Issues loading .txt files from server...

Question

Hi.
I have an issue with a script I created that loads text strings from a file on my server.
The swf file loads a message from a .txt file, displays it in an animation when the animation finishes it loops back to the start and loads the next message and displays it in the animation.
All works fine. However the script reads the text file from the server on every loop ( 3 seconds ) This will be hard on my server so... Is there a way to read the text file once only and then loop through the eight statements?
Thanks. Z
Actionscript 2. Flash CS3. Flash Player 10.
quotes.txt - text file containing eight quotes
quote_txt - Dynamic field within animation
ranQuote = new LoadVars();
ranQuote.onLoad = function(success) {
    if (success) {
        RanNum = RanNum+1;
        if (RanNum>=9) {
            RanNum = 1;
            ran = this["quote"+(RanNum)];
            quote_txt.text = ran;
        } else {
            ran = this["quote"+RanNum];
            quote_txt.text = ran;
    } else {
        quote_txt.text = "Display if can't load txt file";
ranQuote.load("quotes.txt");

Answer 1

Unless I'm missing something, each time you load the file you are loading the entire file.  So you should have all of what's in it stored.  Your load function appears to just be picking out one of them out randomly after they're all loaded.
I assumed wrongly that this isn't all the code you have and other loading code is what you are trying to inhibit.
What you probably want to do is take most of your onLoad code and place it into a function.  What you have that is pulling up the quotes should utilize that function.  You shouldn't be using that loading code each time some button or whatever loop cycles.