# Loading external text into a attachmovie window

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284 "2004-03-12T18:56:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [March 12, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/21 "2004-03-12T23:16:12Z")

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Well,

I went ahead and created a movie clip called “1”. Inside that movie clip I did everything you spoke about a few posts ago.

I had to change the script to:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {  
loadVariables(“data.txt”,\_parent);  
}

I then went back to the scene and dragged “1” to the center.

and it worked. 🙂

So basically, this works embedded inside a movie clip.

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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:** [March 12, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/22 "2004-03-12T23:23:12Z")

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Well, we made some progress. It does work. However, I need to find away to format the data in the text file. Basically, I need to have returns and some sort of control in the txt file.

Any suggestions? Anyone? 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/23 "2004-03-12T23:26:09Z")

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you need to put & symbols around everything in your text file

& = [Enter]so…  
&var1=monday&  
&var2=tuesday&  
etc…

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/24 "2004-03-15T15:03:18Z")

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What if I my data is one long paragraph? example:

“if you have any questions, requests, want to celebrate a party, anniversary, etc…please contact:dj danny (promoter of totally 80’s, club addiction, club vinyl) at 555-1212”

I only have one var and text field and its called “name”

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/25 "2004-03-15T15:08:14Z")

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make your text file like this:

&name=if you have any questions, requests, want to celebrate a party, anniversary, etc…please contact:dj danny (promoter of totally 80’s, club addiction, club vinyl) at 555-1212&

that will import it as a whole paragraph

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/26 "2004-03-15T15:09:47Z")

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Thanks coltsfan. Did my solution for embedded mclips help you at all?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/27 "2004-03-15T15:11:03Z")

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Is there any other type of formatting we can do? text clor? font? size? 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/28 "2004-03-15T15:12:44Z")

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haven’t tried it yet, been preoccupied with non-Flash bull\*\*\*\*. I hope it works. What did you do again? On the formatting thing, you can format it by changing the properties of your dynamic text box i believe.

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/29 "2004-03-15T15:14:51Z")

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What do I do again? Here: "Well,

I went ahead and created a movie clip called “1”. Inside that movie clip I did everything you spoke about a few posts ago.

I had to change the script to:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {  
loadVariables(“data.txt”,\_parent);  
}

I then went back to the scene and dragged “1” to the center.

and it worked.

So basically, this works embedded inside a movie clip."

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/30 "2004-03-15T15:17:10Z")

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cool…now if i could only solve my other variable problem. I am doing the exact thing you are but I need my imported variable value to translate into a new variable. Example:  
&text1=P10&

Flash outputs this as “P10”. I want Flash to turn P10 into a variable so that I can have it trigger my paragraph of text which is under the variable P10. No luck so far.

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/31 "2004-03-15T15:18:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by coltsfan01 \*  
> \*\*make your text file like this:

&name=if you have any questions, requests, want to celebrate a party, anniversary, etc…please contact:dj danny (promoter of totally 80’s, club addiction, club vinyl) at 555-1212&

that will import it as a whole paragraph \*\*

So simply putting & symbols at the beginning and end of each paragraph will create a paragraph? & = enter?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/32 "2004-03-15T15:21:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by coltsfan01 \*  
> \*\*cool…now if i could only solve my other variable problem. I am doing the exact thing you are but I need my imported variable value to translate into a new variable. Example:  
> &text1=P10&

Flash outputs this as “P10”. I want Flash to turn P10 into a variable so that I can have it trigger my paragraph of text which is under the variable P10. No luck so far. \*\*

That is over my head 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/33 "2004-03-15T15:38:05Z")

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yeah & = enter in the .txt file. Don’t feel bad, it’s over my head too. I am pleading for help but so far no luck

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/34 "2004-03-15T15:42:12Z")

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Ok Man, check out this swf, as you can see, I have no control over this paragraph? or do I?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/35 "2004-03-15T15:42:56Z")

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I tried using & but it cuts off where the & is at.

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/36 "2004-03-15T15:47:32Z")

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i didnt see any text on your .swf. just links

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/37 "2004-03-15T15:49:59Z")

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oh duh lol here is the text files for them

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/38 "2004-03-15T15:51:13Z")

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and the info one

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/39 "2004-03-15T15:53:10Z")

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k. i see your text. Why all the a’s? Anyway, what is you want to control? Size, color, etc?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text-into-a-attachmovie-window/45284/40 "2004-03-15T15:55:41Z")

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heheh. I put the A’s so that the paragraph is longer (I was testing the scroll buttons)

I want the my data to look like a paragraph. Returns at the least. It would be nice to have font changes, bold, color and links.

This has to be possible? Maybe with xml? Anyone?

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