# Getting the Value Inside a Form Field

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-value-inside-a-form-field/236357>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-value-inside-a-form-field/236357 "2007-08-20T07:07:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![SGAction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@SGAction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SGAction)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-value-inside-a-form-field/236357/1 "2007-08-20T07:07:12Z")

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I have an input text field type and I want to grab the value in it.

In javascript you could do something like inputName.value - is there some equivalent in actionscript?

Thanks!