[Tweener] AS2 hierarchy and dynamic texts

[pierre_colin at yahoo.com]

Hi Ernesto, 
thanks for your suggestion.
I tried to use the 'text' function for the text box, but it did not work... 
I created the box on my layer, and gave it a name (nom). I then put the code in another layer of the same movie clip:
this.nom.text = _root.myvariable;

Is this the right way to do it?

Jeremy

--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Ernesto Quezada <ernesto.quezada at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ernesto Quezada <ernesto.quezada at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweener] AS2 hierarchy and dynamic texts
To: tweener at lists.caurinauebi.com
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 2:50 PM

I would say this is related to a bug in AS1 and the Flash Player. 
By the way, I mentioned AS1 as from AS2 you should use instance names instead of the variable textbox (which is in fact the solution you're after). 


Salut!

On 6 April 2010 13:45, Makc <makc.the.great at gmail.com> wrote:

some tweener features require you to import additional classes and init them, search mailing list archive for examples.


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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