Flash MX variable problem

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Ok, I’ve been working on this for hours and can’t figure it out.

I have a swf file that plays, and when a button is clicked it sets a global variable and loads a movie:
on (release) {
_global.gateStat=0;
loadMovieNum(“Security Cams.swf”, 5);
}

Now, in the loaded movie, there is a button that checks the global variable and acts accordingly. (this is just the code I’m using to try and get it to work. It would be more complex later :stuck_out_tongue: lol )

on (release){
if (_global.gateStat == 0) {
gotoAndPlay(5);
}

I’ve also tried

on (release){
if (gateStat == 0) {
gotoAndPlay(5);
}

with no luck. Any suggestions?