setProperty and enable

programming flash
1

is it possible to use the setProperty function with the enable property like this:


setProperty(_root.blah, enable, false);

all this does is returns errors:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: Property name expected in GetProperty.
     setProperty(_root.blah, enable, false);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1      Reported Errors: 1

is there a way to fix this?

2

i don’t understand what you want to do?

3

i wish to enable and disable a button using setProperty. i should have made that more clear in the first post, my bad.

4

the code for enable/disable is like this:


your_movieclip.enabled =true/false;

of


setProperty("your_movieclip",enabled,true/false);

the rest i think you can figure it out your self

5

is it possible to use a variable in a path, ie:

_root.my_variable.enabled = true/false
6

It would just be


_root.my_variable = true/false
7

ah i meant using the value of a variable in a path but i found the way to do it:


_root.myVar = "myPlace";
_root.myPlace = "hello";
trace (_root.myPlace);
_root[myVar] = "goodbye";
trace (_root.myPlace);

note the _root[myVar]