Re: FLASH: invalid characters

[Torbj�rn Caspersen]

Use

Set Variable "/Text.mc:Text" = Text

instead of

Set Variable "/Text.mc/Text" = Text


an everything should work. If you adress a variable in another mc, you have to

precede the variable name with :

asin /:variable �or ../:variable or mc1/mc2:variable




Flashers - I have an mc called Text.mc and in that is a text field called Text

(yeah, original I know!) but that's not the problem.


- In an actionscript I have used � �Set Variable "/Text.mc/Text" = Text

which never used to be a problem - till now.


Since moving up to a Mac G4 each time I try to edit anything else in

that actionscript or use that syntax in any file, Flash returns the

error "The variable name you have entered contains invalid

characters" and highlights that line of script.


Yet when I move back to a G3 - no problems. Can anyone shed some light?






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