tellTarget - no more!?

[podenphant]

Hi all

The script below works sweatly ...

tellTarget(["_root.lives.man" + lives]){
	gotoAndPlay(2);
}

But what would be the proper Flash 5 syntax?

TIA
/podenphant

[julianj]

_root["lives.man" + lives].gotoAndPlay(2);

[podenphant]

hmm ...

for some reason it doesn't work - this would seem to be kiddy stuff ...

The variable lives is in the _root.
The instance lives is also in the _root. Renaming doesn't help.

got some helpful thoughts?
/poden

[julianj]

If the variable lives is in the _root level then the syntax would be:

_root["lives.man" + _root.lives].gotoAndPlay(2);

[podenphant]

Hi julianj

I don't understand, at all, why your suggestions doesn't work.
If I can mail you the fla you can spot what I am missing?

/poden

[julianj]

It ought to work. Send it to:

[email protected]

and I'll have a look.

[julianj]

Of course the main reason it didn't work is because I answered the question incorrectly! It should have been:

_root.lives["man" + _root.lives].gotoAndPlay(2);

Sorry, half asleep.