getting and displaying text from external file

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get and display text from an external file without being bounded by the number of characters limit?

Currently, I can only display a little part of the text.
:(

You can always create a scroll bar that will move the text down. Here's a tutorial on how to make one:

http://www.wildform.com/tutorials/flash5_scroll/

Hope this helps.

-scott
http://www.scottmanning.com

try to select, in the text options palette dynamic text / multiline...

are you getting texts from a DB?
if yes, plaese tell me about that.

bye

Thanks guys, I have found the problem. The problem is, flash textscroll detect the "&" character as a terminator which it will cause the text following after that character to be truncated.


Does anyone knows of anyway to get over it? I need the "&" as part of the text.



--> Mike
I'm pulling my text directly from a text file.

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Originally posted by xanthus
Thanks guys, I have found the problem. The problem is, flash textscroll detect the "&" character as a terminator which it will cause the text following after that character to be truncated.


Does anyone knows of anyway to get over it? I need the "&" as part of the text.



--> Mike
I'm pulling my text directly from a text file.

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Yes. Use

Code:

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%26

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More codes can be found at:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...l_encoding.htm

-scott
http://www.scottmanning.com

Thanks nocrapchurch!

The hex code works but flash still did not detect certain character correctly.
For example:
"the ISP will" is displayed as
"the IS"
"P will"

Seems like flash detect the capital P as the <P> tag.
I'm using flash5 so i wonder does anybody else have the same problem.