# Loading pictures/text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 6, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286 "2002-09-06T18:37:29Z")
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### Author:  [@JakeKungFu](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JakeKungFu)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/1 "2002-09-06T18:37:29Z")
Hi!
Is there some way to load pictures/text into an SWF without it actually being in that SWF file? For example, if someone clicks on a thumbnail, i want it to load the picture, however, since there are many pictures on my website, i don’t want them all to load with the flash itself. Likewise, with text- i write a lot on my page and i want people to have the option of reviewing older writings, but i don’t want it to all load right off. If anyone knows a good way to do this, i would REALLY appreciate it! 🙂 Thanks!
jake
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/2 "2002-09-06T19:15:52Z")
I use MX, so I can’t really help you with dynamically loading .txt, but I do know that is possible.
As for dynamically loading images, that is only in MX. Flash 5 does not support that. Unless you save each image as an .swf and use loadMovie to load the image into your main flash movie.
\loadMovie Tutorial\ - [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/loadmovie.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/loadmovie.asp)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/3 "2002-09-07T08:43:30Z")
Loading txt in F5 is really easy, just use loadVariable “myText.txt” and separate your different parts by &
example: &firstParagraph=blablabla&secondP=moreblabla&…
then in your swf, you can display each of the variables
(&firstParagraph, &secondP, &…) in a txt field with the same variable name
If you want to load different txt files, just link to each with a button…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/4 "2002-09-07T17:14:04Z")
Ah, so you load it the same way as MX.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/5 "2002-09-08T07:14:45Z")
You can, but you shouldn’t, in MX, you’re s’posed to use the new loadVars instead … who cares 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-pictures-text/5286/6 "2002-09-08T18:20:27Z")
Haha, same principle though:P