Re: FLASH: VARS toText Field in MC

[Helen Triolo]

adam wrote:

> 

> I'm trying to send variables to a text field in a MC from an external text

> file. I'm able to send the string literal to the text field, but I need to

> have the variables from an external text file show in this text field.

> 

> Associating variables in a text field to an external text file is not the

> problem, it's when the text fields are in a MC that I'm running into

> difficulty.

> 


adam,


Here's how I've done it from an action in the main timeline (worked for

me):


      Begin Tell Target ("mcname")

            Go to and Stop (1)

      End Tell Target

      Set Variable: "/mcname:textfieldname" = returnedvariable


Regards,

Helen

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