# How do I load external html files into a textbox with a scroller?

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**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-load-external-html-files-into-a-textbox-with-a-scroller/68610 "2004-10-27T10:54:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-load-external-html-files-into-a-textbox-with-a-scroller/68610/1 "2004-10-27T10:54:57Z")

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how do I load external html files into a textbox with a scroller?

I use this code on a button to load textfiles but how do I load html files?

on (release) {  
scroll2.\_visible = (maintext.maxscroll\>0);  
maintext.load = “news.txt”;  
maintext.htmlText = myLoadVar2.news;  
}

Thank u