Field Variable trouble

Question

Hello,

Overview: I am having a confusing time figuring out what's
going on with the scope in a project I'm working on. I mocked up a
version of what I'm attempting, and have attached all the code (as
follows). I want to access/modify a var that resides on a
movieclip's timeline.

Problem: A movieclip (called 
test) resides in the first frame of the main timeline.
Inside 
test on it's first frame it declares a var called 
testing. From the main timeline I ask what the value of 
testing is, and it returns 
undefined.

Attempted Resolution: I have programmed in Java, and it has
what they call 
accessor and 
mutator methods. I tried creating accessor/mutator functions
in the movieclip, but this didn't change the error message. I also
thought that it might be an issue with the ver of AS that I am
using. I have MX 2004 (v7.0) and I checked 
the
livedocs to look into seeing if I was on track. As far as I can
tell I am.

Thank you for the help,

Here's the code:

kglad · Accepted Answer

you are encountering a timing issue. the code on the first frame of your main timeline executes before the code in the first frame of movieclips that are attached to that main timeline first frame.

so, if you want to access variables on the first frame of movieclip you must wait until those variables are defined either by waiting until some timeline advances or initiating a loop that checks if the variables are defined.

kglad · Answer

you're welcome.

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