# Dynamic textfield problem, can someone help?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-problem-can-someone-help/233975>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 29, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-problem-can-someone-help/233975 "2007-07-29T00:11:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![zwemg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bc79bd/32.png) [@zwemg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zwemg)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-textfield-problem-can-someone-help/233975/1 "2007-07-29T00:11:39Z")

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Hi all,

I have a movie clip instance on the stage called textContainer\_mc.

On frame 25 in this mc I have a dynamic text field with an instance name of infoText\_txt.

Im trying to access the text field via my actions frame on the root timeline like this;

```auto
textContainer_mc.infoText_txt.text="welcome";

```

The problem is if I put the text field on frame 1 of the textContainer\_mc the text field shows but if its on frame 25 it doesnt.

I need it on frame 25 because I want the text to show up after an animation has played.In other words I want the textfield to stall from showing until the animation inside textContainer\_mc has finished playing which takes 25frames.

Can anyone help with this problem?

Thanks