declaring variables

[josh on]

Hello,


sometimes when I duplicate movieclips and then try and assign them

variables, the variables only seem to stick if I have a text field in them

with that variable name.  Is this a problem with declaring variables?

Should I declare them somewhere else first?


Here is the duplication code:


duplicateMovieClip ("_root.errorbox", "error1", 10);

  with (_root.error1) {

   _x = 350;

   _y = 60;

   var errormsg = "type dog in here";

   var line = "_root.line1";

  }


the var errormsg is set fine because there is a textfield with that variable

name

the var line only sticks if there is a text field for it.  I tried to preset

the var on load, but that seemed to overwrite its value after thhe one in

the if statement was set...


Apologies if this has been asked before.  I have only just subbed, and the

archives don't seem to be searchable.  I am collating them in a searchable

space for the future.


josh on