // set the text content of the Text Field
> // with the instance name “scroller” equal to the
> // contents of the variable
> textfield1.text = this.var1;
> } else {
> trace(“not loaded”);
> }
> };
> }
Using that Code i load a .txt file and the scroller works but only about 1/4 of the whole .txt file…
can someone help me?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351/2 "2002-11-19T07:04:38Z")
Do you have an “&” anywhere in your text file?
Flash coverts this as a symbol meaning new variable and will stop reading after that point.
Example being
var1=blahblahblah
&var2 = blahbleeblee
&var3 = bleeblahblee
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351/3 "2002-11-19T14:06:45Z")
thanks a lot!
the & was the problem…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-loading-text-is-good-but-scroller-doesnt-seem-to-scroll-the-whole-txt-file/8351/4 "2002-11-19T18:34:52Z")
No problem 🙂