Variable passing across across movieclips

Can anyone help me please?

I have six movie clips, in a navigation movie clip, on the main time line, here they are:

_root.nav._home
_root.nav._ourFirm
_root.nav._onepartnership
_root.nav._services
_root.nav._career
_root.nav._contactus

In _root.nav._ourFirm it has a sub navigation which when open passes a variable called menu.

when opened menu = “open”
when closed menu = “closed”

(the variable comes through fine, I’ve traced it)

I’m trying to get the other clips to close the sub menu, if the menu variable passed is open and do nothing if the variable has not been set or is “closed” but I cannot do it… Ahhhhh!!! Sob, sob… Please help me…

This is what I’ve tried on a button within the _root.nav._onepartnership clip for instance

on (rollOver) {

if (_root.nav._ourFirm.menu == open) {
_root.nav._ourFirm.gotoAndPlay("out");
}

}

Below is the trace that happens if this: _root.nav._ourFirm.gotoAndPlay(“out”); happened. It works fine without the if stuff by the way.

var menu = “closed”;
trace(_root.nav._ourFirm.menu);

Please find the .swf attached.

the swf does what you want it to on my computer, i think.
the submenu doesnt stay open when you go to a different item

Mr clown man…

If you roll over the onepartnership button with the ourfirm sub nav not open it jumps open and then closes it, this is what I want to avoid…

Cheers

James

weird. can you post the fla?