FLASH: Return a string of a variable name???? - code check

[jmerrill]

Adding to Musak's helpful post and others, let me add to my second question

again a different way, getting at the heart of the problem.


Why does the following work:


_root[varN2+i].matterNumsField=_root.loadVariablesM.pVarName;


but this doesn't:


instanceFieldName = "matterNumsField";

_root[varN2+i].instanceFieldName=_root.loadVariablesM.pVarName;


(where "instanceFieldName" is the name of the dynamic text field in MC

instance varN2+i)


???


Jason Merrill

Multimedia/Courseware Developer @ ELF, Issaquah, WA

425.369.5214

SerengetiUS.com  - "Where Law Does Business"


Seattle Macromedia Authorware User's Group



                                                                                                                    

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How do I return the string of a variable name?


For example, if I do this:


var1 = "apple"

var2 = var1


var1 returns "apple" and of course var2 now returns "apple" also.   Fine.


But how do I get the name of the "var1" variable as a string, so that

returning var2 gives me the string "var1" instead of "apple"???  I want to

dynamically reference variables in this way.  I'm using Flash5.  Thanks

again.


Jason Merrill

Multimedia/Courseware Developer @ ELF, Issaquah, WA

425.369.5214

SerengetiUS.com  - "Where Law Does Business"


Seattle Macromedia Authorware User's Group






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