Var not working

[mgulline]

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So, I’ve got this ---> _name+VarBob

It’s supposed to return the MC name and whatever “VarBob” is. In my case, “VarBob” is a dot extension that I would like to define at a different time and place.

Ideal outcome ---> MCname.swf or MCname.jpg

when I define VarBob locally it works…

Like this ---> VarBob=”.swf”

But I want to define VarBob somewhere else

Like this ---> _root.menu.whatever.VarBob=”.swf”

I get this ---> MCname not this MCname.swf


Any ideas?


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[earl223]

Like you said, it's works locally but not after adding a path... maybe your targetting is off.

[mgulline]

no thats not it. i am successfuly targeting other vars in the same spot from different places.

[trekboy]

If I understand your problem correctly, you just need to use:

_name + _root.menu.whatever.VarBob=”.swf”

[mgulline]

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i want to define "VarBob" on the main time line...

_root.menu.whatever.VarBob=”.swf”


inside my MC "whatever" i have this

_name+VarBob

which should return this

whatever.swf

but i get

whatever (without the .swf)

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[trekboy]

So basically you want to define a variable that is local to the movie clip from someplace outside the movie clip? Do you not know the movie clip's name? How was the movie clip created? Manually? Dynamically?

[mgulline]

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so my "whatever" MC is named dinamicly... (im a bone head)

so here is my solution

i am defining it localy baced on the _parent._name using an if else...

stop();
if (_parent._name == "MC1") {
extns=".jpg";
} else if (_parent._name == "MC2") {
extns=".swf";
}
this.x = getProperty(this, _name);
this.but.onRelease = function() {
loadMovie("bob/"+_name+extns, "_root.loadin");
_parent.gotoAndStop(1);
};

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