# Dynamic text is not shown inside a mask \> how to overcome this problem?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-is-not-shown-inside-a-mask-how-to-overcome-this-problem/270575>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-is-not-shown-inside-a-mask-how-to-overcome-this-problem/270575 "2008-09-11T04:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![multimediamkt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@multimediamkt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/multimediamkt)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-is-not-shown-inside-a-mask-how-to-overcome-this-problem/270575/1 "2008-09-11T04:36:01Z")

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a movie clip loads onto another mc , inside a masked area ;  
this 1st movie clip has a pre loader whose loaded percentage dynamic text field is not shown when loading (as it is inside a mask) ;

does anyone know how to overcome this problem and make the dynamic txt to be shown ?

Thanks