# Flash MX accessing dynamic text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-accessing-dynamic-text/21192
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 18, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-accessing-dynamic-text/21192 "2003-05-18T17:59:34Z")
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### Author:  [@charbar98](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charbar98)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-accessing-dynamic-text/21192/1 "2003-05-18T17:59:34Z")
I am trying to make a random number appear in a dynamic text box inside a movie clip and be able to change it from the main timeline. The code that I have looks something like this…
//here the instance name of the text box is inst and “write in textbox” is what I want to initially appear. I am trying to assign what is written in the textbox to variable y and z in the main timeline. Is that possible?
inst = “write in textbox”;
t2 = “testing variable dynamic text”
trace(t2);
y = movie1.name;
z = movie2.name;
trace(z);
trace(y);
:!:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-accessing-dynamic-text/21192/2 "2003-05-18T21:43:05Z")
1. It is \_name not just name.
2. If y and z are textboxes, then if their instance names are y and z then you use y.text and z.text, but if their var names are y and z then y and z should work fine.
3. I sure hope this is just part of the script because it in no way generates a random number 😉