# .txt file question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663 "2003-12-12T01:49:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@gcnmarcus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gcnmarcus)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663/1 "2003-12-12T01:49:26Z")
Hello,
I have tried several methods in the past to bring up text into flash at various degrees. So far, I have had to have some variable attached with the text in the .txt file before it could be read by the flash file.
This time, I need a way I can assign the whole text file to be retrieved regardless of naming it. What I am doing is generating a track .txt file which reports songs being played with usually the artist and title. Everytime it updates it saves over itself so I don’t have the opportunity to assign a variable with the text.
Is there a way to achieve this in Flash without needing to assign a variable to the text before it is brought into flash?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663/2 "2003-12-12T22:51:32Z")
hmm no not really, not unless you use a server side script
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663/3 "2003-12-12T22:55:49Z")
```auto
myLV = new LoadVars ();
myLV.onLoad = function (success)
{
if ( success )
trace( unescape( this ) );
else
trace( "Failed" );
}
myLV.load("myTextfile.txt");
```
That should do it 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663/4 "2003-12-12T23:10:20Z")
Thanks for the response. I will try that and let you know what happens. I will be testing this probably this weekend. It is 8am now and I probably won’t work on it in depth til Sunday.
However, I have about 3 hours before I have to leave so I will see if I can get it to at least read it.
in:
myLV = new LoadVars ();
Do I put a variable in the () like:
myLV = new LoadVars (trackinfo);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/txt-file-question/96663/5 "2003-12-12T23:22:14Z")
Ok, It is properly retrieving info from the net or local drive but how can I use this to become part of a variable, don’t I need something like “newtext = trackinfo”