Referencing Dynamic Text within a MovieClip using ActionScript

Question

Hello. I have dynamic text (the number '6' in the following image) that decrements by 1 every time the user presses the Enter key (as can be seen in code within the second image).

If I make the dynamic text a symbol such as a MovieClip, the number no longer decrements on stage but the variable does within the code. How do I reference the dynamic text within the MovieClip symbol within my code so it decrements as it originally did on stage?

jamesro@cymoedd.ac.uk · Accepted Answer

It still won't work. This is the code I have, the compiler error and the MovieClip the dynamic text is in:

I did it! I got it wo work. I had refered to the MovieClip as a varaiable 'sc' earlier in my code so I used this in the line:

sc.shotstxt.text = String(shots);

and it works great.

Thanks for you help.

kglad · Answer

select the movieclip (that contains your textfield) and note its instance name in the properties panel. (if it doesn't have a name, assign one. eg, tf_mc)

you can then use:

tf_mc.shotstat to reference the shotstat textfield that's a child of tf_mc from the timeline that contains tf_mc. ie,

tf_mc.shotstat.text = String(shots);

in your key_up method (assuming that code is on the timeline that contains tf_mc)

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