Dynamic text problem in flash cs5

Hi guys,
im building a flash website and the first page has dynamic text fields that load text via xml, that all works fine. But when i create a dynamic text field further up the time line for the second page ( i use the same code all at the fist frame of the timeline) and nothing loads. if i have an instance of the text on the first page at the start of the time line it will load on the next page (further up the time line). Ii have stop and click to go and play in the code to break up the pages.
I am a little lost, as i normally use static text.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
cheers

Ah found out myself the hard way that i need to put the text feild inside its own symbol!
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