Grabbing external data from text file:

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I am trying to load data from a text file and input it into a textfield:

Previously the data was hard coded as such:

this.clip.createEmptyMovieClip(“desc”,l++);
this.clip.desc._x=485;
this.clip.desc._y=18;
this.clip.desc.createTextField(“desc”,1,0,0,164,317);
this.clip.desc.desc.wordWrap=1;
this.clip.desc.desc.html=1;
this.clip.desc.desc.embedFonts=1;
this.clip.desc._alpha=0;
*** this.desc=["<font face=‘century gothic’>Jacara Cunningham<br> SA Charlotte Acq</font>", ]
}

And I’m wanting to take out the last line marked with *** and insert code to pull it from a text file, split it into an array based off a comma and show it in the text box. Example:

…
this.clip.desc._alpha=0;
loadVariables (“data.txt”,“desc”);
this.clip.desc.desc = myitemsVar.split(’,’);
this.clip.desc.currentValue = items[0];
}

Please help!!!