# Movie Clip Control from External TXT

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-from-external-txt/277507>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-from-external-txt/277507 "2008-12-12T19:33:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![MC\_Klaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MC\_Klaw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MC_Klaw)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-control-from-external-txt/277507/1 "2008-12-12T19:33:26Z")

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Hey Everyone,

I want to control a movie clip visiblity state from a txt file. Any ideas and coding?

I was thinking…

in txt file…

&movieclipvar=on

in flash

loadVariables(“controls/mccontrols.txt”,"");  
if movieclipvar=“on”) {  
setProperty(“na1”, \_visible, 0);  
} else {  
setProperty(“na1”, \_visible, 1);  
}

but its not working…

Thanks.