# Component question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/264294>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/264294 "2008-06-24T18:55:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![koolkrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@koolkrasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koolkrasher)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/264294/1 "2008-06-24T18:55:32Z")

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why does this throw me an error?

import fl.controls.\*;  
ta\_txt.backgroundColor = 0xff0000;

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**Author:** ![Iamthejuggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Iamthejuggler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iamthejuggler)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/264294/2 "2008-06-24T18:57:25Z")

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because ta\_txt doesn’t exist yet? If not then you’ll have to give some more info than that.

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**Author:** ![koolkrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@koolkrasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/koolkrasher)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/264294/3 "2008-06-24T21:43:50Z")

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ta\_txt is the instance name of my component on my stage