Re: FLASH: Croteau: How 2 pass var bet MC's

[John Croteau]

Hi Suraj,


> Can I pass variables between two MC's located in different frames of the

> same movie?

> This is kind of urgent so i'd really appreciate any help.


The main concern here is to make sure the second MC exists and will continue

to exist so it will retain the values stored in that MC.


For instance say you have a movie clip MC20 that starts in frame 20 and you

want to pass variables to a movie clip MC30 in frame 30. You can not do that

from frame 20. And you can do that from frame 30 and later only if MC20

still exists (it needs to be in its own layer with empty frames following

it.

You of course can use a Park frame to make an MC exist but not visible

(controlled by Tell Target).


The path to the other MC is easy. Generally don't use relative paths but

ones based on a MC's position from the root (main timeline) and you will

have an easy time.


Begin Tell Target ("/MC30")

      Set Variable: "price20" = "123.20"

End Tell Target


For more on Tell Target see  ---->

http://www.FlashBible.com/members/TellTarget/


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