# Preloading Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-text/164903>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 5, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-text/164903 "2005-10-05T21:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grimshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Grimshaw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Grimshaw)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-text/164903/1 "2005-10-05T21:53:28Z")

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I am using xml to load externally referenced .txt files into a text field. It is the same example from kirupas portfolio example. The one where you click on the thumbnails. Is there any way to set the text holder to show a percentage preloading, as it loads the text? When I test mine online, it hesitates for a while and doesnt look as though it’s doing anything.