# Using loaded external text to control movie clips/timeline?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-loaded-external-text-to-control-movie-clips-timeline/196501>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 8, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-loaded-external-text-to-control-movie-clips-timeline/196501 "2006-08-08T22:02:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![macgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@macgirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macgirl)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-loaded-external-text-to-control-movie-clips-timeline/196501/1 "2006-08-08T22:02:39Z")

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Hi everyone! I’ve been away from Flash for a while and I’ve gotten pretty rusty (not to suggest I was very good before, but… :dog:

I use an externally loaded text file that loads into a movie for simplicity’s sake for my client. I know how to make regular links that point to other websites using \<a href=" "\>, but I don’t know how to point to a particular place in the timeline of my movie. For example, this external text file loads into Frame 10. By clicking a link from the text file, I want the movie to go to Frame 5 on the same timeline. I need to be able to have multiple links that point to various points on the timeline.

I tried searching and found some people suggesting “asfunction,” but it wasn’t helping me (or it went right over my head! :\*( ).

I hope my question makes sense – I appreciate any input!