"Lori Ross" <lross_uhhuh_@enter.net> wrote in message
news:ccfltv$6o7$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I'm attempting to set global variables using code placed on the first
frame
> of my SWF, which happens to be a calendar:
>
> _global.viewYear = 2004;
> _global.viewMonth = "July";
>
> I have no references to _root, or to _level in the code, which I realize
> will create issues when my SWF is loaded into a movie clip in my main
movie.
>
> Run alone, the variables trace with correct values. Apparently, simply
> loading the SWF into the movie clip will not cause the SWF's code to run.
> I've just spent all day searching Google's archives of this forum for
> answers. There has to be something simple I'm missing.
>
> Also, the calendar SWF has a simple array defined in its timeline called
> dayBlocks. Run alone I access the values with a for loop using
dayBlocks[i].
> Works fine. Once the SWF is loaded into my nested movie clip ("mcHolder")
it
> is inside this path from the main movie:
>
> _level0.fileMC.mcHolder
>
> Is there some way I can target the array on the SWFs timeline? What is the
> correct syntax, since I'm accessing each of the array elements with a for
> loop and array-access notation; i.e., dayBlocks[i].
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> ~Lori
>
> ........................................................
> Lori Ross
> lross@slocumblatt.com
> Slocum Blatt Network
> Ross Designs & Consulting
>
>

>
> Is there some way I can target the array on the SWFs timeline? What is the
> correct syntax, since I'm accessing each of the array elements with a for
> loop and array-access notation; i.e., dayBlocks[i].