So, if the main timeline has these loaded variables:

var1="blah" var2="more blah" var3="lotsa blah"

and you have 3 MC's (mc1-mc2-mc3) with 1 textfield each:

mc1 textfield = called varText1

action in mc1: vartext1=_root.var1 ----------------------- mc2 textfield = called varText2

action in mc2 varText2=_root.var2 ---------------------- mc3 textfield = called varText3

action in mc3 varText3=_root.var3

--------------------- To sort of automate this, if all MC's are in the main timeline at the same time, you could have an action like this (in the main timline)

for (i=1; i<=3; i++){ _root["mc"+i]["varText"+i]=_root["var"+i] }

hth, Muzak

----- Original Message ----- From: <jmerrill@elftech.com> To: <flasher@chinwag.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:04 PM Subject: FLASH: Help! Get variables from other movie clips?

> I posted this last week, without a response, so I apologize for the > re-post: > > How do I get a variable from another movie clip? > > For example, I have loaded some variables from a text file into Movie Clip > "A". There is a dynamic field there displaying them. Works fine, but how > do I display some of those variables in dynamic fields in movie clips "B" > and "C"? > > Thanks! > > Jason Merrill

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