# How can a child class pass values to a parent class?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-a-child-class-pass-values-to-a-parent-class/248021>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-a-child-class-pass-values-to-a-parent-class/248021 "2008-01-02T22:45:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-a-child-class-pass-values-to-a-parent-class/248021/1 "2008-01-02T22:45:19Z")

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How can a child class pass values to a parent class?

Thanks to joshchernoff I’ve learned how to send events to a parent class and that works great. However I can’t figure out how to pass values thru an event. Can anyone enlighten me?