# \[MX\] Masking attached movie clips

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-masking-attached-movie-clips/31358
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**Created:** [September 22, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-masking-attached-movie-clips/31358 "2003-09-22T01:19:50Z")
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### Author: ![lrhb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@lrhb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lrhb)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-masking-attached-movie-clips/31358/1 "2003-09-22T01:19:50Z")

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Hello!

I was wondering if anyone’s come across this problem…

I have a dynamically generated menu bar set to scroll from left to right, and everything works fine… until I add a mask to show only the section of the menu in the display menu. The trouble is, when I do this, the dynamic text no longer shows… it loads, but doesn’t show. Everything is exactly the same, except the text doesn’t show when I add the mask.

Sound familiar? Suggestions? Hints?

Thanks! :hat:

lrhb