# Loading textfile to textbox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-textfile-to-textbox/111653>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 29, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-textfile-to-textbox/111653 "2004-05-29T08:51:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![xEnOn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/85e7bf/32.png) [@xEnOn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xEnOn)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-textfile-to-textbox/111653/1 "2004-05-29T08:51:24Z")

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i wanted to load a text file into a textbox in flash. i went to a tutorial at flashkit and found one which i is pretty simple and i got it working. but now when i want to load the text file in toe the textbox which is in another movie, it doesnt seems to work. i had attached the file which i tried here.  
so how do i load the text file in to the textbox which is in 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:** [May 29, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-textfile-to-textbox/111653/2 "2004-05-29T14:40:24Z")

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You had the right idea. One problem was that you had to give your movieclip an instance name for targeting reasons.