External SWF variable updates global variable in Main timeline

Question

I have been searching all over and have yet to find an actual working solution for this

I have 2 movie clips, one being loaded into a container MC via "loadMovie();"

In the main movie there is a variable with no value, in the external movie there are 5 frames, each with a value to update the variable in the main movie.

IE: if on frame 1, global value = 1 / if on frame 2, global value = 2 / etc etc

I'm familiar with passing variables INTO an external swf, but am stumped on how to do it the reverse way. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

You can reference a variable (for example 'myVariable') on the main timeline with _root.myVariable

Better still, you can use a relative reference such as this._parent.myVariable (or this._parent._parent.myVariable if you are two clips deep...)

There's more details here, also here.