Accessing movieclip parameters

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I have a button in a movie that I want to set a global variable to a new value when clicked. I want it to access a parameter of a movie clip that this same button loads onto the movie for the new global variable value. I have the final line under this button’s onrelease script with something like this:

globalvariable1 = movieclip.parameter;

Everything is on level 0 and I’ve tried prefixing everything with _root. but it didn’t make a difference, the global variable still wasn’t changed. I’m a newbie so don’t laugh if this is a really dumb question! Thanks for your help!

BriCar77
brian_carey77@ou.edu

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it’s not very clear, but if i understood correctly what you’re trying to do, the parameter will be undefined by the time you try to use it coz the clip is not loaded yet…

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That explains alot. So is there a way, in the button script, to tell it to wait till it’s loaded, then access the parameter? Can you put an OnClipEvent inside an On(release) ? Thanks so much for your help!
BriCar77