Classes, sub class & variables

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Hi, i have a class pageLoader.as and a sub class s2.as, I am trying to access the variables within pageLoader from s2. I have a function in pageLoader that I want to update the initial variables value and access this from s2, but s2 is not recognizing the updated value…

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pageLoader.as

package pages
{
import flash.display.;
import flash.events.;
import flash.media.;
import flash.net.;
import flash.text.;
import flash.utils.;

public class pageLoader extends flash.display.MovieClip
{    
        
                
    public function pageLoader()
    {
        super();
        return;
    }
    
    //Function to load external page
    public function loadSWF(_swfURL):*
    {
        pgLoader = new Loader();
        pgLoader.load(new URLRequest(_swfURL));
        addChild(pgLoader);
        pgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, handleInit);
        return;
    }
    
    //On Complete handler for page load
   [COLOR=Red] public function handleInit(arg1:flash.events.Event):*
    {
        mc = MovieClip(pgLoader.content);
        testVar = "123";
        trace("parent:" +testVar); [/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]<- this traces [/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]123[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Red] return;
}[/COLOR]

    //Send XML data to individual page classes
    public function setTexts():void
    {
        return;
    }
    
    //Function to load XML file
    public function loadXML(_xmlURL):void
    {
                    
        myXML = new XML();
        myXMLURL = new URLRequest(_xmlURL);
        myXLoader = new URLLoader(myXMLURL);
        myXLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
        myXLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleError);
        
        
        function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
            myXML = XML(event.target.data);
            dispatchEvent(event);
            //function to set texts from xml file -> function defined in indiviual page classes
            setTexts();
            return;
        }
        
        function handleError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
            throw new Error("There was an IOerror accessing the XML file: " + event);
        }
        return;            
    }

    //Set up variables    
    public var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
    
    public var _swfURL:String;
    
    public var pgLoader:flash.display.Loader;
    
    public var _xmlURL:String;
    
    public var myXML:XML;
    
    public var myXLoader:URLLoader;
    
    public var myXMLURL:URLRequest;
    
    [COLOR=Red]public static var testVar = "asdsa";[/COLOR]    
            
            
}

}

s2.as

package pages
{
import flash.display.;
import flash.events.;
import flash.media.;
import flash.net.;
import flash.text.*;

public class s2 extends pages.pageLoader
{    
    
    public function s2()
    {
        super();
        return;
    }
    
    //loads page
    public function loadPage():void
    {
        _swfURL = "./swf/300_S2.swf";
        _xmlURL = "./xml/S2.xml";
        //function loads external swf file
        loadSWF(_swfURL);
        //function loads xml file
        loadXML(_xmlURL);
        //nextBtn = new ClipButton(this, this.btn_next, "NEXT", true);
        //btn_next.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextPage);
        //TabManager.setTabbingList([btn_next]);
        //stage.focus = btn_next;
        
        return;
    }
    
    //Sets text from XML file
    public override function setTexts():void
    {
        var intro:String= myXML.s2_intro.text();
        var buttonOne:String= myXML.buttonLabels.buttonOne.text();
        var buttonTwo:String= myXML.buttonLabels.buttonTwo.text();


        [COLOR=Red]trace("sub:"+testVar);[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]<- this traces [/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]asdsa but should be 123[/COLOR]
        
        

        return;
    }
    
    
    public var btn_next:flash.display.MovieClip;
    
    
}

}