# Text field

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field/101109>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 6, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field/101109 "2004-02-06T00:01:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Fusion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Fusion)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field/101109/1 "2004-02-06T00:01:40Z")

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ok, little problem…what I want to do is to have a scrollable text box automatically load text from an outside .txt file. I read up on a tutorial about something similar, but it involved a stationary textbox and a couple of buttons. The way I have it set up, the text box comes up only on a certain section of the site. I figured if i could get it to load a .txt file, it would make updating news and whatnot a lot faster.

Anyway, if anybody can help out, or point me to a tutorial/thread that will, I’d be thankful.

Thanks,  
~Fuzzy~