# \[FMX\] Textbox's counting up?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682 "2004-09-28T18:37:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@flashy22](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashy22)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/1 "2004-09-28T18:37:31Z")
Hey all,
ok lets first start with my settings:
i have a dynamic text box with the var: counter, instance: c2
i have a MC on the screen with the code
```auto
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
_root.counter ++;
}
```
i want to put some coding on the frame they are on to say, when the text box counter reaches 200, gotoAndStop(2);
but i was puzzled as to how,
thanks alot,
Ben (flashy22)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/2 "2004-09-28T19:20:19Z")
if(counter=200){
gotoAndStop(2)
};
Something like that?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/3 "2004-09-28T23:28:16Z")
No sorry that didnt work,
any other ideas?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/4 "2004-09-29T01:16:18Z")
What exactly are you trying to do here?
Post your fla
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/5 "2004-09-29T03:54:08Z")
> [@GreenLantern](#):
>
> What exactly are you trying to do here?
>
> Post your fla
Ok.
here is the .fla,
as you can see, the MC has the counting up for the dynamic text (code in earlier post) i want the movie to stop on the next frame when the counter reaches 200
the reason i am doing this is i am making a game, and if what im trying to do above is possible, then it would make this game a whole lot quicker to make!
hope someone can help,
Thanks alot,
Ben (flashy22)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-textboxs-counting-up/65682/6 "2004-09-29T11:45:55Z")
ok, here you go. Keep in mind this is a very crude example. In the real world you should avoid the use of \_root.