# Getting variables from Dynamic text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-variables-from-dynamic-text/48526>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 14, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-variables-from-dynamic-text/48526 "2004-04-14T12:36:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhunki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mhunki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mhunki)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-variables-from-dynamic-text/48526/1 "2004-04-14T12:36:41Z")

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A simple input text field at the end of Scene1 then displays the user name in Scene2. How do i detect if they have filled the feild in or not, if they don’t I want the resulting text be different.

Any ideas?