# CreateTextField not showing - HELP!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-not-showing-help/254155>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-not-showing-help/254155 "2008-03-08T19:55:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/createtextfield-not-showing-help/254155/1 "2008-03-08T19:55:25Z")

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Hello,  
I’m creating a series of movie clips that are attached from the library.

After the movie clip is attached, I want to create some text on that movie clip. When I try this, I can’t see any of the text that is created

When I print the movie clip contents it shows that the the mytext textfield exists:

j:mytext : \_level0.mc\_scroll\_group.masked\_movie.scrollpage.show\_db\_list.mc\_show\_plate.mytext  
j:mc\_image\_loader : \_level0.mc\_scroll\_group.masked\_movie.scrollpage.show\_db\_list.mc\_show\_plate.mc\_image\_loader  
j:instance3 : \_level0.mc\_scroll\_group.masked\_movie.scrollpage.show\_db\_list.mc\_show\_plate.instance3

Here’s the code I’m trying:

```auto

_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.attachMovie('show_db_list', 'show_db_list', 1, {_x:4, _y:4} ); 

//==== build test fields ======================================
_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.createTextField("mytext",10,0,0,300,300);
_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.mytext.multiline = true;
_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.mytext.wordWrap = true;
_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.mytext.border = true;

myformat = new TextFormat();
myformat.size = 14; 

_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.mytext.setTextFormat(myformat);
_root.mc_scroll_group.masked_movie.scrollpage.show_db_list.mc_show_plate.mytext.text = "this is some test text";
//=============================================================

```

Any help is desperately needed!