flash/passing variables

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• SmilingBuddh0

  Are you setting the variable, then loading the movie?

  Or loading the movie, then setting the variable?

  If you are setting first, this is the problem - the var will be cleared when the movie loads. So, you can either set the variable in a _level0 based holder object:

  1. ---

  in main.swf:

  var_obj = {};
  var_obj.varname = value;

  in your other .swf

  level0.var_obj.varname

  2. ---

  Alternately, you can use a MovieClipLoader to load the movie into the holder, and use it's onLoadInit listener. This is more complicated but a bit more sound code-wise:

  var mcl = {};
  mcl.onLoadInit = function() {
  holder_mc.varname = value;
  };

  var my_loader = new MovieClipLoader();
  my_loader.loadClip("myswf.swf", holder_mc);

  Hope that helps.

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