# How can I access elements on the stage from external classes?

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**Created:** [November 19, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-access-elements-on-the-stage-from-external-classes/300326 "2009-11-19T08:37:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-access-elements-on-the-stage-from-external-classes/300326/1 "2009-11-19T08:37:19Z")

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I have an external class in a .as file, my problem is that I can’t access text box elements on the stage. Code like stage.txtfield.text or this.parent.txtfield.text does not work. The txtfield is the instace name of a Dynamic Text field.