# Using Loadvars to load a boolean value from a text file

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**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-loadvars-to-load-a-boolean-value-from-a-text-file/193782 "2006-07-18T13:39:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-loadvars-to-load-a-boolean-value-from-a-text-file/193782/1 "2006-07-18T13:39:50Z")

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I’m quite new to actionscript so i hope i give enough info on this one.

I am trying to control the visibility of a movie clip using a boolean variable contained within a text file.

The mc i want to make invisible is in a swf which is loaded into a ‘master.swf’ using a MovieClipLoader object.

I have managed to get text to display across various boxes in my loaded (child) MC using a loadvars obeject defined in the masterMC and used by the childMC. I just cant seem to be able to get the value of my Boolean variable to go with the text variables and therefore control the visibilty of my MC.

**This is my code - (in the master movie):**

var myLV:LoadVars = new LoadVars();  
myLV.onLoad = function(success) {  
if (success) {  
\_level5.portfolio.loadedInfo.htmlText = myLV.info //this loads correctly  
\_level5.portfolio.workTitle.text = myLV.header //this loads correctly  
\_level5.portfolio.workMiniTitle.text = myLV.header //this loads correctly

**\_level5.webAddress = myLV.webLink //###this does not seem to load##**

} else {  
\_level5.portfolio.loadedInfo.text = “There has been an error loading the requested information. Please contact the web master to report this error.”;  
}

**This is the code that i think should load the webAddress variable into the child movie:**

function loadWork() {  
\_level0.myMCL.loadClip(“work/work.jpg”, this.portfolioMC);  
\_level0.myLV.load(“work/work.txt”, this.portfolio.loadedInfo); // the webLink variable locat

**trace (webAddress); //###this trace comes back as undefined**

if (webAddress = false){  
this.portfolio.webAddressMC.\_visible = false;  
}  
}

Any help on this would be great, as i have been scanning sites and forums for two days now!

Thanks