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Anonymous
June 13, 2012
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public var and External swf

  • June 13, 2012
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Hello!

I have some problem with vars. The situation is the same I wrote here Re: External swf

I have public var (for example ZZZ) in code of MAIN.swf (main class is Main.as), and I want to access it from code of loaded EXTERNAL.swf.

But nothing helps, flash says:

there is no ZZZ in code of Main

there is no ZZZ on stage.root

there is no ZZZ in any parents.

But if a have ZZZ in code of EXTERNAL, and want to access it from MAIN,  (the reverse situation), ZZZ is easily found.

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Correct answer kglad

your variable is defined on the main timeline of MAIN.swf so you just need a path to it.

that exact path depends on the scope of EXTERNAL's loader.

(and, of course, you need to make sure that variable is defined before trying to reference it.)

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kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 13, 2012

your variable is defined on the main timeline of MAIN.swf so you just need a path to it.

that exact path depends on the scope of EXTERNAL's loader.

(and, of course, you need to make sure that variable is defined before trying to reference it.)

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Anonymous
June 13, 2012

public var ZZZ:Number = 9;

As I read now in Adobe's help : Loader has no root until it is added as a child (and i don't do that), and External has it's own root (and i don't add him either). May be I should pass to EXTERNAL

this

as exact pass, and then

ExactPass.ZZZ

would be found?

I have another idea: getDefinitionByName won't help External to find ZZZ in Main?

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