# Access a stage variable inside a text box that's in a MovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-stage-variable-inside-a-text-box-thats-in-a-movieclip/328695>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 7, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-stage-variable-inside-a-text-box-thats-in-a-movieclip/328695 "2012-06-07T12:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![MFRS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@MFRS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MFRS)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-stage-variable-inside-a-text-box-thats-in-a-movieclip/328695/1 "2012-06-07T12:00:00Z")

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I have a var in the stage called Salary, and i want to access it from a movieClip, so i used:

```auto
saldoAluno.text =MovieClip(this.root).Salary ;

```

But it can’t find the variable. Any ideas?