# Scrollable text from outside source
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 23, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205 "2003-02-23T09:44:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@zargmatt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zargmatt)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/1 "2003-02-23T09:44:22Z")
i recently read thru the basic scrollable text tutorial, but i’ve hit a bit of a snag: the scrollable text tutorial only shows how to use text typed into the variable of the action scripting box. What I need is to take text from a .txt file and make it scrollable. I know how to scroll text and I know how to load external .txt files into flash, but I need help combining these two. I’m not too good at scripting so I might need a little more than just suggestions. Like, say, instructions?
thanks guys.
~(M)att
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/2 "2003-02-23T10:08:44Z")
Howdy… Try this then… =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/3 "2003-02-24T10:18:34Z")
awesome, cyanblue.
this.loadVariables("", 0); command is what I needed. thanks a whole lot. I’ll be back with more questions when i run into problems.
btw, do you know any good flash 5 books that deal with website actionscripting?
~(M)att
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/4 "2003-02-24T10:37:07Z")
I think this.loadVariables("", 0); should be
this.loadVariables("");
That file has been created long long time ago when I was bad at ActionScript, so just look it up and see what you can use out of it…
Book… I don’t know… I don’t have anything right now, but usually Friends of Ed’s books are good for basics…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/5 "2003-02-24T11:41:03Z")
what does the ("", 0); do and why does it not need to be there?
Friends of Ed’s, huh? i’ll check em out at barnes. so far i’ve read thru lynda weinman’s Flash 5 Hands On Training, which was excellent for teaching flash 5 from scratch.
again, thanks for all the help.
~(M)att
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/6 "2003-02-24T11:51:06Z")
That 0 part look like the one that I didn’t erase… I thin I was using loadVariablesNum within that line before and was loading into the level 0 or something and forgot to get rid of it after I decided to use loadVariables function…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/7 "2003-02-25T10:32:20Z")
i see. thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollable-text-from-outside-source/14205/8 "2003-02-25T10:45:33Z")
No problem… =)