Dynamic text in different movie clip

Inside scene one i have a movie clip that contains a movie
clip that contains a dynamic text field. Also inside Scene one I
have a different movie clip that contains a movie clip that
contains a movie clip that contains a input text field. And I need
for the user to type in to the input text field and see what they
are typing show up in the dynamic text field. What would that
script look like and where would I put it? Can anyone help
please?

hi!
Lets say you have your dynamic clip on the same level as the
movieclip containing your input field.
_root.dynamic_texfield_name.text =
_root.name_of_movieclip.input_texfield_name.text;
If you need the dynamic textfield to be updated as soon as
the user types something in the input field you can use a onChange
handler.
_root.name_of_movieclip.input_texfield_name.onChange =
function(){
_root.dynamic_texfield_name.text =
_root.name_of_movieclip.input_texfield_name.text;
}

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