# MX Scroll - How do i make it work?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-scroll-how-do-i-make-it-work/1957
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 13, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-scroll-how-do-i-make-it-work/1957 "2002-04-13T07:49:26Z")
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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: [April 13, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-scroll-how-do-i-make-it-work/1957/1 "2002-04-13T07:49:26Z")

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Hi i would like to thank you for a wonderfull site…

Now on to my problem, i have tried following your guide on a project i am making, but cant seem to get the scroller to work.  
I have a dynamic text field that is generated by an external XML document - i cant get the scrollbar to work here?? any suggestions?

You can get the .fla here

[cosmo.adsl.dk/xml\_scroll.zip](http://cosmo.adsl.dk/xml_scroll.zip)

Hope to hear from you…

Cosmodk

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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: [April 13, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-scroll-how-do-i-make-it-work/1957/2 "2002-04-13T14:55:22Z")

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Kirupa was having this problem himself.

Seems like (at the moment) Flash MX can’t use the scroll component with an external text file…yet.

I would suggest learning how to make your own scroll bar (which is quite a hassle I’ve heard) or just use up down arrows (which is my choice since I try to chop text into smaller segments anyway).

t2d

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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: [April 14, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-scroll-how-do-i-make-it-work/1957/3 "2002-04-14T01:56:55Z")

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I got the scrollbar to work with a dynamic text field that loads a remote text file into a variable in my movie…the only \*\*\*\*ter to the situation is that you have to update the \_root screen so that the scrollbar can configure itself to the new site of the text box…which i am still trying to figure out…but i haven’t had time to work or think about it too much so im stumped for the time being