ActionScript 3.0 :: Access Variables From A Movie Within A Movie?
Jul 23, 2009
I have a movie, let's say MainMovie. Within this movie I have another movie, let's call it MovieWithin.
I have a few variables in the MainMovie such as MyColour, MyHeight, etc.
In the MovieWithin, I want to place the following code:
onload()
{
ThisColour = _root.MyColour;
ThisHeight = _root.MyHeight;
}
So that when it loads I can pass variables to the movie. But this isn't working for me!
It seems that I can access variables going in one direction, but not in the other.
For instance if I was in the MainMovie, and had a code such as: MyHeight = this.MovieWithin.ThisHeight
Then this would work absolutely fine! But if I try to access variables in the other direction, from the inner movie to the outer movie, it just won't have it!
I've tried the _parent technique with no joy!
Basically I want to be able to load several movies (not at the same time!) into my MovieWithin, but be able to control their state on loading by accessing the variables in the MainMovie.
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