FLASH: addressing variable in movie clip

[David Owen]

I am trying to do something simple in addressing a variable inside a movie

clip just to understand how it works.


I have a button on stage which does this:

On (Release)

   Set Variable: "/blu_mc:blu" = 1

End On


where blu_mc is the movie clip and blu is a variable inside the movie clip.

The movie clip has a frame action which says:

Set Variable: "blu" = blu

If (blu = 1)

      Go to and Stop (2)

End If


Now of course this doesn't work because I am not sure how to define the

variable so that it is waiting for a value to be passed to it. I am sure

there is some simple protocall here which is not covered in the manual (even

though the manual says you can do this).


The button and the MC are on different layers and there is only one frame on

stage, in case that matters.


Please help a poor code illiterate pixel monkey.


Owen



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