# Problem with loading external files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-external-files/115540>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 9, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-external-files/115540 "2004-07-09T14:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mango](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mango)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-loading-external-files/115540/1 "2004-07-09T14:04:26Z")

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Hello there.

I have a main template swf file, and within this another swf file which contains everything else. I used the loadVariables action to load an external data file (which contains HTML) into a textfield, and when checking to see if this works it loads up fine. However when i test the outer swf file, this does not come up at all.  
I tried putting the full path to the file (I’m currently working offline, so the path is to a file on the computer). I don’t know how else i can fix this. I would be grateful if someone could help me on this problem please!

Thanks in advance :te: