# Multiple text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298 "2006-04-04T04:32:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Jimmy\_James](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmy_James)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/1 "2006-04-04T04:32:35Z")
I have this script which inputs text on the click of a button but when u click it again it doesnt put another text in why not. What do i need to change in my code thankyou:
on (release) {
if (font == “”) {
\_root.extras.textpopup.\_visible = true ;
} else if (font == “Arial”) {
tellTarget ("\_root.extras."+[“textmovie”+count]){
gotoAndStop(1);
dtext.text = \_global.text;
dtext.border = false;
dtext.background = false;
dtext.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
dtext.borderColor = 0x000000;
dtext.multiline = false;
dtext.wordWrap = false;
dtext.autoSize = “Left”;
dtext.autoSize = “Right”;
}
} else if (font == “Times”) {
tellTarget ("\_root.extras."+[“textmovie”+count]){
gotoAndStop(2);
dtext.text = \_global.text;
dtext.border = false;
dtext.background = false;
dtext.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
dtext.borderColor = 0x000000;
dtext.multiline = false;
dtext.wordWrap = false;
dtext.autoSize = “Left”;
dtext.autoSize = “Right”;
}
} else if (font == “Brush”) {
tellTarget ("\_root.extras."+[“textmovie”+count]){
gotoAndStop(3);
dtext.text = \_global.text;
dtext.border = false;
dtext.background = false;
dtext.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
dtext.borderColor = 0x000000;
dtext.multiline = false;
dtext.wordWrap = false;
dtext.autoSize = “Left”;
dtext.autoSize = “Right”;
}
} else if (font == “Comic Sans”) {
tellTarget ("\_root.extras."+[“textmovie”+count]){
gotoAndStop(4);
dtext.text = \_global.text;
dtext.border = false;
dtext.background = false;
dtext.backgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
dtext.borderColor = 0x000000;
dtext.multiline = false;
dtext.wordWrap = false;
dtext.autoSize = “Left”;
dtext.autoSize = “Right”;
}
}
//}
}
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### Author:  [@kernel\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kernel_flash)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/2 "2006-04-04T04:37:30Z")
are you updating \_global.text everytime you hit the button??
better if you post ur fla
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_James](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmy_James)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/3 "2006-04-04T06:41:42Z")
Ok here is my swf file that ive created, it all works fine until when you click the submit button, its ment to create another one but it replaces the old one instead.
[http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=text6yk.swf](http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=text6yk.swf)
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### Author:  [@kernel\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kernel_flash)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/4 "2006-04-04T07:20:21Z")
In case you want to append the new text with the old one
do this.
dtext.text +=newline+ \_global.text;
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_James](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmy_James)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/5 "2006-04-06T07:44:32Z")
> [@kernel\_flash](#):
>
> In case you want to append the new text with the old one
> do this.
>
> dtext.text +=newline+ \_global.text;
Where do i add this to in my script, sorry im a tad slow…
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### Author:  [@kernel\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kernel_flash)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/6 "2006-04-06T08:51:50Z")
You need to replace
dtext.text= \_global.text;
in your code by
dtext.text +=newline+ \_global.text;
:s:
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_James](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmy_James)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/7 "2006-04-10T01:37:04Z")
This still does not work i replaced all of the dtext.text = \_global.text; to the new dtext.text +=newline+ \_global.text; and it still just replaces the old text. Im not quiet sure why this isnt working …
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### Author:  [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/8 "2006-04-10T03:30:21Z")
This is pretty basic, but should point you in the right direction =)
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_James](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jimmy_James)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-text/184298/9 "2006-04-13T02:26:43Z")
Thanks alot !! Ill try these out 😏