# loadVars problems

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-problems/155240
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 15, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-problems/155240 "2005-07-15T17:57:14Z")
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### Author: ![travistee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@travistee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/travistee)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loadvars-problems/155240/1 "2005-07-15T17:57:14Z")

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I’m trying to use this example of loadVars that I found here.  
I have this in frame 1 of a loading scene

* * *

var load\_lv = new LoadVars();  
//Step 2  
load\_lv.load(“text.txt”);  
//Step 3  
load\_lv.onLoad = loadTextVariables;  
//Step 4 next level 1 frame 29

* * *

Later in the scene in frame 29 I test to see if it  
was successfull

* * *

function loadTextVariables(success){  
if(success){  
nextFrame();  
} else {  
gotoAndPlay(2);  
}

* * *

The movie continues on past the loading scene to  
the main movie scene, so I assume it read the variables.

However I don’t get any of the values for the variables.

What did I miss?

Since I wrote the above, I was told I have to have all the code in one frame,  
not two as I have above, so here is the rest of my question.

I want to read the text.txt in frame 1 so it can start reading it as soon as possible.  
I wanted to test to see if it was read later in the scene so it would have time to  
load.

If I have to read it in frame 1 and test it in frame 1, and if “success” is negative  
then where can I loop back to, so I can test it again.

When I use loadVariablesNum it works ok except in Firefox ( sometimes), so I think firefox may get past the reading of the file to quick (sometimes). I don’t want it to give me a trace or anything else. I want to give it time to read the text.txt file and loop around the loading scene until its finished. Can I just let it go part way through the loading scene and then play frame 1 again. If it does the load\_lv.load(textFile), again it seems it will just try to read again and I don’t know if that will just overlay the original data, and not accomplish anything.

So, where do I send it to when “success” is false.?