# Help with scrolling text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 10, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684 "2002-05-10T15:53:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684/1 "2002-05-10T15:53:56Z")
Hey I tried the tutorial for the actionscript scrolling text…when I try it with the available source code it works…when I try to do it in my own flash movie I cant get the text to scroll…I have double, trippled and many more times checked that I have the right code for the buttons and for the text to scroll…I do. But when I go and test the movie I cant get the buttons to scroll the text…any suggestions? Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684/2 "2002-05-10T16:55:20Z")
when I test the movie the output box reads as follows:\r\rSymbol=arrow down, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 1: Statement block must be terminated by ‘}’\r on (press, release, keyPress “\”) {\r\rSymbol=arrow down, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 6: Syntax error.\r\rCould someone also tell me what the output box is for?.. \r…and the text is still not scrolling ☹
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684/3 "2002-05-10T16:58:56Z")
Statement block must be terminated by ‘}’\r\r\ryou are missing a } at the end of your code\r\rand as long as everything is named correctly it should work fine.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684/4 "2002-05-10T17:04:00Z")
GREAT!!! It works…Thanks!..so everytime I have a problem I should look at the output box? and whatever is in between quotation marks ’ ’ is what’s wrong?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-scrolling-text/2684/5 "2002-05-10T17:24:18Z")
that depends on what the problem is. But if it says that something is missing or it expects something, then you should change it.