# Smooth scroll dynamic text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 13, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321 "2004-03-13T01:18:34Z")
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### Author:  [@jdulberg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jdulberg)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321/1 "2004-03-13T01:18:34Z")
I have a textbox that dynamically loads from a txt file. I’m trying to have the text scroll on its own… kindof like movie credits. The problem that I’m running into is that it appears choppy when it scrolls line by line. How would I make it smooth scroll without any user interaction?
I’ve attached my existing file.
Any suggestions would be awesome!
Jason
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321/2 "2004-03-13T01:23:30Z")
i would say make a invisble button that scrolls down I.E. [http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling\_text/index.shtml](http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/scrolling_text/index.shtml) a big hit state for the down arrow, thats the non actionscrip way, and after the first frame hit F7 so the curror isnt changed over the entire movie
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321/3 "2004-03-13T01:48:07Z")
You cant achieve that “smooth” scroll using the textfield.scroll property.
You will have to convert the textfield into a movieclip and scroll the movieclip instead.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321/4 "2004-03-13T11:25:25Z")
I got an error when I tried opening your FLA file. But I found a smooth scroller here a few weeks ago: [http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Scripting/Scrolling/Really\_s-Patrick\_-3848/index.php](http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Scripting/Scrolling/Really_s-Patrick_-3848/index.php)
Which I then implemented here: [http://www.mannequin3d.com/test.cfm](http://www.mannequin3d.com/test.cfm) - Click on “On Site” or “About”. This uses dynamic text loaded from SQL.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/smooth-scroll-dynamic-text/45321/5 "2004-03-13T17:21:24Z")
hmm… corrupt zip? I re-uploaded the file. From the sounds of it, converting the loaded text into an MC is the only way to get it to smooth scroll. Most of the code that I’ve seen, you have to enter an X height in order for it to know where to loop so the MC appears to be endless. How would I get the X height of a dynamically loaded text file?
Thanks again 🙂
Jason