# Linebreaks and external txt file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linebreaks-and-external-txt-file/139677>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 4, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linebreaks-and-external-txt-file/139677 "2005-03-04T18:04:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linebreaks-and-external-txt-file/139677/1 "2005-03-04T18:04:28Z")

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how does one get \<br\> to work in flash when the \<br\> is located in an external file?

Ive tried \<br\>,/n, \</p\> and a bunch of others. Nothing renders properly in flash. it just displays whatever linebreak code im trying to use.

here is the flash code. the variable it’s grabing is just a string or items pulled from a DB.

```auto

text1.html = true;
unicodeData = new LoadVars();
unicodeData.source = "[http://localhost:8080/testingground/instructionslist.jsp](http://localhost:8080/testingground/instructionslist.jsp)";
unicodeData.load(unicodeData.source);
unicodeData.onLoad = function(){
_root.text1.text = _root.unicodeData.myMonth;
}

```