# Access MovieClip objects

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-objects/77644>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 28, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-objects/77644 "2005-01-28T19:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sim085](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Sim085](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sim085)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-objects/77644/1 "2005-01-28T19:42:47Z")

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Hi,

I have a mive clip and in it I have a dynamic TextBox. Now I need to change the text of this TextBox from a button outside the movie clip. I tought I could do this something like this:

```auto

on(click){
   trace("Hello, World");
   myMovie.txtTextArea.text = "Hello, World";
}

```

the trace tag I did appears correctly, however the text in the movue clip does not appear. Not that ‘MyMovie’ is the instance name i gave to the movie clip. I tried giving the real name but still did not work!

does anyone know how this can be done?