I don’t see it documented anywhere, nor have I heard it mentioned but it
appears that Flash has a problem displaying _global variable values in
dynamic text boxes when setting the var property in the property inspector.
I am not able to display the variable successfully using just the var
property, but I can dynamically set it via ActionScript. Seems odd to me
that it doesn’t work. It works as expected with timeline variables.
Also…can someone explain why you DON’T type _global variables? In fact,
you’ll get errors if you try to initialize a global variable as such:
var _global.gPage:String = “Pong”;
I’ve seen it documented that it will give you an error or that it’s
incorrect syntax for _global variables, but not why they are defined
differently.
I’m using Flash MX 2004 Pro using Actionscript 2 (haven’t tested others)
Thanks,
Chris Hayes
Web & Multimedia Designer
www.SSElearn.com
