Re: FLASH: Targetting a variable

[John Croteau]

Hi Marcus,


> I have a FLA I am working on where there is a movie clip called CB. It

> resides in another movie clip MCB1. In CB is a variable called

> listbox. So the path is /MCB1/CB:listbox This is a listbox, by the

> way, for choosing what type of credit card you have, VISA, MC, AMEX,

> etc.

> On the main timeline, I have a submit button, that is to send the

> values to an external http:// file. I know the syntax for doing this,

> no prob. And I have tried about three different techniques now to get

> the value from listbox, but to no avail. I can send every value BUT

> the one in my listbox. 

The Send Variables command option only sends variables that exist on the

current timeline, so add a equation on the main timeline to copy your

variable to the main timeline.


Set Variable: "ListBox" = "/MCB1/CB:listbox"


You can use the same name as above if you like since both are distinct

variables.


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