# Textfield question

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-question/188602
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 9, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-question/188602 "2006-05-09T10:44:02Z")
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### Author: ![Ric373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Ric373](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ric373)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-question/188602/1 "2006-05-09T10:44:02Z")

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hi everyone,

I want to load an external txt file in flash. Is there a way for adjusting the length of the textfield in Flash to the length of the text in the txt file?

Also, when I change the txt file, I want to automatically update the swf (also, the length of the textfield).

thanks