# Global Variable

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-variable/881
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 1, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-variable/881 "2002-08-01T11:46:34Z")
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### Author: ![doctorflashII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@doctorflashII](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/doctorflashII)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-variable/881/1 "2002-08-01T11:46:34Z")

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HI FLASHMONSTERS… HOW CAN I SET A GLOBAL VARIABLE IN A FLASH MOVIE? WHAT’S THE RIGHT ACTION?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/global-variable/881/2 "2002-08-01T12:03:39Z")

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Hi,

I’m not a flash monster, but the action to set a global variable (mx only) is:

\_global.variableName = varibableValue;

You can use it anywhere in the fla… beautiful. Can’t be done in Flash 5.