ActionScript 3.0 :: Simple Text Field Displaying Variable ?

Jun 7, 2009

in a simple AS2 .fla there was a text field labeled "message_number" which would display the variable "message_number."  Very straightforward.How can a text field in AS3 be made to display this variable?

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