keep a variable where.

[mgason]

I know a variable is local to the mc its in or expressed /:variable it can be set in the maintimeline.

If clipA contains clipB, can clipB check a variable in clipA. If so how do I express the location of that variable?
mark

[hrannar]

Originally posted by mgason
I know a variable is local to the mc its in or expressed /:variable it can be set in the maintimeline.

If clipA contains clipB, can clipB check a variable in clipA. If so how do I express the location of that variable?
mark

Well, usually you if you want to set up a variable in the main timeline you'd write the code in like "_root.variable = 0;" where "0" would be a numerical value to the variable named "variable". If you're in a movie clip and want to write in the path to a variable that's contained in the movie clip one level above, i.e. the parent movie clip, you can do a) use the code "_parent.variableName = 0;" to set the variable "variableName" to the numerical value 0; or, b) you could address it with an absolute path, i.e. "_root.clipA.varibleName" ...

Hope this helps!

cheers!

[mgason]

Thanks
root.variable is the new flash5 way of expressing /:variable yeah?
guess I better change my ways

_parent seems to be what I was looking for

thanks again

[hrannar]

no prob...

anytime!

cheers!