# Why can't i place a Dynamic Text Box inside a MC

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**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-place-a-dynamic-text-box-inside-a-mc/253531 "2008-03-02T17:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![danhodkinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@danhodkinson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danhodkinson)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-place-a-dynamic-text-box-inside-a-mc/253531/1 "2008-03-02T17:50:45Z")

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i need to put a Dynamic Text Box (or TextArea) inside a movie clip so i can create a mask.  
i am loading xml text with CSS styling into the text box  
however with a TextArea -it wont show the text at all  
with textbox - if i embed the text it shows the text but not the styling.

i cannot find a workaround for this anywhere.  
thanks  
Dan