# Loading external text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/121058>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/121058 "2004-08-30T16:16:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Raph](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raph)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-text/121058/1 "2004-08-30T16:16:18Z")

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I’m trying to load text1.txt in my dynamic text box Scrolltext, but it won’t work. I have tried several tuts on several sites, but none of these work. Here is my script:

```auto

loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load("TEXT2.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function(success) {}
	if (success) {
			// trace(success);
			scrolltext.html = true;
			 scrolltext.htmlText = this.myNews;
	}

```