# Want to password protect using an external text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-to-password-protect-using-an-external-text-file/216344>\
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**Created:** [February 15, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-to-password-protect-using-an-external-text-file/216344 "2007-02-15T18:02:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/want-to-password-protect-using-an-external-text-file/216344/1 "2007-02-15T18:02:21Z")

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hiya people  
what i want to do is protect a section of a website using a password, but i want the password to be easily changed by the client. so i was looking for a way to get the flash to take the password as a variable from an external .txt file. i came across this:  
[http://www.myflashresource.com/flash-tutorials/password-protection-loading-external-text](http://www.myflashresource.com/flash-tutorials/password-protection-loading-external-text)  
tutorial, which looked perfect… but i can’t make it work! have followed the instructions to the letter and then followed the instructions in some of the comments, but no luck. it always says i have put the wrong password in. does anyone know of another similar tutorial, or can someone tell me where i might be going wrong with this one?! thanks!!  
emma.