Load External text in Dynamic textbox

programming flash
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I have this code below but it will not work unless I have my text variable hard coded in there:


addressVars = new LoadVars();
addressVars.load("ticker.txt");
addressVars.onLoad = function() {
    //_root.myText = addressVars.news;

    isItBold = 'true';
    myFontSize = 30;
    myTextHeight = myFontSize + 10;
    myTextWidth = 400;
    
    
    //scrollIt(_addressVars.news, 0xFFFFFF, 0, 0, myTextWidth, 3);
    function scrollIt(textToWrite, theColor, x, y, width, speed)
    {
        
        
        //trace(addressVars.news);
        //trace(textToWrite);
        this.createEmptyMovieClip("marquee", 1);
        
        marquee._x = x;
        marquee._y = y;
        
        marquee.createEmptyMovieClip("theText", 2);
        marquee.theText._x = 15;
        marquee.theText._y = 1;
        marquee.theText.theWidth = Math.round(addressVars.news.length * 8) + 10;
        marquee.theText.createTextField("theTip", 0, 0, -1, marquee.theText.theWidth, myTextHeight);
        marquee.theText.formatIt = new TextFormat;
        marquee.theText.formatIt.font = "Arial";
        marquee.theText.formatIt.align = "left";
        marquee.theText.formatIt.bold = isItBold;
        //marquee.theText.formatIt.color = theColor;
        marquee.theText.formatIt.size = myFontSize;
        marquee.theText.formatIt.html = true;
        marquee.theText.theTip.html = true;
        marquee.theText.theTip.htmlText = addressVars.news;
        trace(marquee.theText.theTip.htmlText);
        
        marquee.theText.theTip.setTextFormat(marquee.theText.formatIt);
        
        //textFieldWidth = theText._width + 10;
        marquee.theTextFieldWidth = marquee.theText.theTip._width + 10;
        
        marquee.createEmptyMovieClip("backgroundBox", 1);
        //marquee.backgroundBox.lineStyle(1, 0xCCCCCC, 100);
        marquee.backgroundBox.moveTo(10, 0);
        marquee.backgroundBox.beginFill(0x444444, 10);
        marquee.backgroundBox.moveToHere = width;
        marquee.backgroundBox.lineTo(marquee.backgroundBox.moveToHere, 0);
        marquee.backgroundBox.lineTo(marquee.backgroundBox.moveToHere, myTextHeight);
        marquee.backgroundBox.lineTo(10, myTextHeight);
        marquee.backgroundBox.lineTo(10, 0);
        marquee.backgroundBox.endFill();
        
        marquee.theText.setMask(marquee.backgroundBox);
        
        marquee.theText._x = width;
        marquee.theText.returnTo = width;
        
        marquee.theText.onEnterFrame = function()
        {
            returnX = 0 - this._width;
            if(this._x > returnX)
            {
                this._x -= speed;
            } else {
                this._x = this.returnTo;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Please let me know what I am doing wrong.