# Component question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968 "2004-09-01T23:46:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brandon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brandon)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/1 "2004-09-01T23:46:30Z")

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okay i need to change the text in a movieclip on a scroll plane.  
\_root.something.text = “this”  
what do i put to get up to the text. Like the movieclip name or what?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/2 "2004-09-01T23:51:31Z")

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rt click go edit in place.

have a peek yaself.

when you find the textfield u want, make a note of the path…  
and dont forget to give the actual component an instance name 😉

Prophet.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/3 "2004-09-02T00:02:49Z")

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ya i dont see what you mean becuase you cant see the text field in the plane it loads it afterward, so whats the path

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/4 "2004-09-02T00:04:46Z")

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wel have a look at the AS inside then… when u spot something like _createTextField()_ work it out from there

Prophet.

EDIT:- if you can set the text in the properties panel then just take a peek at the component definition (rt click on the library item) and set the variable that has a name of _text_ or whatever to the text yu want

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/5 "2004-09-02T00:06:28Z")

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or and example of a scroll plane with text loaded from the first frame.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/6 "2004-09-02T00:13:32Z")

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nvm im an idiot, thanks for the help though i got it to work

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-question/62968/7 "2004-09-02T17:52:38Z")

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kk

Prophet.