# Updating Text In A MovieClip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-text-in-a-movieclip/291539>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 1, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-text-in-a-movieclip/291539 "2009-07-01T04:43:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-text-in-a-movieclip/291539/1 "2009-07-01T04:43:02Z")

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I am trying to create a text box which I can dynamically update from an XML file **and** move around in 3D at the same time. Is it possible?

I can create a dynamic text field and update if from an XML file and…  
I can create a dynamic text field, convert it into a Movie clip allowing me to move it round the screen but I can’t do both without losing the text (I have also tried embedding the font).

Is it fundamentally possible in CS4 or CS3 to dynamically update a text field once it has been converted to a MovieClip/Symbol?

I found this tutorial the other night but I don’t think it would work with an xml file being regularly updated:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/ascript\_text\_animation.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/ascript_text_animation.htm)