variable advice 1

[ksbigfoot]

I have loaded a swf (level1) into my main swf (level0).
I would like to read variables from level1 that were declared in level0 and vice versa.
What is the best way to retrieve these variables.
Thanks

 

[oldnewbie]

Read from level 1 on level 0 (once the movie is fully loaded...)

mylevel0_var = _level1.whatever_variable;
trace(mylevel0_var);

The reverse...

mylevel1_var = _level0.whatever_variable;
trace(mylevel1_var);

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[ksbigfoot]

Howdy oldnewbie,
It is not working for me.
I only have one frame in my imported swf and I created actionscript code on that frame and here is what I have declared.

var strFlag:String = "1";

Here is the code I am running in my main swf

trace (_level1.strFlag);

Here is how I loaded the swf file into level1

loadMovieNum("MazeText.swf", 1);

I found a way around it, buy declaring Setters and Getters functions in my swf that I loaded into my main swf. I am calling those functions and it is returning the values.

I am still interested to see if there is an easier way to retrieve parameter values.

Thanks
ksbigfoot

 

[ksbigfoot]

Howdy oldnewbie,

I just realized as I was working on my swf file that sometimes I was able to access the value by typing _level1.strFlag and other times I was not.

If I take out the call _level1.fStartTime();
then I get an unidentified error.
If I call _level1.fStartTime(); first followed by the trace statement I don't get an error on the trace statement.
If I place _level1.fStartTime(); after the trace statement, I get unidentified on the first trace call and then the actual value the second time it is called.

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	with (_root.player) {
		trace(_level1.strFlag);
		_level1.fStartTime();	
     }
}

I gave you a star oldnewbie as what you originally told me works if I am not within the onClipEvent.
I am not sure why I have to have the function call first to _level1 before I can access the variables.

Thanks
ksbigfoot

 

[oldnewbie]

Make sure your MazeText has some content other than just actionscript, even if it's off-stage, so that the movie has a width > 0.

Add your actionscript...
var strFlag:String = "1";

In your main movie, use this...

stop();
loadMovieNum("MazeText.swf",1);
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
	if(_level1._width > 0){ // if the movie is fully loaded...
		trace("The value is: "+_level1.strFlag);
		delete this.onEnterFrame;
	}else{
		trace("Movie not fully loaded yet!");
	}
};

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