how to pass variables inside onRelease = function() ?

My mistake. When using a for-in loop to access an array the var (in this case sVar) is always a String. However it can return a number or a string value depending on what its looping thru. So if flashVars is an Object then you don’t need to use the square bracket unless you need to access the value of that property. Which is where I am confused on what it is you want.

myIP wrote:
> or perhaps more ideal;
>
> for(var sVar in flashVars)
> {
> i++;
> //var mcName = sVar.substr(0,3);
>
> // create the MCs:
> duplicateMovieClip(_root.testBut,"medium"+sVar,i);
> _root["medium"+sVar].testText.text=sVar;
> _root["medium"+sVar].mcName = sVar.substr(0,3);
>
>
> // assign the function to each created MC:
> _root["medium"+sVar].onRelease = function()
> {
> trace(this.mcName)
> _root[mcName]._x=0;
> }
> }
>

thanks but this does not work.
I think that the problem is that the variables defined in the for loop do not exist in the scope of
the function.

when the MC is clicked, and the onRelease function says:

_root[mcName]._x=0;

the variable "mcName" is empty.




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or perhaps more ideal;

Try removing the ‘_root’ from the mcName variable. So this line of code;

_root[mcName]._x=0;

…would be like this;

mcName._x=0;




But if you are looking to retrieving the instance name you can also use this;

trace(this._name)

…in the onRelease function.