# Wait until external data loads
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 10, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831 "2004-09-10T10:58:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fightalone](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fightalone)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831/1 "2004-09-10T10:58:44Z")
ok… this my prob:
i’ve got a function which loads data from an external .txt (an interger value)… this basically works fine… BUT… the problem is that the script doesnt wait for
```
_global.iPicNumber = 0;
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load(_global.sPicPath + 'PicNr.txt');
**loadText.onLoad = function()**
{
_global.iPicNumber = this.iNumber;
trace("COUNT 01" + _global.iPicNumber);
};
trace("COUNT 02" + _global.iPicNumber);
```
to sucess… the whole script is done before \_global.iPicNumber is set;
the output: COUNT 02 = 0;
COUNT 01= 18; //this is what it should be
the script simply doesnt wait until loadText.onLoad = function() is execurted… and this is a problem…
i need to tell the script to wait until \_global.iPicNumber is set…
any ideas how to solve this problem…??
thx in advance
yours sincerly
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831/2 "2004-09-10T13:00:04Z")
Do you mean something like this?:
```auto
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load(_global.sPicPath + 'PicNr.txt');
loadText.onLoad = function(success)
{
if (success) {
trace("COUNT 01" + this.iNumber);
executeRest(this.iNumber);
}
};
executeRest = function(aNumber){
trace("COUNT 02" + aNumber);
}
```
this way you just include the rest of your actions in a (or several) function
tha’s only called if vars are loaded.
SHO
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831/3 "2004-09-10T16:21:59Z")
thx…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wait-until-external-data-loads/63831/4 "2004-09-10T16:38:00Z")
Any time