# Scrollbar question for pixel sensei
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941 "2002-04-13T16:18:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/1 "2002-04-13T16:18:47Z")
ok…renaissance could you explain what I need to do to get a scrollbar to work with text being loaded in. I tried using the code above in my own and it wouldn’t work. Could you please explain the settings I need to have in the properties box of the textbox and exactly what AS i need to use and where…also could you explain keeping in mind i want to use the scrollbar that comes with mx? I’d really appreciate it.
-vibe
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/2 "2002-04-13T16:22:56Z")
The scrollbar that comes with MX ??? There’s a tute here done by Kirupa. I think you should look at it.
pom 0]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/3 "2002-04-13T17:09:39Z")
the scrollbar is one of the easiest things in flash mx i am pretty rubbish at flash and that is one thing i can do
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/4 "2002-04-13T18:31:09Z")
no pom…i’ve already read kirupa’s tutorial…I want to know how to have the textbox populated with text from a .txt file and I can’t get it to work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/5 "2002-04-13T20:30:22Z")
Oups sorry… I think there’s post saying that it doesn’t work. I don’t know, I haven’t tried personally.
pom 0]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/6 "2002-04-14T01:53:12Z")
I can get it to load the .txt file but I can’t get the \*\*\*\*ed scrollbar to update its size of the scolling content after the variable has been loaded
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/7 "2002-04-16T15:02:50Z")
Here’s what I’d like to accomplish:
I want to have a text box in my .fla to be populated with text from a .txt file located on the same site…In other words if my fla is at [www.blahblah.com](http://www.blahblah.com) i want the main text box (my news) to be filled with text from [www.blahblah.com/news.txt](http://www.blahblah.com/news.txt) Is what i want to do feasable?
Dan, do you know how to do that?
p.s. My name is also dan, muahahahahahaha
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-question-for-pixel-sensei/1941/8 "2002-04-16T19:26:17Z")
What’s up vibe,
Ok, after trying Kirupa’s tutorial and unearthing my old scrolling text experiments, testing, coffee, more testing, more coffee, and finally repeatedly banging my head on the keyboard… I am unable to make the FlashMX scroller component work with a textbox containing loaded variables. I will play around with this more when I get home. Sorry, in the mean time, I can only offer you the old fashioned solution I listed previously.