flash actionscript: In the past, I could dynamically add variables to a movie clip to assign values
to them so that I was able to read them later per movie clip.

It doesn't seem like I can do this now. Is there anyway to do it?

Also, this is in a class, and when the student has answerd the quesiton, I
need variables to be set from the main stage. (nextEnabled, backEnabled for
buttons to become active). So on a side note, from a class, how do I set
variables in the main stage?

thanks in advance

This is for a XML generated exam, and I'm creating the answers dynamically
here:


for(var i:uint=0; i<ansTot; i++) {
var arNum:uint = Number(listArray[i]);
var disMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var ansText:TextField = new TextField();
disMC.addChild(ansText).name = "ansText";
ansText.x = 15;
if(i == 0) {
thisY = stemText.height + 20;
ansText.y = thisY;
} else {
ansText.y = thisY;
}
ansText.width = 969;
ansText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
ansText.styleSheet = quesCSS;
ansText.wordWrap = true;
ansText.multiline = true;
ansText.selectable = false;
ansText.condenseWhite = true;
ansText.antiAliasType = "advanced";
//ansText.border = true;
ansText.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF;
ansText.htmlText = "<span class='n'>" + formatScreenText(subXML[arNum]) +
"</span>";

disMC.defaultText = formatScreenText(subXML[arNum]);
disMC.remediation = subXML[arNum].@remediation;
disMC.isCorrect = subXML[arNum].@correct;

disMC.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, answerClicked);

thisY += ansText.height + 10;

this.addChild(disMC);
}

private function answerClicked(event:Event):void {
var myAns = event.target;
if(this.isCorrect == "1") {
this.ansText.htmlText = "<span class='cor'>" + this.defaultText + "</span>";
} else {
this.ansText.htmlText = "<span class='wng'>" + this.defaultText + "</span>";
}
}

1. you do it the same way in as3 as in as2. often the compiler needs help
knowing you're accessing a movieclip property and you need to type your object
as a movieclip.

2. you can dispatch a custom event from your class, based on something that
occurs within your class, to any class member that has a listener.

figured it out, just have to dig around to find it LOL:
event.target.parent.defaultText

but still not sure about how to set the nextButton variable to true when they
either get the answer correct, or fail on the second try.