# Accessing dynamic text in a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-dynamic-text-in-a-movieclip/123009>\
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**Created:** [September 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-dynamic-text-in-a-movieclip/123009 "2004-09-19T12:15:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-dynamic-text-in-a-movieclip/123009/1 "2004-09-19T12:15:39Z")

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I have a movieclip of instance name “menuBtn”. And within the movieclip itself, I have a dynamic text on it named “btnName”.

How do I access the dynamic text in the main timeline?

I tried menuBtn.btnName.Text = “something” and it doesn’t work.  
btnName.Text = “something” doesn’t work either.

So, can someone tell me the correct way to access it?