# Actions outside movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actions-outside-movie-clip/209803>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actions-outside-movie-clip/209803 "2006-12-12T15:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![bl4ck1c3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@bl4ck1c3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bl4ck1c3)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actions-outside-movie-clip/209803/1 "2006-12-12T15:21:28Z")

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i’ve got a text box inside a movieclip and i want to add text to it but the actions are in a button outside the movie clip in the \_root of the movie

```auto
on (release) {
 textbox1= "test"
} 

```

how can i do it work ?