# Text from external .txt wont show in browser

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594>\
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**Created:** [February 15, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594 "2003-02-15T03:55:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![pithcell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@pithcell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pithcell)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/1 "2003-02-15T03:55:28Z")

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i am loading a .txt file into a dynamically loaded text box.  
Now when i test the movie, the text shows up and the text loads, and it can be scrolled, but when i upload those file to my host, and load the page, the text doesnt show up but the rest of page dies (the up and down arrows and the title which is in another text box)!!! how can this be?

you can check out the problem at  
[http://jacquelinehumphries.net/welcome/welcome.html](http://jacquelinehumphries.net/welcome/welcome.html) --\> rollover TALKS and click on UTE RIESE

hope someone can help me out  
thanks  
Pithc

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/2 "2003-02-15T04:18:17Z")

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have you tried with the absolute path to the text file ??  
[http://jacquelinehumphries.net/text.txt](http://jacquelinehumphries.net/text.txt) or whatever the path is 🙂

about the scrollers not working and the title … i have no idea  
i’d need to see the file. attach the fla or post the code [size=1]preferably the fla ;)[/size]

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/3 "2003-02-15T04:34:40Z")

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hey kax, here are the goods  
the fla and text file  
cheers  
P

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/4 "2003-02-15T05:11:25Z")

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ok … i’ve been messing around with your file and everything seems to be fine … ?? :-\

you can see it [here](http://members.lycos.co.uk/kaxs/ute.html)  
i’m confused :crazy: i don’t know what’s going on here :sleep:

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/5 "2003-02-15T05:23:34Z")

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thanks for checkin it out, its weird its not working for me but it is when you upload…you are imbedding the ute swf in an html file while i am not, is that problem??..it shouldntbe cause i did the same thing for the bio section ([http://www.jacquelinehumphries.net/welcome/welcome.html](http://www.jacquelinehumphries.net/welcome/welcome.html) --\> click on BIO) and it loads fine…i have no idea whats going on…thanks for the persistence

cheers  
P

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/6 "2003-02-15T05:36:26Z")

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sorry … ☹

maybe anyone else has some ideas about this ?? 👁

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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:** [February 15, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-from-external-txt-wont-show-in-browser/13594/7 "2003-02-15T17:48:03Z")

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try to save your html file in the same folder with your other swf and ute.html files, it worked for me.