WidgetFactory Captivate variable into textbox

I am trying to show a captivate variable inside an as3 textbox. My code is as follows but it doesn't work no matter what I try:

The captivate variable is called "Variable1" the textbox was created in my scene inside my .fla file with instance name: "onstage_txt" (dynamic text).

This code is in my .as file:

package
{
import widgetfactory.StaticWidget;
import widgetfactory.events.WidgetEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;

public class WidgetTest extends StaticWidget
{
   public var onStage_txt:TextField;
        public function initiate():void
  {
       getVariables();
  }
 
  function getVariables():void
        {
            var captivateVariables:Object;
   onStage_txt.text = "Default";
   captivateVariables = Object(parent.parent).getMovieProps().variablesHandle;
   onStage_txt.text = captivateVariables.Variable1;
        }

    }
}

I am also trying to send an AS3 variable back to Captivate but can't find a working code to do so...