TextInput.text showing formatting data

[alernon]

I'm having problems with textInputs on my movie. whenever I try to
trace(mytextinput.text), instead of getting the value typed, in I get a bunch of formatting data:

<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="_sans" SIZE="12" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">MY TEXT INPUT</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>

How do I just get the value of what's typed into the text input component?

[alernon]

I downloaded a country select list component from macromedia flash exchange. If I put an instance of that component on stage, all my text inputs show the formatting data. :eek: