mc variable access...

[cgallant]

I came across this the other day and it was really frustrating...

I've got a movie in the Library with a link name of "L_mClip" and the following code inside it's frame:

this._myPlace = "Planet Earth";

This is in the _root timeline:

stop();
//this will trace
attachMovie("L_mClip", "i_mClip", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.onMouseDown = function(){
    trace("trace within _root.onMouseDown : " + _root.i_mClip._myPlace);
}
//...while this will not!
trace("trace within _root actions = " + _root.i_mClip._myPlace);

Any thoughts? Why can't I access it outside of the onMouseDown? Am I taking crazy PILLS?!? It's gotta be something really stupid on my part...

Thanks,
-C

[senocular]

see
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=68966