Loading Text into SWF

Hello Everyone,
I wonder if anyone could help?
I have a SWF with multiple dynamic text fields. I want to
load in the contents of ONE text file into the five or so fields at
the touch of a button. Can anyone advise on how to set up a XML or
TXT file and the Action Script to allow this to happen?
Any advice or pointers in the right direction would be
greatly appreciated.
Darren.

Couple of quick questions... For the Textfields:
a)Do you have the textfields already on stage (in other words
your "5 or so" comment in your first post is fixed to the number of
textfields you put on stage). If so, what the names of the
textfields and in what scope (e.g. main timeline or inside a clip
called "textHolder" etc.
b)Or do you want them created dynamically by code? If they
are to be created dynamically by code, are they to be placed in
fixed (scattered) locations or is there a pattern - e.g. are evenly
spaced? If the positions are fixed and do not fall into pattern...
then what are they (in sequence) or if they are in a layout pattern
please describe it.

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