# Need help with text file tutorial on this site
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332 "2003-07-11T15:57:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@bbender21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bbender21)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/1 "2003-07-11T15:57:10Z")
I have successfully managed to finish the tutorial covering text files, but I cannot get it to work with my own scenario:
I have 1 movie that acts as a photo gallery, loading up pictures based on navigation buttons or user input. I am attempting to add captions to each picture by using a dynamic text box, and having it filled in with values from the text file. I will worry about the navigation aspect of this later, but for right now I cannot seem to get the text to show up on my movie. I have checked the font and that is a different color than the background, and it is on its own layer. Here is how things are set up:
Dynamic Text Box:
Instance name (also tried var) = mycaption
Text file:
“mycaption.txt”
values:
caption=this is a test
Actionscript:
[AS]
//loads in the caption for each picture
loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load(“mycaption.txt”);
loadText.onLoad = function() {
caption.text = this.mycaption;
}[/AS]
Again, when I test the movie in either flash or the web, I cannot see any text in the text box.
Thanks for any and all help!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/2 "2003-07-11T16:06:21Z")
Post the fla
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/3 "2003-07-11T16:09:01Z")
I aint to sure but…
Is the text file in the same directory as your SWF File.
What i mean is that is your "mycaption.txt in the same Folder as your SWF File.
Same goes with Website make sure you upload both of them.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/4 "2003-07-11T16:16:16Z")
well crap… It is too big to upload here, even by zipping it… I need to shrink the size of the bg graphic… anywho, you can download and look at it [here](http://www.cfyouth.com/pub/load_images.fla)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/5 "2003-07-11T16:17:12Z")
It is easy to overlook the obvious! I did double-check to make sure the file was in the right place in both instances, and it appears to be.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/6 "2003-07-11T16:22:21Z")
[AS]loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load(“mycaption.txt”);
loadText.onLoad = function() {
caption.text = this.mycaption;
}
[/AS] Should be:[AS]loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load(“mycaption.txt”);
loadText.onLoad = function() {
captions.text = this.caption;
}
[/AS][edit]assuming your textfield has an instance name of **captions** and your txt variable is **caption**.[/edit]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/7 "2003-07-11T16:26:49Z")
ok, changed those, but no luck yet…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/8 "2003-07-11T16:27:02Z")
Nice Call claudio
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/9 "2003-07-11T16:29:03Z")
ahhh! it worked! thank you so much… I will tinker around with it to see if I can make it change with the nav buttons… Any suggestions on where to start?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/10 "2003-07-11T16:29:32Z")
It should work.
Make sure your txt file is named **mycaption.txt** , your variable inside the txt file is **caption=blablabla** and you textfield instance name is **captions**
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/11 "2003-07-11T16:30:34Z")
Yeah, sorry about that at first, posted that before you had time to edit.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/12 "2003-07-11T16:30:38Z")
You want each photo a different caption? Load 1 txt file with all the variables for each picture and update the textfield with the new variable.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/13 "2003-07-11T16:32:35Z")
How would I seperate them in the text file?
caption1=
caption2=
? is there some delimiter I need to stick in there?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/14 "2003-07-11T16:34:20Z")
caption1=blabla&caption=blabla&caption3=blabla&
use & to separate them
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/15 "2003-07-11T16:34:54Z")
Cool, I will give that a shot… Thanks again!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/16 "2003-07-11T16:35:29Z")
No problema
😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/17 "2003-07-11T16:57:55Z")
I hope I don’t bother you with all my n00b questions, but I have run into another stumbling block… Using this code:
//loads in the caption for each picture
[AS]loadText = new loadVars();
loadText.load(“mycaption.txt”);
loadText.onLoad = function() {
captions.text = this.caption1;[/AS]
This works fine, but I want to assign a variable called “whichcap” that will be an integer. My problem is that I don’t know how to add the variable into the last line… I have tried:
captions.text = this.caption1+whichcap, but it only displays a zero…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/18 "2003-07-11T18:42:21Z")
I didnt understand what you trying to do :-\
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/19 "2003-07-11T18:46:07Z")
heh… let me try again… I have a collection of pictures that are in different categories (camping, concerts, etc). For the sake of the viewer to the website, I would like to have a text box with a caption explaining each picture. The problem is, I can get it to pull from the text file, but not while I navigate the pictures (1-15). I would like to have a caption load up with the first picture, and then change to a different caption as I navigate the pictures… Clear as mud? 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-text-file-tutorial-on-this-site/25332/20 "2003-07-11T19:30:19Z")
I think i got it…
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