Flash :: Using Variable To Reference Movie Clip?

Using A Variable To Reference An Already Existing Movie Clip?
Hello,

I have been struggling with what I suppose is a very simple issue: I am importing content into my application via a text file, this all works fine. I have about 10 different movie clips on the parent timeline that I have hidden (dc_mc.visible = false.

So what I need to do is take one of the variable names that I've got from my text file and use its value to "turn on" one of these hidden movie clips.

So I'm trying stuff like:

var directory = e.target.data.directory; // Grabs the data, sets var
var raceNameButton:String = directory+"_mc"; // Set data into new var
raceNamesButton.visible = true; // display movie clip with var name

and it's giving me all sorts of problems. I know I can do this with ActionScript, but just can't seem to get it to work.

Any thoughts out there?

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Using A String Variable To Reference A Movie Clip
I have an appended variable that i want to use to reerence a movie clip instance, but it dosnt work....

var blah_num:Number = 1;
blah = "blah" + blah_num;

_root.blah.gotoAndPlay(5);

I hope this explains what im trying to do. I have 15 instances of the same movie clip that are named "blah1","blah2",...etc. the blah_num variable changes and is appended to blah, and then I want to use the string var blah as a movie clip instance. I ma trying to use it in this form: blah.gotoAndPlay(10); etc...

Thanks in advance

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From A Loaded Swf Clip, Access/reference Variable In The MainTimeline
Hello all, want to ask you a question:

In the mainTimeLine, I have a string variable like this:

var myString:String="Hello!";

Now I load an external swf to the mainTimeline:

var ContentLoader:Loader=new Loader();
ContentLoader.load(new URLRequest("externalClip.swf"));

Now, I can pass the value of variable "myString" to the "ContentLoader.content", no problem.

My question is, if I am not passing the value to the loaded clip, can I use some script (within the loaded swf) to reference the "myString" in the main movie?

it seems to me now it's only one way street in AS3 - I have to pass that variable to the loaded swf, not the other way around... which means, I can't use the AScript in the loaded clip to control anything on the main timeline?

any thoughts?

Sam

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Call A Variable Into A Movie Reference.. ?
so basically i've got a variable called 'number' and i want to put it into a function like:

_root.barNUMBER._height = 10;

so that when the variable changes, the affected bar changes with it...

that make sense(?)

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Can't Reference Movie Clip
Help! I can't reference this movie clip. Any sugeestions?

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_root.wishlistbox = _root.attachMovie("newwishlist", "wishlist", d+37, {_x:60,_y:100});

trace("wishlistbox = "+wishlistbox); //outputs: _level0.wishlist

ref1 = _root['wishlist'];
trace("ref1.box = "+ref1.box); //outputs:undefined

ref2 = eval("wishlist.box");
trace("ref2 = "+ref2); //undefined

trace("wishlistbox.box = "+wishlistbox.box); //outputs:undefined

/*
// This is the code in the 'newwishlist' Movie Clip
this.createEmptyMovieClip("box", this.getNextHighestDepth());

//draw filled box
this.box.beginFill(0xffffff, 100);
this.box.lineStyle(1, 0x000000, 20);
this.box.moveTo(0, 0);
this.box.lineTo(750, 0);
this.box.lineTo(750, 80);
this.box.lineTo(0, 80);
this.box.endFill();

timelabel = "wlitem";
createTextField(timelabel, this.getNextHighestDepth(),30,10,200,20);
this[timelabel].multiline = false;
this[timelabel].wordWrap = false;
this[timelabel].border = false
this[timelabel].text = "wishlist";
this[timelabel].selectable = false;
this.timelabelformat = new TextFormat();
this.timelabelformat.bold = true;
this.timelabelformat.align = "left";
this.timelabelformat.font = "Arial";
this.timelabelformat.size = 15;
this.timelabelformat.color = 0xcccccc;
this[timelabel].setTextFormat(timelabelformat);

this.box.onRelease = function(){
trace(this);
}
*/
-----------------------------------------------

Thanks, Pete.

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Help With Movie Clip Reference
Hi Everyone,
Please help me with this script:

rootMovie.Fla code:
courseObj.onPress = function(){
txtIntro._visible = 0;
loadMovie("courseObj.swf", mcPlaceHolder);
}

As you can see I used a button to trigger a swf to load into a MC called "mcPlaceHolder". This works.

courseObj.Fla code:
function txtBasicFunc(mcName,mcAlpha){
_root[mcName]._x = _root._xmouse;
}

This works by itself, but when load into mcPlaceholder in rootMovie.Fla it doesn't work. I know that the _root[mcName] array must be the problem and this is where I need help.

thankyou

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How To Reference To A Movie Clip
Hello

I have a movie clips with 2 buttons (a red and a blue). When I do a mouse over on the red button my blue button will come visible.

When I drag my movie clip to the stage I can see the red button and the blue button will be available when I do a mouse over on the red button

Now I want to apply an action script on the scene for my blue button that makes the time line go to frame 20. But I am not sure on how to reference the button from the movie clip. I get an error with a null reference.

I have attached my scenario. I am new to AS3 so this is maybe a simple question

Thanks
Tanja

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Movie Clip Reference
If i have movieclipD iside movieclipC iside MovieclipB inside MovieclipA whose parent is the _root and i would like to reference MovieClipD in terms of the _root and not its parent. I know i could do it mathamatically calculating the X Y of every parent but i was wondering if there was a simpler way to do it?? for instace something like "movieClip._xworld".

Please and Thank you.

Please ask me to clarify if i have explained it poorly.

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How To Reference Arrays In A Movie Clip
I have dynamic and input text fields in a movie clip
and trying to referance them in a for loop

for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
yoselfMC["varLineTot"+i] = yoselfMC["varLotQty"+i]*aryPrc[i];
Total += yoselfMC["varLineTot"+i];
}

where
yoselfMC is the movie clip instance name
varLineTot1, varLineTot2,.. are dynamic text variable names
and
varLotQty1, varLineQty2,.. are input text varible names

code must calculate total order price but does not

any suggestions about referancing varibles in a movie clip in this manner..
by the way.. should i do something to insert(or attach?) varibles to movie clips..

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Movie Clip Reference Within A Class
Having problems dynamically creating a movieclip reference to pass to another class.

Basically I have a Game class and a Boiler class. The Game class contains a property called "mcReference" which is being created correctly as "_level0.game_mc" when I create the Game instance

var myGame = new Game(this);

Within the Game class I have a method to create 9 Boiler instances.

i.e

Code:

public function create_Boilers():Void {

arrBoilers = new Array();

for (var i:Number = 0; i < numBoilers; i++) {

var vBoilerRef:MovieClip = mcReference["boiler" + (i + 1) +
"_mc"];
var vBoiler_Obj:Boiler = new Boiler(vBoilerRef);

}

}
If I do a trace on vBoilerRef, I get undefined.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

The code for the 2 classes is as follows:

Code:

import Boiler;

class Game extends MovieClip{

// -----------
// Constructor
// -----------

public function Game(passed_mcReference:MovieClip) {

mcReference = passed_mcReference;
trace ("Game mcReference = " + mcReference);

}

public var mcReference:MovieClip;
public var arrBoilers:Array;
public var numBoilers:Number

public function init():Void {

numBoilers = 9;

}

public function create_Boilers():Void {

arrBoilers = new Array();

for (var i:Number = 0; i < numBoilers; i++) {

var vBoilerRef:MovieClip = mcReference["boiler" + (i
+ 1) + "_mc"];
var vBoiler_Obj:Boiler = new Boiler(vBoilerRef);

}

}

}
##############################

Code:

class Boiler extends MovieClip{

// -----------
// Constructor
// -----------

public function Boiler(passed_mcReference:MovieClip,
passed_ID:Number) {

mcReference = passed_mcReference;
trace ("Boiler mcReference = " + mcReference);
numID = passed_ID;
trace ("numID = " + numID);

}

public var mcReference:MovieClip;
public var numID:Number;
private var numInitialRotation:Number = -83.5;

public function reset_Needle():Void {

mcReference.guage_panel_mc.needle_mc._rotation = numInitialRotation;

}

public function set_Needle_Rotation(passedRotation:Number):Void {

mcReference.guage_panel_mc.needle_mc._rotation = numInitialRotation;

}

}

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Array Movie Clip Reference
Hi
I got some movie clips' references in an array as follows:

Code:
var buttons:Array = new Array(architektura_mc, urbanistyka_mc);
These movie clips are nested in a movie called 'menu_mc', so I can reference to them like so:

Code:
menu_mc.architektura_mc.property = value;
However, I'd like to facilitate my array in the following way:

Code:
menu_mc.buttons[0].property = value;
It won't work since when I trace menu_mc.buttons[0], it's apparently undefined. How come?

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How To Reference Movie Clip In Button
Hello,

I have a button, lets say its linkage name is btn. From script in the main timeline I am adding the button (from the library) to a movie clip with attachMovie, giving it an instance name btn1. This has been working fine for me (however, please correct me if I should not be using attachMovie on buttons).

This button, in the Up frame, has a movie clip with an instance name interior. Is it possible, after I call attachMovie and create btn1, to reference this interior movie clip, like: _root.outer.btn1.interior ? I can successfully reference btn1 with _root.outer.btn1, but _root.outer.btn1.interior is undefined.

If I list objects while debugging, I can see a target: _root.outer.btn1.instance63. I realize that Flash has generated that instance name, but why hasn't it used the "interior" name I assigned inside the button?

Please excuse my lack of knowledge here, and know that I've spent a number of hours researching this before posting. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
M

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Ways To Reference A Movie Clip?
Can anyone explain why within a function this would work: colorSwatch_0._alpha-=10;

But this would not? this["_root.colorSwatch_"+0]._alpha-=10;

I am certain that the reference is solid, and I can access other variables in the same manner (dynamic text fields).

Any clues?

Thanks muchly

b

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Movie Clip Reference Problem
Hi there, 1st of all, thank you for all those who have helped me out for that last week. I have gained so much information this week more than I do in a month. The progress of my project is going because of this forum.

2nd, I run into another question.

I have 1 index movie (_root). Inside this movie, I have a container_mc, and I load external swf file into this container.

For examble, I load a news.swf into the container_mc

But when I reference into a mc inside the _root timeline of news.swf, It doesnt recognize it.

For example: I have a myMovie_mc inside the _root timeline of news.swf
How do I make an absolute reference to this myMovie_mc?? ( I have a button inside myMovie_mc, and onRelease, I want it to play the 2nd frame on myMovie_mc

This doesnt work:
_root.container_mc.myMovie_mc.gotoAndPlay(2);

A quick solution is appreciated. Thanks guys.

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FMX: Get Reference To Clicked On Movie Clip
New to flash!
I normally write javascript code, so I wonder how to do this.
In JS "Microsoft IS" you'll write code like this:

document.onclick = func;

function func()
{
var obj = event.srcElement; //And there I have reference to the object;
}

The graphic designer creates flash drawings and then converts whatever objects to movieclips. Then passes them over to me. All these "mc" need the same action applied to them. So I don't need to know how many they are or their names....Can this be done in Flash???
Thanx

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Removing A Movie Clip Reference
Last edited by chance : 2003-01-27 at 06:31.

For some reason, I can't seem to remove the reference to an unloaded movieclip that is contained in a movieclip that is contained in another movieclip that has been loaded using attachMovie(). I know the clip is being removed because listing the objects in the movie just shows the reference to the removed clip, not the objects within the removed
clip.

------------- Code ---------------
item = itemPath.attachMovie(itemClip, "item" + i, i);

var mp3 = item.mediaType_mc.mediaMp3_mc;
trace(mp3); // path to mp3
unloadMovie(mp3);
trace(delete mp3); // false

----------------------------------

I've tried:

mp3.unloadMovie()
unloadMovie(mp3)
mp3.removeMovieClip()
removeMovieClip(mp3)

Is there something I'm missing here? I don't have any code anywhere that references these clips so I can't for the life of me figure out why I can't delete their reference.

Any help is appreciated, or if you know a way in the debugger or somewhere else to show all references to a given object, that may help too. I may have set a variable somewhere that references these clips and forgotten about it.

Thanks.

Mark Chance
mchance@ideo.com
IDEO
http://www.ideo.com

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Movie Clip Reference Issue
I'm having this problem quite often now, I know it's kinda vague to tell, but it's basically this; reference to movieclips just stop working for no apprent reason.

For instance, I have this project where I have a movie clip at the stage and I use code from the same fla to make a reference to it and it just doesn't work.

Say myMC.buttonMode = true; to make it change the mouse arrow when the cursor is over the MC.

But if I make it simple, by deleting everything else but the part of the code where it makes the reference the MC and the MC itself, it works!

That's not the first time that it happened to me, so I wonder if it's a kind of well know bug that I should be aware of, or something...

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Reference Current Movie Clip
how do you reference the current movie clip.

for example, as part of my "skip intro", i would like to stop the current playing movie clip.

this.stop() seemed reasonable but it does not work.

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Loosing Reference To Movie Clip
I'm somehow loosing my reference to my movie clip i created dynamically.... can someone tell me what's wrong with this code.

var y=0;
var x=0;
var imageHolderWidth = 276;
var imageHolderHeight = 362;
var gap=50;
// loop through XML and place in array
for (var i=0;i<2;i++) {
var image = "last10_image_"+i.toString();

_root.createEmptyMovieClip(image,50+i);

var imageHolder = eval(image);
imageHolder._x=x;
imageHolder._y=y;
imageHolder.createEmptyMovieClip("_tn"+i,100+i);
mv_sub_image = imageHolder["_tn"+i]

trace(_root[image]["_tn0"]);
with(mv_sub_image){
_x=1.5;
_y=1.3;
_alpha=60;
with(imageHolder){
lineStyle(2,0xA0A0A0);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(imageHolderWidth,0);
lineTo(imageHolderWidth,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,0);
}
loadMovie("glamour.jpg");
}
_root[image].onRollOut=function(){
_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=60;
}
_root[image].onRollOver=function(){
_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=100;
}

currentNode = currentNode.nextSibling;
x = x + gap + imageHolderWidth;

//set the max image that can be displayed.
if(i>=1){break};
}

if you look at the trace output .. the first movie clip is undefined after the second loop.

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How To Reference A Movie Clip In Main Swf From A Class?
I'm a little ahead of myself in doing AS 3 for a client - before I have complete understanding myself.

Here's where I am stuck -

In the main swf(fla) I have "presentation_mc" which is a movie clip with many keyframes. Later designers will add/remove keyframes as needed. So I also have to generate numbered buttons dynamically.

Here is the code that generates the custom buttons in the main.swf:

function placeButtons():void{
var i:int
for(i=0; i<varNumOfSections; i++){
var varTemp:Number = i + 1;
varButtonLabel = String(varTemp);
varButtonX = varButtonFirstX + (35 * i);
varButtonOver = sectionArray[i];

var b1:Button_mc = new Button_mc(varButtonLabel, varButtonX, varButtonY, varButtonOver);

mySprite.addChild(b1);
}
}

----- end code in main.swf

Here is the custom class for Button_mc:

package{

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

public class Button_mc extends MovieClip{
public var varLabel:String;
public var varX:Number;
public var varY:Number;
public var varOver:String;

public function Button_mc(varLabel, varX, varY, varOver){
this.label_txt.mouseEnabled = false;
this.label_txt.text = varLabel;
this.x = varX;
this.y = varY;
this.toolTip_mc.over_txt.text = varOver;

this.toolTip_mc.tipBacker_mc.width = this.toolTip_mc.over_txt.textWidth + 20;
this.toolTip_mc.visible = false;
this.buttonOver_mc.visible = false;

this.buttonMode = true;

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);

}

private function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
var tempVar:String = this.label_txt.text;
//trace("You clicked " + tempVar);
buttonClick(tempVar);
}

function buttonClick(tempVar:String):void{
trace("I want to go to presentation_mc frame # " + tempVar);
//presentation_mc.gotoAndStop(tempVar);
}

}
}

---- end Button_mc.as

Note the red and bold traces fine on clicks - but I can't actually reference the movie clip "presentation_mc" from here.

I'm really sorry if this is simple - referencing is always the second thing I check on errors - after spelling. But I am getting a specific 1120: Access of undefined property presentation_mc error.

I am working my way through Moock's book on AS 3 at a feverish pace, but if I can't get this sussed I am in serious trouble for today.

I greatly appreciate anyone's help - whether simple or conceptual.

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How Do I Reference The External Movie Clip's Button?
I'm loading a movie into a container (a navigation system). Now I want to put in some code in the first swf, not the external swf, to change the alpha of a movie clip. Can someone help?

Code:
var navLoader:Loader = new Loader();
gavholder.addChild(navLoader);
var navURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("dock.swf");
navLoader.load(navURL);
navLoader.x=0;
navLoader.y=0;
navLoader.scaleX=1;
navLoader.scaleY=1;
I thought I could just say this

Code:
gavholder.c1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, camp);
function camp(event:MouseEvent) {
gcrmcholder.alpha =50;
}
Regards,

Glen Charles Rowell

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Can't Reference A Movie Clip Array Via For Loop
Hello everybody, I have this problem since many weeks ago, I can't figure out how to resolve it. My partial code is:

function checkCollision(rect) {
for(j=0; j < drop.length; j++) {
temp2 = eval(drop[j]);
if(eval(rect._droptarget) == temp2){
rect._x = temp2._x;
rect._y = temp2._y;
}
else {
rect._x = rect.origX;
rect._y = rect.origY;
}
}
}

I send to the function a movie clip that I use for drag and drop, so when I drop this function is called. The problem is that of the three rectangles that I use for contain the others, only the last senses the drop target. I read the Canadian post of frequently asked questions, and one of the questions is very similar, but I can't figure out how to apply it here. Any help please. Thanks

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Pass Reference Of Movie Clip To Function?
Hey guys,

I'm trying to do something like this, but for some reason it isn't working...

ActionScript Code:
function mouseClickHandler(t:MovieClip):Void { if(!t){ trace("no target"); var t:MovieClip = this; } else{ trace(t._name); }}// using a call to this function I want to simulate a click on navItem_2mouseClickHandler(container.navItem_2);

Any idea why this shouldn't work?
Should I do it as a string or what?

Update:

Hmm, I replicated this situation in a blank movie and it works as it should. Really confused now.

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Dynamic Movie Clip Reference Problems
Last edited by Codemonkey : 2006-08-18 at 10:30.

i'm trying to convert the following statement:

ActionScript Code:
line_mc_1.moveTo(end_mc_1._x , 353);

I'd like to replace "mc_1" with the variable "currentSWF". by doing this:

ActionScript Code:
whichLine = "line_" + currentSWF;
whichEndX = "end_" + currentSWF + "._x";

eval(whichLine).lineTo(eval(whichEndX), 353);

...only the first eval is working. Is there a better way of doing this? I'm basically trying to dynamically generate the reference to the MC property. I've tried other approaches with no success.

Thanks in advance!

Raphael

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Loosing Reference To My Movie Clip When Create Dynamically
I'm somehow loosing my reference to my movie clip i created dynamically.... can someone tell me what's wrong with this code.

var y=0;
var x=0;
var imageHolderWidth = 276;
var imageHolderHeight = 362;
var gap=50;
// loop through XML and place in array
for (var i=0;i<2;i++) {
var image = "last10_image_"+i.toString();

_root.createEmptyMovieClip(image,50+i);

var imageHolder = eval(image);
imageHolder._x=x;
imageHolder._y=y;
imageHolder.createEmptyMovieClip("_tn"+i,100+i);
mv_sub_image = imageHolder["_tn"+i]

trace(_root[image]["_tn0"]);
with(mv_sub_image){
_x=1.5;
_y=1.3;
_alpha=60;
with(imageHolder){
lineStyle(2,0xA0A0A0);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(imageHolderWidth,0);
lineTo(imageHolderWidth,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,imageHolderHeight);
lineTo(0,0);
}
loadMovie("glamour.jpg");
}
_root[image].onRollOut=function(){
_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=60;
}
_root[image].onRollOver=function(){
_root[image]["_tn0"]._alpha=100;
}

currentNode = currentNode.nextSibling;
x = x + gap + imageHolderWidth;

//set the max image that can be displayed.
if(i>=1){break};
}

if you look at the trace output .. the first movie clip is undefined after the second loop.

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Dynamic Movie Clip Reference, Invoke Function In Mc
Happy new year all!!

I'd like to invoke a function inside a mc from it's parent, but I want to have the reference to the clip be dynamic. When I path the mc directly and invoke the function it works, how would I make that same reference work dynamically.

Here's a sample of what I'm trying to do:

Code:
var myArr:Array = new Array();
myArr[0] = "galleryContainer_mc.eventGallery1_mc.imgContainer_mc";
trace(myArr[0]);

// This works
toggle_btn.onRelease = function() {
galleryContainer_mc.eventGallery1_mc.imgContainer_mc.videoToggle();
}
// But this doesn't work
toggle_btn.onRelease = function() {
myArr[0].videoToggle();
}
I know I'm fried, but that seems like it should work, am I missing something really basic here? Any advice would be really helpful at this point. Thanks!

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How To Reference Root-level Sound From Within A Nested Movie Clip?
I've got this AS on the first frame of my main FLA:

PHP Code:

var spur1:Spur1 = new Spur1();
var playSpur1:Function = function() {
spur1.play();
}
playSpur1();

It works. When the movie starts playing, I hear the spur sound from my library immediately.

I have a cowboy MovieClip on my stage in frame 1. The 2nd frame inside that cowboy movie clip has a movieclip of some legs walking. The 1st and 6th frames of those legs walking has this actionscript:

PHP Code:

playSpur1();

This is causing an error:

Code:
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method playSpur1.
My movie will not run properly - the cowboy ignores all the internal actions and loops repeatedly.

What is the recommended way to play a sound when some deeply nested movie hits a certain frame?

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Making Button In Movie Clip Symbol Reference Main Scene
I set up a flash movie with a scroll pane moving a movie clip. When I place instances of buttons in that movie clip and apply actions to them, they are not working.

The main movie has only one scene, so my actions for the buttons in the movie clip contained in the scroll pane have the following properties: gotoandplay, scene 1, frame label, frame label in scene 1 I'd like to jump to.

Is there a reason, the actions applied to those buttons won't take me to the corresponding frame label in my main movie?

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Variable In Movie Clip With A Variable Name
Hello,
I need to find out the content of a variable in a Movie Clip with a variable name. I created several movie clips with "duplicateMovieclip" in a for... loop. Looks like this:
for (i=1; i<=5; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip (_root.oldname, "newname"+i, i);}
Now I want to know and set the content of a variable stored in this clip, but again in a for.... loop.
I tried it with:
"_root.newname"+i+".variable"=content;
This does not work. Anyone any ideas?
Thanks for any answer that might help me.
Greetings from cologne
Ole

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My problem is I have two movie clips that i'm working with. The child-clip has a variable and a movie at _level10 (the base of it) that I would like to call when the child-clip is loaded into the parent-clip. I tried _level10.variable but that did not work. And commonly _root brought me to the _root of parent.

How can I get around this?

P.S.
I know there was a way in Flash 4 that you could call instances backwards (//instance) or something like that. But I haven't used Flash 4 in a LONG while.

Plz Help

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Send Variable From The Main Movie To A Movie Clip.
How do I send variable form my main movie to a movie clip.

Have some dynamic text in my movie clip whose variables are determined in the main movie

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In flash MX is there something like private variables and global ones?
I am asking this because I want to be able to open up a menu when you click on a button, and then according to which ever button you picked in the new menu you'd have a variable returned into the original movie. The new menu is in a movie clip.

How would I go about this? Is there some sort of code word for variable that is global not private?

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Set Variable In Movie Clip?
Hello all,

I've tried to set a variable by a button in a movie clip with:
on (release) {
keuze = 2;

On a frame in the root scene I put this:

if (keuze == 2) {
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 3", 1);
}

But this doesn't work!

It DOES work when I set the variable in the scene itself, but not when I set it in a movie clip... Why not??

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http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...hreadid=299918 )

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