Easy? Setting main timeline variable from MC

[Rancor]

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

On the first frame of the main timeline I have:

stop();
leafName="SILENT RUNNING";

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:

leafName="AUSSIE PINE";

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

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

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.

[Shotsy247]

code:

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_root.leafName = "Aussie Pine.";

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[Rancor]

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

[Cass101]

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

_root.leafName = "Aussie Pine.";

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:

_root.leafGenerator.leafName;

Hope this helps.

[Rancor]

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!