[Tweener] AS2 hierarchy and dynamic texts

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On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:38 PM, <pierre_colin at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Hello everyone,
> I am getting a bit confused over a what should be small problem:
>
> I have Flash CS3, and I am working on a project in AS2. I know my way
> around AS2 fairly well, but I don't understand the following prolem:
>
> - I have a variable declared at the root of my flash document
> - I want to use that variable in various movieclips that I load onto the
> flash document (whether by directly placing them on a layer, or using
> attachiMovie())
> - as of now, here is my hierarchy structure:
> > root
>  >>raceModule (on a layer)
>   >>>raceControl (on a layer)
>     >>>> raceController (on a layer)
>      >>>>> dataTable (attached to the movieclip)
>
> If I create a dynamic text on the root document and put "_root.myvariable"
> in the variable textbox, i can see that variable well. Same thing if I put
> the textfield in racemodule or racecontrol.
> But it stops working when I place it in racecontroller or dataTable... The
> odd thing is that I put a 'trace(_root.myvariable);' in raceController, and
> it shows the varaible just fine.
>
> Can anyone explain to me why it wouldnot work in the dynamic textfield but
> in the trace code? Should I be using something different? I did try _level0
> instead of _root, but it did not work either.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Jeremy
>
>
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