Pass variable from MC to _root

[frosty1_4me]

Hi,

I have a movieclip that is loaded from the main timeline. Within that mc I have a button that when clicked I want to pass a variable back to a function within the main timeline.

The below bold string is what I want to pass as a variable from the button click event in the mc to the function LoadGallery in the main timeline.

Defines the xml path to pass to the function

function loadGallery1(){
    loadGallery("Flash/gallery1.xml");   
}


Calls LoadGallery function and recieves the xml path:

function loadGallery(galName){
    _root.xmlDataPath = galName;  
    mcLoader.loadMovie("Flash/viewer.swf");
}


Calls function to run it:

loadGallery1();

All of the above code resides in the main timeline (_root), I don't show a button click event here from the mc because I don't have one. All I need that button click event to do is to populate that bold string above.

Can anyone help me with this?

thanks

[frosty1_4me]

Ok, correct me if this is the wrong way of doing things. I solved the problem and heres what I did.

I changed the function that's in the main timeline (_root) to this:

//Set button actions
function loadGallerys(){

//myRootXMLGalleryPath is defined in the buttonClick event
    loadGallery(myRootXMLGalleryPath);
   
}

Then in my mc where the button click occurs, I put this in the onRelease function of the button:

//used in the _root timeline.

var mygallery:String = "Flash/gallery1.xml";		
_root.myRootXMLGalleryPath = mygallery
		
_root.play();
	}
}

This seems to work for all my buttons now, I just have to define the strings within those button events. Is that the proper way of doing things?

thanks