The Idiot's Guide to Creating and Using Forms in Flash 4+ - Page 4

Naming the Text Field Variables

1. Open the text field properties box (Modify >Text Field) for each text field in turn, and label them txtName (above), txtCompany, txtPosition, txtFrom, txtMessage. Set the options and outlines for each one as above.
   NB: You may require a larger text box for the message. To do this select Multiline and word wrapfrom the options and increase its size on the stage.

What we've done:
In Flash a text field is actually a variable. We have given our variables names ie: txtCompany which we will use later within the actionscript to make the form work.