# Dymanic text print command

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dymanic-text-print-command/14189>\
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**Created:** [February 23, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dymanic-text-print-command/14189 "2003-02-23T03:02:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eyeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Eyeball](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Eyeball)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dymanic-text-print-command/14189/1 "2003-02-23T03:02:27Z")

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how do i print a dynamic text. i.e I have a main.swf movie that loads external.swf within external.swf there is a text box with a scroll bar and i need to add a print command that prints only that text field

the code that i added to a buttons looks something like this

on (release) {  
printNum(0, “bmovie”);  
}

but it prints all pages aND I NEED ONLY THAT TEXT AREA.

THANX

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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:** [February 23, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dymanic-text-print-command/14189/2 "2003-02-23T03:46:06Z")

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hm… i dont think thats really possible… except if you probably draw a box as big as the stage using the drawing API, and then create a text field with createTextField() that will contain whatever’s stored in the variable… dunno, not a really good way but it works, and i cant think of another…

or… simply have a new frame with the text box only… would that 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:** [February 23, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dymanic-text-print-command/14189/3 "2003-02-23T04:17:30Z")

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nope it didn’t work