Questions on Varibles

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a varible is declared and initialized on main stage…
how do you access this varible through a symbol? i.e while you are editing the symbol…

a varible is declared and initialized on a symbol…
how do you access this varible on main stage? i.e. while you are in main…

this is confusing little, but, can someone please clear it to me?

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I’m not sure I understand your question, but…

variables on the main stage are best accessed using

_root.variablename

variables inside a symbol (movieclip or button) are accessed using

instancename.variablename

hope that helps.

3

imagine this:

i make a new Movie Symbol called “Something”, with a box in it.

while inside editing the symbol, i add three keyframes:
on keyframe 1, i add: a = 0;
on keyframe 2, i add: a++;
on keyframe 3, i add: while(a < 100){gotoAndPlay(2);};

now i am out of “Something” back to main stage.
and i put an instance of “Something” on stage.

::here is the point::

on main stage, i add a input text called “text”;

somehow, i want this “text” show the value of ‘a’ on “Something”.

and the other way around, if i wanted to see a varible on main stage thorugh a movie clip, such as an input text on “Something” to show a varible on main stage…

i know something i’m doing wrong, or understanding wrong, that is why it’s not working… as i tried so many variation…

_root.Something.a; not worked…
_root.Something:a; not worked…
_root:Something:a; not worked…

please help…
thanks…

4

ok, i finally got somewhere through some research…
but only a part of this Post…

to access a variable on main stage from within a movie clip you use:

_parent.variablename;

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i am still waiting for a reply on how to get to a variable declared inside a movie clip from within main stage… the _root.

please if you got some idea reply…

thanks many times.

5

Hi,

I’m not sure I understand the question either, but the following may help you:

Instead of using an input text field, you could try a dynamic text field, with the variable _root.Something.a specified.

Instead of the while loop, you could try an if statement:
frame 1: a = 0;
frame 2: a++;
frame 3: if(a < 100) {
gotoAndPlay(2)
} else {
stop();
}

Ensure that the instance of movie clip “Something” is named “Something”

Good luck