RE: FLASH: Help with passing variables between TELL TARGETs

[Dino Micouris]

Thanks Dave,


but I think you've confused the question slightly. I can reference INSTANCES from "leftspin" (in fact the path it needs is "../spinner"), but when I try to send "leftspin" a variable which could either have value "../spinner" or "../conv", it just gives it the value "../leftspin" once it gets to the "leftspin" movie. Note, from the base timeline the variable I'm creating(called "VISCAR", and is passed the instance name of one of 3 different movies) get's set but as soon as it sees a "Tell Target" function for "leftspin", it just reverts back to a value of "../leftspin".


It's driving me absolutely MAD!!!


Kind Regards


Dino Micouris

Global Beach  Ltd


-----Original Message-----

From:	Dave Hollinden [SMTP:

dhollindenSonicFoundry [dot] com

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Sent:	Monday, October 25, 1999 4:47 PM

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Subject:	RE: FLASH: Help with passing variables between TELL TARGETs


When you perform a Set Var action, the variable that you create exists on the timeline that the action exists on, and not on any other timelines that you might have in other movie clips or levels.  So you need to reference a variable where it exists with a target path.  If you create the variable

Movie1 on the main timeline and want to use it from within "leftspin", you need to refer to it as /:Movie1.  Conversely, if you create the variable

Movie2 inside of leftspin and want to refer to it from the main timeline, you need to refer to it as /leftspin:Movie2.


Dave Hollinden

dhollindensonicfoundry [dot] com

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