# This.\_root = LOST HELP IS NEEDED

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--root-lost-help-is-needed/194193>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--root-lost-help-is-needed/194193 "2006-07-21T06:22:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Multi\_Task](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Multi\_Task](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Multi_Task)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/this--root-lost-help-is-needed/194193/1 "2006-07-21T06:22:07Z")

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Within main movie, there is a movie clip containing sound controls and a display for name of track. Everything works fine except the text display.

Main Movie -  
soundControls\_mc-  
display\_txt  
other controls (all working)

Partial Code:

```auto

MovieClip.prototype.songStarter = function(file, name) {
 this.sound_obj.loadSound(file, true);
 this.onEnterFrame = function() {
  if (this.sound_obj.position>0) {
   delete this.onEnterFrame;
   this._root.display_txt.text = name;
  } else {
   this._root.display_txt.text = "loading...";
  }
 };

```

I have remade this in a whole new flash document with everything on maintime line and everything works fne controls, display\_txt actually displays. However when I added it to Main movie within its own MC the text does not get displayed. Any ideas?  
Thanks  
MT