How do I get the text that has been created to load into the Scroll Pane
component. I had someone already help me with the creation of the Scroll Pane,
but how do I get that text to load into that Scroll Pane. thanks

Try this. There may be a simpler way but I don't really use the scrollpane so I
don't what it is. Create a movie clip that is completely empty and set it to
export for action script with some linkage ID (say, for example,
'mytextbackground'). This is the part I don't know a way around. The scrollpane
seems to need something loaded into it so that it can create its internal
structure. my_format = new TextFormat(); my_format.font = 'Arial';//or
whatever my_format.size = 10;//or whatever size you want //and whatever else
you want to set up in the format pane_x = 50;//or wherever you want it pane_y =
100;//or wherever you want it
this.attachMovie('ScrollPane','mypane',1,{_x:pane_x,_y:pane_y);
mypane.contentPath = 'mytextbackground';//just load something into the pane -
there may be a workaround mypane.setStyle('borderStyle','none');//in case you
don't want the border if scroll is not required mypane.setSize(100,60);//or
whatever size you want text_i_want_in_pane = 'now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of their country'; text_metrics =
my_format.getTextExtent(text_i_want_in_pane,90);//I am guessing at this but
needs to allow for scrollbar //I just made it ten less than the width of the
pane but it is just a guess - I don't know how wide the scroll bar really is x
= 10;//some number to pad the text on the bottom (look up getTextExtent in the
help file)
mypane.spContentHolder.createTextField('mytext',1,0,0,90,text_metrics.textFieldH
eight +x);//wraps at 90 pixels mypane.spContentHolder.mytext.wordWrap = true;
mypane.spContentHolder.mytext.setNewTextFormat(my_format);
mypane.spContentHolder.mytext = text_i_want_in_pane; mypane.redraw(true); All
this is written for MX 2004 so, if it is for MX, it will have to be redone
slightly. I can't test that script but it looks pretty close.

spContentHolder is the instance name of the movie clip displayed in the MX 2004
scrollpane. Doesn't matter what you load into it or attach to it - its instance
name is spContentHolder. This is the clip that is masked and scrolled by the
scrollpane.

OK, Everything works, except for one thing. The example you gave does not take
into account that I am loading text from an external .txt file. In fact I have
multiple files. This is my problems. The size of the text field will be
different for each file I load into it. How do I get the height of the text
files so the text field changes dynamically? Thanks

After the file is loaded, you should be able to use the getTextExtend to
calculate the textfield height and use that when the text field is created.
That script I showed does that. If it is not working, are you sure the text has
actually been loaded before you create the text field? You need to use the
getTextExtent for each text field and calculate a height for each one against
the text format object you create.