# \[F5\] Movie Clip Properties!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-movie-clip-properties/18008>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 12, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-movie-clip-properties/18008 "2003-04-12T00:15:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![karenai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@karenai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/karenai)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-movie-clip-properties/18008/1 "2003-04-12T00:15:37Z")

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I am about to go crazy trying to change the property of a movie clip. Could someone tell me why this doesn’t work:

movieheight = \_root.\_level1.project.\_height  
\_root.\_level1.mytext = movieheight

-movieheight is a variable in the movie which has been loaded into level1.  
-project is a movie clip (I made sure I named it properly).  
-mytext is a text box in the main timeline of the movie in level1. (I set the variable to mytext for this box too).

I have tried to use eval("\_root.\_level1.project.height"), but nothing works - the movie’s height never shows up in the text box. Debug \> List Variables tells me that movieheight is “undefined” If you know what’s wrong, please let me know.

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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:** [April 12, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/f5-movie-clip-properties/18008/2 "2003-04-12T01:04:10Z")

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ditch the \_root.