# Dynamic Text In MovieClips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-movieclips/305623>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 28, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-movieclips/305623 "2010-02-28T22:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danny0123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Danny0123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danny0123)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-in-movieclips/305623/1 "2010-02-28T22:56:14Z")

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I have a dynamic text box in a movieclip called ScoreText. On the root timeline I have a variable called “Scorevar”. I used “ScoreMC.ScoreText.text = Scorevar;” to display the score, however it won’t change. It just stays at zero.

Help?