input field doesn't work?

I've got an input text field with a variable named "waarde". And a button which traces this variable:

Code:

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knopje.onRelease = function() {
        trace(waarde);
};

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But when I enter "This is a test" and click the button this is traced:

Code:

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<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="arial" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">This is a test</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

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I first though, maybe it's the render as html option, but that makes no difference. Why can't I get just "This is a test":scared:

I'm having the same problem and I've looked through the other threads to hopefully find a clue. I thought that the solution was:

Code:

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trace(waarde.text);

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But then I get undefined as the result. I'm sure that this is an easy thing that we are just missing. I haven't been using Flash in a few years and have just gotten back into it and I don't remember this being an issue in the past.

Instead of assigning a variable and tracing the variable, assign a instance name and trace the text.