Howto refer to stage object on a different frame?

[danimal]

Hi, I'm just starting to learn Flash to convert a project from work after a few years of Java, and have a question about how to refer to stage objects. I have a textarea on one frame, but some actionscript on a different frame needs to add some text to it. How would you refer to that textarea from a different frame than the one it lives in, or is its scope only local to that one frame?

Thanks,
Dan

[Scottae]

The textarea has to exist where the actionscript is being called.

[danimal]

Ok, thanks.