# Accessing Stage Instances from .as File linked to a movieclip (AS3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 28, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-stage-instances-from-as-file-linked-to-a-movieclip-as3/313404 "2010-08-28T22:44:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddrjm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@ddrjm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ddrjm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-stage-instances-from-as-file-linked-to-a-movieclip-as3/313404/1 "2010-08-28T22:44:25Z")
Hey there, first post šŸ˜ƒ iā€™ve been all afternoon trying to figure out a solution to my problem, and I canā€™t seem to find it, or cannot implement it. Let me lay it out for you: [LIST][_]I have an actionscript file linked to a movieclip. (movieclip:skate class linked: generic\_skate). [_]I have it set up that way so I can create an array of skates easily (iā€™m using a for loop to create them), and each skate has its own attributes (name, description, price and the image that is supposed to go on the deck) [_]In the stage, i have three text boxes, one for the price, other for the name, and another one for the description. [_]In the generic\_skate class, Iā€™m handling all the mouse events (in this case mouseOver and mouseOut. [/LIST] What i want to accomplish is: when the user hovers over a skate, the info shows up in the text fields and when he hovers out, the info goes away. **My problem:** Since Iā€™m doing all the mouse interaction in the class file, my guess is that I have to access the stage to get to the text boxes that are placed there to change its info or somehow create a ā€œmiddleā€ man to do all the handlingā€¦ Could someone please tell me how do I access the text objects on the stage from the class to update them? best regards. \*\*EDIT:\*\*I do not have a document class.