Substituting a variable name for an instance to work in Flash 5

[viner1]

Hello!
I am updating a Flash 5 file and when I export I get this error:
WARNING: This movie uses features that are not supported in the Flash 5 player
Symbol=Symbol 20, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Flash MX Text Field Instance Name

I've seen that Flash 5 doesn't support the instance name. I've tried to name the variable instead but can't get it right. Any idea how i would update this code if I made the variable name "Text_label"?

obj.label_txt.text = node.firstChild;

Thanks for any help.
Viner1

[oldnewbie]

Well Flash 5 doesn't support a textfield's instance name, but supports movie clip instance names...

Clear the textfield's instance name and set a variable name in the textfield's VAR box, my_var for example...

my_var = node.firstChild;

[viner1]

I forgot to mention that the text box is used to pull dynamic text from an XML file. I changed the name of the variable like you said and then the code. It's not working. Do I need to do something different b/c it's a dynamic text field?

(I'm trying to update someone else's file)

Thanks for the help.

[oldnewbie]

Well I'm not at all familiar with XML, so can't really say...

But you could first check if by setting some value to the my_var variable, to see if it does show up...

my_var = "oldnewbie";

Now another thing to check would be where this textfield is... Is it on the main timeline, or nested in some clips...

[viner1]

I'm not sure where i put:
"my_var = "oldnewbie";" to test the code.

the variable name is in a movie clip and that symbol is used several times in another movie clip. I'm pretty sure the xml file isn't effecting this. I'm unsure if just by naming the variable it works the same as naming the instance.

thanks for the help. this is way over my head. i was just trying to make a simple adjustment and then this occured.

thanks.

[oldnewbie]

Well if you used...On the first frame of your movie...

_level0.my_var = "oldnewbie";

And then changed the my_var to _level0.my_var in the VAR box, it should appear...

[viner1]

It shows up in publish preview but not when I export it to flash 5.
Thanks again.