# Scrollbar using .txt file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856 "2002-05-09T16:49:45Z")\
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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:** [May 9, 2002, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/1 "2002-05-09T16:49:45Z")

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Hi everyone 🙂

Well, I’m trying to set up an easily updatable .swf that has a scrollbar with a substantial amount of text and I’d like to avoid having to update the .fla every day. Any tips? Good tutorials? Anything!

Thanks in advance.

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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:** [May 9, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/2 "2002-05-09T17:06:04Z")

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Oops, never mind, I found the answer in a thread below, thanks anyways!

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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:** [May 9, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/3 "2002-05-09T18:03:31Z")

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ok, got it!

Now I’d like to make the background of the text file something besides white…is this possible?

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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:** [May 9, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/4 "2002-05-09T22:12:14Z")

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put something that’s not white on a layer below the text, and deselect the ‘show border…’ checkbox.  
🙂  
jeremy

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/5 "2002-05-10T06:24:23Z")

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myText.background=true;  
myText.backgroundColor = 0xFFFF00; //or other hex code here

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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:** [May 10, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/6 "2002-05-10T13:47:16Z")

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Thanks guys!

I dig this place 🙂

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-using-txt-file/1856/7 "2002-05-10T13:50:10Z")

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