Variables across scenes and how to call them

[rh71]

A user clicks on a button in the Movie scene. In that button's action: IF the variable "access" = "True", it will proceed to the GetURL action. ELSE (if variable is not "True" OR DOESN'T EXIST) it plays the PasswordReq scene and requests the password. Then IF that password is 4 chars long, it will set "access" = "True" ELSE set "access" = "False".

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Scene Name: Movie (a button's actionscript is the following)

On (Release)
If (access = "True")
Get URL ("http://blah blah blah")
Else
Go to and Play (PasswordReq, 1)
End If
End On

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Scene Name: PasswordReq (password form with 1 textfield named password and a submit button)

For the Submit button, here's the action:
On (Release)
If (Length (password) = 4)
Set Variable: "access" = "True"
Else
Set Variable: "access" = "False"
End If
End On
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--> Now I have a feeling I have the button's IF statement wrong (MOVIE scene). How do I check if a variable named "access" (set in another scene) was set to "True" or not? Will it work if the variable "access" was not declared/set yet? Where are these variables stored and can they span scenes? Thank you guys in advance!
[Edited by rh71 on 11-26-2000 at 04:07 PM]

[mgb]

Have you tried access eq "true"
If you set a variable in the main timeline it will be effective across all scenes.
Use 'Trace' action and verify in test movie to see if your vars are in order. You can also make a text field to monitor them. Just name the field after the variable.

[rh71]

you are the man... the 'eq' instead of '=' did it for me. Thanks!

[mgb]

eq for string literal and = for expression.