# Quick Question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 6, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910 "2003-02-06T02:50:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author: ![dizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@dizz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dizz)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/1 "2003-02-06T02:50:32Z")

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Okay I have a movie where i am trying to load variables through a text file… The dynamic textbox is loacated in a MC named “text” and the instance of the dynamic text box “text”, what I forget is how to load the variables from the text file to that area in my movie…

this is what i have in the root frame one:

loadVariablesNum(“rock.txt”, \_root.text.textbox);

but no luck! it works fine when the dynamic text box is in the root but i can’t figure it out when it’s in a MC?

Any help would be great thanx!!!

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/2 "2003-02-06T03:11:09Z")

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well … [color=red]text[/color] is actually a property of a text field … maybe that’s causing the problem

try something like …  
movie clip instance name: **textMC**  
text field instance name: **textBox** [size=1][which you already have][/size]

anyway … i think it’s easier with the LoadVars (object)  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic\_scroller.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/dynamic_scroller.asp)

hopi it helps 🙂

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/3 "2003-02-06T03:25:54Z")

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thats works good except all of my HTML formatting got messed up?? any help?

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/4 "2003-02-06T03:28:24Z")

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nope :stunned:

post your file so i can take a look 😏

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/5 "2003-02-06T03:31:20Z")

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this is the text file i am trying to load…  
before it would parse the HTML now it just skips it???

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/6 "2003-02-06T03:34:53Z")

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ehmm … yeah … and the fla ?? :cyclops:

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/7 "2003-02-06T03:47:45Z")

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i can’t open your file :-\ **failed to open document**

what’s going on here ?? second time it happens today :hair:

here’s a fast example … hope it solves your problem 😏

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/8 "2003-02-06T03:53:58Z")

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thanx works great i have no idea why mine wasnt workin?  
anyways thanx again!!

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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: [February 6, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/9 "2003-02-06T03:56:20Z")

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no problem =)

and since i couldn’t open your file i don’t know either 😛

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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: [February 6, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/10 "2003-02-06T04:08:55Z")

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i have one more question how would I be able to align all of the text full/justified… the button on the dynamic text box doesnt work its just stuck on left/justified

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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: [February 6, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/11 "2003-02-06T04:27:06Z")

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seems like flash doesn’t support it :-\

however …

```php
<p align="left">
<p align="right">
<p align="center">

```

are supported …

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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: [February 6, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/12 "2003-02-06T04:35:26Z")

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what about fully justified?

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#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/13 "2003-02-06T04:44:31Z")

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nope :\*(

> seems like flash doesn’t support it

or at leats … i couldn’t get it ☹

let me see if i can find a list or something of the supported tags …

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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: [February 6, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question/12910/14 "2003-02-06T04:50:36Z")

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```php
<a href="url">
<b>
<font [color="#xxxxxx"] [face="Type Face"] [size="Type Size"]>
<I>
<p [align="left"|"right"|"center"]>
<u>
&lt; (<, less-than sign)
&gt; (>, greater-than sign)
&amp; (&, ampersand)
&quot; (", double-quote)
&apos; (', apostrophe)

```

nope … it’s not supported. sorry :-\

[size=1]**[EDIT]**

ehemm … lol 😛 it’s all messed up

here’s the link  
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/htmltext.htm[/size]](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/htmltext.htm%5B/size%5D)
