# 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/328732>\
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**Created:** [June 11, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-stage-variable-inside-a-text-box-thats-in-a-movieclip/328732 "2012-06-11T12:30:22Z")\
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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 11, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-stage-variable-inside-a-text-box-thats-in-a-movieclip/328732/1 "2012-06-11T12:30:22Z")

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Srry for double post, but i need urgent help with this 😕

I am trying to access an variable that’s in the stage from inside a MovieClip, and i’m trying to do that with this :

```auto
estadia.text = ""+**MovieClip(this.parent).**XMLData.LANGUAGE.Frase[1];

```

But i can’t make it work. Do you know how to access a variable in the stage from a movieclip?