Easy? Setting main timeline variable from MC

I am trying to set a variable on the main timeline via a MC.

On the first frame of the main timeline I have:

Code:

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stop();
leafName="SILENT RUNNING";

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Then I have a MC, leafGenerator, and in the first frame I have a stop (then a new frame is chosen randomly). On the second frame I have:

Code:

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leafName="AUSSIE PINE";

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Finally, I have another MC, placard, with a text box inside, idText1. On the MC, I have the code:

Code:

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onClipEvent(load){
        this.idText1="BLUE MAPLE CREEK"
        this.idText1=_root.leafName;
}

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I can get the text box to display BLUE MAPLE CREEK, and SILENT RUNNING, but I can't get it to say AUSSIE PINE. How can I do this?

Any help is much appreciated; thanks in advance.

code:

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_root.leafName = "Aussie Pine.";

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_t

Unfortunately, I've tried that, and it doesn't work.

What do you want to do?

You are storing the Aussie Pine value within the MC leafGenerator. This is not the same as leafName on _root. Therefore, if you want the leaf generator to update the variable on _root, you need to use

Code:

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_root.leafName = "Aussie Pine.";

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Otherwise, if you want to keep the leafName variable in leafGenerator seperate, and just display it's value in your placard MC, you need to use the correct path to it, something like:

Code:

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_root.leafGenerator.leafName;

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Hope this helps.

I figured it out. I used what both of you suggested (putting the "_root." in there) as well as changed onClipEvent(load) to onClipEvent(enterFrame) which continuously searches out what the variable is, even if it changes.

Thanks!