# Help with createTextField

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-createtextfield/179892
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 23, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-createtextfield/179892 "2006-02-23T20:40:20Z")
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### Author: ![Terry\_elekes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Terry\_elekes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Terry_elekes)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-createtextfield/179892/1 "2006-02-23T20:40:20Z")

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Trying to learn actionscript and I do not understand why I can not make the text width and height bigger but I can make it smaller. Here is the code I am using

this.createEmptyMovieClip(“myText\_mc”, 0);  
myText\_mc.createTextField(“word\_txt”,0,20,100,100,100);  
myText\_mc.word\_txt.text = " Hi Britni";  
myText\_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {  
this.\_x += 5;  
};