Passing a string to an external MC

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I load my external swf…

var myRequest1:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“external.swf”);
myLoader1.load(myRequest1);
var _content:MovieClip = MovieClip(myLoader1.content);
stage.addChild(_content);
_content.myname =“Albert”;

on the first frame of the external swf

trace(“hello you” + myname);

I get an error. How Do I do this?

Thanks

2

made it and zip it, check for the files and tell if there’s something you can’t understand.
mainly you have to create a class to hold the value.

:slight_smile:

don’t know if there is another way to do this, as I don’t see any global vars is AS3.

3

because your code is just plane wrong

var _content:MovieClip = MovieClip(myLoader1.content);
stage.addChild(_content);
_content.myname =“Albert”;

you need to set up a variable, then the swf read that variable

4

you need to set up a variable, then the swf read that variable

hi randomagain, how would you do that?

5

I think he meant declare a variable in the external swf thats going be loaded.
Make a var myname:String in the external swf.

I think your problem though is that you need to sell the value into the swf after its completely loaded. You should have a onComplete handler, after the swf is fullly loaded. To send the variable