diff --git a/base.js b/base.js
index 59d34d6..9a4af13 100644
--- a/base.js
+++ b/base.js
@@ -445,6 +445,23 @@ function Shape() {
 	}
 }
 
+function TextField() {
+	/*From the ActionScript reference:
+	
+	To create a text field dynamically, you do not use the new operator.
+	Instead, you use MovieClip.createTextField(). The default size for a
+	text field is 100 x 100 pixels. 
+	 
+	*/
+	this._x = 0;
+	this._y = 0;
+	this.textHeight = 100;
+	this.textWidth = 100;
+	this.text = "";
+	this.draw = function(frame,frame2,r) {
+		
+	}
+}
 
 var _rootFrame = new Frame()
 var _root = new MovieClip()
diff --git a/svlgui.py b/svlgui.py
index 123faa9..f134f74 100644
--- a/svlgui.py
+++ b/svlgui.py
@@ -1408,6 +1408,9 @@ class Text (object):
 			+" text=\""+self.text+"\" color="+self.fill.rgb+" size="+str(self.font.size)\
 			+"pt\n"
 		return retval
+	def print_html(self):
+		retval = "var "+self.name+" = new Text();\n"+self.name+".text = \""+self.text+";\n"
+		return retval
 	
 
 class framewrapper (object):