# Preferred way: dynamically loading text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786>\
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**Created:** [August 9, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786 "2004-08-09T07:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/1 "2004-08-09T07:05:30Z")

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Which is a more easier/simpler/preferred/more control way of dynamically loading a text from a txt file?

1. Put a dynamic text Var as: text

```php
 
loadVariablesNum ("text.txt", 0);

```

1. A dynamic text instance as: text

```php
 
loadVariables("text.txt", _root.text);

```

And why…

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**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/2 "2004-08-09T14:56:15Z")

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None of them.  
_LoadVars_ is much better.

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**Author:** ![Galenmereth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Galenmereth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Galenmereth)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/3 "2004-08-09T15:00:33Z")

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Preferably you use XML, since .txt files are unhandy, clumsy and alltogether useless in my opinion 😛

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**Author:** ![RvGaTe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rvgate/32/126_2.png) [@RvGaTe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RvGaTe)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/4 "2004-08-09T15:11:21Z")

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ill use XML, much more control and browseable in flash 😉

let me explain why:

```auto

<data>
 <holder text="Some text in here you want to load" />
</data>

```

you can easily get that with:

Xml.load(‘file.xml’)  
textdata = Xml.firstChild.Childnodes[0].attributes.text

and you have it 🙂  
(didn’t test it, but its hell easy :D)

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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/5 "2004-08-10T06:24:07Z")

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i don’t know how to use XML…not even sure what it is 😛

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**Author:** ![RvGaTe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rvgate/32/126_2.png) [@RvGaTe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RvGaTe)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/6 "2004-08-10T06:38:57Z")

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it can be used as an small database…  
it runs on like every type of server, no extra features needed (no php and stuff)…

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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/7 "2004-08-10T06:42:19Z")

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> [@claudio](#):
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> None of them.  
> _LoadVars_ is much better.

How do u use that

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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/8 "2004-08-10T06:42:50Z")

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> [@RvGaTe](#):
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> it can be used as an small database…  
> it runs on like every type of server, no extra features needed (no php and stuff)…

i tihnk i gotta go n read XML basics 😛

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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preferred-way-dynamically-loading-text/118786/9 "2004-08-10T07:42:40Z")

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> [@ViNc3](#):
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> How do u use that

oh, found it here  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/multiple\_dynamictext.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/multiple_dynamictext.htm)