# Special characters in dinamically loaded txt file
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 13, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144 "2003-06-13T15:08:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/1 "2003-06-13T15:08:25Z")
Im having trouble trying to display special characters such as : “á, ç, ó, é, õ” in a external txt file loaded dynamically inside a text box. Ive eneabled html but it still wont work. Wat am i doing wrong?
:sigh:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/2 "2003-06-13T15:13:55Z")
I have a problem loading dynamical text too.
For some reason, only some of the text that i,ve loaoded appears in the text box.
If it makes a difference, i have a scrollbar in the textbox to view the text.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/3 "2003-06-13T15:16:13Z")
Yea i get dat problem when i try to display special characters. They just dont appear in the text box.
arghhh!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/4 "2003-06-13T15:26:44Z")
worm: make sure that you are not using the ‘&’ ampersand symbol. It tells the Flash file to stop reading. If you must use it, use the following:
```php
&
```
claudio: do a search on the forums for ‘dynamically loading special characters’ There should be a zillion posts…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/5 "2003-06-13T15:29:11Z")
I did search the forum, but couldnt find exactly wut i wanted… thx guys, ill try dat Majeye
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/6 "2003-06-13T15:32:41Z")
thanks majeye, ur the best. turns out it was the ampersand symbol.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/7 "2003-06-13T15:33:05Z")
Still not working…
Im trying to display “São Paulo” in the text box… any one can help me?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/8 "2003-06-13T15:47:36Z")
heres a useful link 4 you
[click here](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url_encoding.htm)
hope this helps
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/9 "2003-06-13T15:48:23Z")
hey worm, can u help me, i couldnt get my file working
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/10 "2003-06-13T15:52:23Z")
i learnt to load dynamic text from a tutorial on this site. jus run a quick search on it. It helped me tonnes
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/11 "2003-06-13T16:25:06Z")
one more prob, the & command is not working. is that the specific tag. please be specific cuz im pulling my hairs
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/12 "2003-06-13T16:27:30Z")
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary723.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary723.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/13 "2003-06-13T19:44:54Z")
thats not supposed to help me is it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/14 "2003-06-13T19:50:16Z")
“please be specific cuz im pulling my hairs”
same to you, what’s your code, what’s in your text etc…? 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/15 "2003-06-13T20:13:52Z")
> \*Originally posted by worm \*
> \*\*thats not supposed to help me is it? \*\*
Yes it is supposed to help you.[AS]System.useCodepage = true;[/AS] allows you to use accented characters.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/16 "2003-06-13T21:56:56Z")
okay, heres the next thing, i also want to dynamically load jpegs into my movies but that wont work either.
\
onClipEvent (load) {
loadMovie(“architecturaldrawing.jpg”, “container”);
}
\
what else do i need?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/17 "2003-06-13T22:06:36Z")
It must be a non-progressive .jpg image.
Usually the option for progressive or not comes up while saving as a .jpg format.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/18 "2003-06-13T22:15:45Z")
still doesnt work. i saved it as baseline (using adobe photoshop)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/19 "2003-06-13T22:36:22Z")
oh, got it to work. heres the code i used
\
\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1);
container.loadMovie(“drawing2.jpg”);
container.\_x = container.\_y = 50 ;
\_root.onMouseDown = function () {
startDrag (“container”,false) ;
}
\_root.onMouseUp = function () {
stopDrag () ;
}
\
one last thing b4 i pester u guys to death, is there a way to resize the image.
thanx 4 the help
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-in-dinamically-loaded-txt-file/23144/20 "2003-06-13T22:53:17Z")
[AS]\_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1);
container.loadMovie(“drawing2.jpg”);
container.\_x = container.\_y = 50 ;
\_root.onMouseDown = function () {
startDrag (“container”,false) ;
}
\_root.onMouseUp = function () {
stopDrag () ;
}
\_root.container.onEnterFrame = function(){
if (this.\_width \> 0){
this.\_width = 100;
this.\_height = 200;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}[/AS]
You can only manipulate a loaded item once it is fully loaded. In the case of dynamically loading a .jpg you can easily check if it is fully loaded by checking the width of the clip that holds it. If the width of the clip is greater than 0 then something must be loaded in it right? Well thats when we can do something.
We then set the \_width and \_height properties (this sizes by exact pixels, you can use \_xscale and \_yscale to resize by percentage) and then we delete the onEnterFrame because we don’t need to run it anymore for this.
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