ActionScript 3.0 :: Use Of A Variable To Reference A Text Box In An Instance?

Aug 16, 2009

Lets say I have 3 Movie Clip Symbols in  my Library : Movie0, Movie1 and Movie2
 
Each movie has a dynamic text box: "TextBox1"
 
I want to be able to write a function that can manipulate the alpha(or any attribute) of the TextBox1 in all three MovieClips.

In my limited experience I thought I could do something like the following:

for (var row:int = 0; row < dataArray.length; row++)
{
Movie(row).TextBox1.alpha = 1;
}
 
I hoped that this would loop through 3 times and set the alpha of the TextBox1 in all three movies to 1.
 
Is this possible? Can you reference an instance with use of a variable?

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