ActionScript 2.0 :: Accessing Global Variable In External SWF
Mar 19, 2010
I'm trying to access a global variable in an external swf. I'm loading the external swf like this.
myLoader.loadClip(game, 2);
I'm running a main loop that repeatedly checks certain variables. The variables that are not global I am able to access in the following fashion:
_level2._root.variable;
But I can't seem to access the global variables in the external swf. Things I've tried:
_level2._global.var;
_level2._root.var;
_global._level2.var;
_global.var;
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