Re: FLASH: Quick Easy Variable Question,

[John Graham]

> Yes, John, that is exactly how I set and retrieve variables I want to be

> "global"  -  I either put them on the main timeline in the main-level movie,

> or create a separate movie clip that is always present, and call them there.


That is a done deal.  I read on the moock site that he/she also sometimes

creates a movie to store sub-routines, I'll have to look into figuring that

out.


> But I sure would not set a yes/no variable for each of your buttons.  I

> would set ONE variable, call it "moviename" and then each of your buttons

> will change the value of that one variable to the name of the movie you want

> to load.

> 

> So, button number one will set "moviename" = "movie1.swf"

> button number two, set "moviename" = "movie2.swf" etc.......

> Then at the end of your child movies, you just have to say "Load movie

> (moviename,3)" or however that syntax is...and you don't have all of those


Excellent Idea.  I've been working on that now for awhile, but it's that

damn syntax that I keep getting wrong.



For example:  **My button (on _level6) has


Set Variable: "_level0:beauty" = "products/nato/beauty.swf"



**My Child movie (on _level14) in the last frame has


Load Movie ("_level0:beauty", 14)

Stop

Comment: Stop just placed for debugging



And this doesn't work. I've tried,


Load Movie ("products/nato/beauty.swf", 14)    //AND IT WORKED.


So I know I'm not getting Variable syntax correct.  Here are some others I

tried with no sucess,


Load Movie ("_level0:(beauty)", 14)

and

Set Variable: "beauty" = "_level0:beauty"

Load Movie ("beauty", 14)



But w/o any luck.  I know I have to missing something simple.


John



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