# kirupa.com - Displaying Data in a Text Field

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-displaying-data-in-a-text-field/354592
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-displaying-data-in-a-text-field/354592 "2014-11-23T22:28:51Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-displaying-data-in-a-text-field/354592/1 "2014-11-23T22:28:52Z")

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For most Web development applications, with the exception of WYSIWYG editors, learning how to program code becomes a major part of the learning curve. Flash, on the other hand, requires no knowledge of programming beyond a few simple commands to create great animations. Yet, there are always those techniques that simply cannot be done without using programming. The following example uses variables and very little programming:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/displayingtextfield.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/displayingtextfield.htm)