# Passing values in a varable in a movieclip to objects on main frame

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**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-values-in-a-varable-in-a-movieclip-to-objects-on-main-frame/311597 "2010-07-12T00:34:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-values-in-a-varable-in-a-movieclip-to-objects-on-main-frame/311597/1 "2010-07-12T00:34:34Z")

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Title says it all really, im trying this every which way. creating global variables etc.

I have a movie clip with a text area (lets call it txttest)

there is text inside it which i want to send from this movieclip on the main frame to a text area (lets call that one txttestB) on the main frame. Whatever i try i get undefined in the text area on the main frame.

I have tried this…

\_global.selectedcompany = txttest.text;  
\_root.txttestB.text = \_global.selectedcompany;