# Dynamic Text problem \[Flash 8\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-flash-8/209754>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-flash-8/209754 "2006-12-12T04:49:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mathminded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mathminded](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mathminded)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-problem-flash-8/209754/1 "2006-12-12T04:49:20Z")

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I’m tearing my hair out hear and I think I’m missing something obvious. Would appreciate any help.

In the library I have a movieclip called topLabel (and exported to AS with the same name) and in that it has a dynamic textbox called mylabel\_txt. This movieclip has 1 frame and 3 layers. The dynamic textbox is on its own layer.

This is the AS at the root:

```auto
for(i=1;i<5;i++) {
 trace("attaching movie label"+i);
 attachMovie("topLabel","label"+i, _root.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:60+25*i, _y:75});
 
 trace("changing text on label"+i);
 this["label"+i].mylabel_txt.text = "this is label"+i;
 trace(this["label"+i].mylabel_txt.text);
}

```

I also added this in the topLabel movieclip for testing purposes.

```auto
trace("Creating instance of movie.");

```

Nothing appears in the dynamic text boxes. Here is the output I receive in the debugger:

> attaching movie label1  
> changing text on label1  
> this is label1  
> attaching movie label2  
> changing text on label2  
> this is label2  
> attaching movie label3  
> changing text on label3  
> this is label3  
> attaching movie label4  
> changing text on label4  
> this is label4  
> Creating instance of movie.  
> Creating instance of movie.  
> Creating instance of movie.  
> Creating instance of movie.

When I see that it makes sense that nothing is appearing in the textbox because the text is set before the instance is put on the stage (if I’m interpreting that correctly).

This seems so incredibly simply! What am I missing here???

Thanks,  
Mathminded