a challenge

[benno]

i may be a little slow, but i am still having trouble with this passing variables thing. if anyone could post a very simple working example of one .swf passing a variable to another .swf that has loaded in it's place, you can't imagine how happy i would be!

[benno]

i may be a little slow, but i am still having trouble with this passing variables thing. if anyone could post a very simple working example of one .swf passing a variable to another .swf that has loaded in it's place, you can't imagine how happy i would be!

[pknair]

This example sets a variable in frame one of firstmovie.swf - then it loads loadIt.swf. loadIt.swf loads the variable from the first movie and displays it all in the first frame.


hth,
Deep (just a guy)

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[benno]

you're a champion!
only problem is, i'm working with flash 4 on a pc
and i can't seem to open you're files.
sorry to be such a goose. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

[pknair]

d-oh!!!

those files were for flash 5 on a pc. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img] i didn't realize you were in flash 4. hmmm...try this:

set variable "myvariable" = _levelX/movieclipname:variablename

where X is the level, movieclipname (if applicable) is the name of the movieclip that contains the variable, and variablename is the name of the variable. So, for example, if you have a variable called "foo" in the main timeline of level 0, then reference it like so:

set variable "bar" = _level0:foo

if foo is in a movieclip called "plugh" then use:

set variable "bar" = _level0/plugh:foo

and that SHOULD do it. it's been a while, though, so i might be misremembering, but this should put you on the right track...


hth,
Deep (just a guy)

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| Graphic/Multimedia Designer |

| ICQ#: 39102360 |

| Medius Communications, Inc. |

| http://www.medius.com |

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