Variables

[Phil Matt]

Hello! I'm using Flash 4, and am trying to write a simple menu that 

not only loads different MC's when a button is pressed, (works fine) 

but also sets variables according to which button has been chosen. 

The variables in turn control what actions happen when a different 

MC is rolled over elsewhere on the page. This is what I did:


When any menu button is pressed, it sets the variable:


      Set Variable: "/:textstatus" = "1"


Elsewhere a MC that is present has this code, trying to get the MC 

called Text1 to change it's Alpha to full on:


      If ("/:textstatus"=1)

            Set Property ("/Text1", Alpha) = "100"

      End If


I'm pretty sure I don't quite understand how a variable can be set to 

that it can be referred to by different elements on the stage. I have 

played with the syntax, but so far, no go.


TIA for your suggestions.



--- Phil Matt


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