# \[AS2\] - Appending to dynamic text field

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-appending-to-dynamic-text-field/297851>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-appending-to-dynamic-text-field/297851 "2009-10-09T08:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![batdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@batdan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/batdan)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-appending-to-dynamic-text-field/297851/1 "2009-10-09T08:25:26Z")

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It appears appendText() is usable only in AS3 which is unfortunate because I am working in AS2. In my animation, I have drawn a QWERTY keyboard with buttons and I’d like the user to click through these buttons to write a message. Is it possible to accomplish this with a dynamic text field in AS?

Might there be some method to read the contents of a textbox into a variable and then add the next clicked letter to it and rewrite it to the textbox or any other way this might be possible?

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"myTestBox.text += " works just fine…can’t believe I didn’t try that until now.