# Set Textbox Contents Via actionscript? Super Simple. But how?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-textbox-contents-via-actionscript-super-simple-but-how/191071>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-textbox-contents-via-actionscript-super-simple-but-how/191071 "2006-06-16T20:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![woodman650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@woodman650](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/woodman650)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-textbox-contents-via-actionscript-super-simple-but-how/191071/1 "2006-06-16T20:53:47Z")

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Hey all,  
I’m just trying to have a textbox on my main stage display certain values depending on what frames are being played. So having not done actionscript in a LONG time, I would assume is it something like this:

```auto
textboxvarname = "Value I want to display";

```

on some frame. but I’m sure I’m way off, cause that doesn’t work! hahaa, thanks