[TYPO3] inserting .html file in templavoila as a TypoScriptObject

[Tim H]

I have a problem i am trying to put some easily changeable content into a template.  i have been trying to insert content from an external html file using a TypoScriptObject in TemplaVoila, i am posting this because it isn't working.  below is the typoscript i am trying, at the end of the post is the xml section from templavoila.

lib.footerField = FILE
lib.footerField.file = fileadmin/footer.html

i have tested changing lib.footerField to a type HTML and i get an output at the right spot but i can't get the external html file to load.  any assistance would be appreciated. i would be happy to get a suggestion of an alternative method, but i am trying to get the element constant across the template and easily updateable.

Thanks in advance


-----------------  templavoila xml  -------------------
			<field_footer type="array">
			  	<tx_templavoila type="array">
				   	<title>Footer</title>
					   <description>Pick the footer Cell so user can edit it</description>
	   				<sample_data type="array">
		    				<numIndex index="0">[footer text goes here]</numIndex>
			   		</sample_data>
				   	<eType>TypoScriptObject</eType>
					   <tags>div</tags>
   					<eType_EXTRA type="array">
	    					<objPath>lib.footerField</objPath>
		   			</eType_EXTRA>
			   		<TypoScriptObjPath>lib.footerField</TypoScriptObjPath>
  				</tx_templavoila>
	  			<TCEforms type="array">
		   			<label>Footer</label>
			  	</TCEforms>
	 		</field_footer>