This is why I hate Flash

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I can get Flash to do amazing things, but trying to do ridiculously simple things like targeting & evaluating variables, or controlling A SIMPLE MOVIE kill me.

All I’m trying to do is get a MC (named “dork” placed on the root) to stop and start.

on Frame 1 of the root:

stench = getProperty(dork,_currentframe);

Frame 5:

gotoAndPlay(1);

a stop button on the root:

on (press) {
    //dork.gotoAndStop(eval(_root.stench));   // doesn't work
    dork.gotoAndStop(_root.stench);  // doesn't work
    //dork.gotoAndStop(10);   // works
trace (_root.stench);  // works
}