# Linking to files on the mac

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-files-on-the-mac/19438>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 28, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-files-on-the-mac/19438 "2003-04-28T07:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![leenx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@leenx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leenx)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-files-on-the-mac/19438/1 "2003-04-28T07:21:16Z")

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Hi

I made a flash file wehre i use dynamic text fields, all the txt files are in a folder named “data”, on the pc the exe file works fine, but on the mac the projector can’t find the text files, anyone any idea what i’m doing wrong?

code:

loadText = new loadVars();  
loadText.load(“data/personeel.txt”);  
loadText.html = yes;  
//creating the loadVarsText function  
loadText.onLoad = function() {  
scroller.html = true;  
scroller.htmlText = this.personeeltext;  
};

and saved the txt files as UTF-8

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linking-to-files-on-the-mac/19438/2 "2003-04-28T10:11:42Z")

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LoadVariables action fails in Macintosh projectors

Issue  
In Macintosh stand-alone projector files, loadVariables does not load data from remote URLs (HTTP or FTP addresses, for example). This issue does not affect Windows projectors.