# Loading external text file

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-file/74903
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 4, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-file/74903 "2005-01-04T01:31:26Z")
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### Author: ![dravalanche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dravalanche](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dravalanche)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-file/74903/1 "2005-01-04T01:31:26Z")

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Hi I read somewhere that you can have a movieclip in flash which can load and display an external text file. I know alot of flash sites (especially music sites) use this.

could anyone tell me how to do this or point to a tutorial that has it.

thanks alot