# Using global variable in imported MC

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-global-variable-in-imported-mc/68038>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-global-variable-in-imported-mc/68038 "2004-10-21T14:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrettRT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BrettRT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BrettRT)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-global-variable-in-imported-mc/68038/1 "2004-10-21T14:52:11Z")

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I want to load an external .swf into my main .swf, it will contain a textfield. However, in order for it to know what to put in that text field, it must pick up on a variable.

main.swf

\_global.USERENTRY

now in order for my mc user\_output to display \_global.USERENTRY, what must I do?

being \_global just doesn’t seem to be enough