Access main timeline variables from movie clip

Hello, folks!

I have a doubt that is making me mad.

Suppose that I have a variable defined in the main timeline, like this:

var str:String = "foo";

Suppose too that I have a movie clip called mc1 inside the same keyframe of the variable instanced before ( I think this is not important for the test ).

Here is the doubt: How do I access the variable str from movie clip mc1??

I tried this, without success:


trace( stage.getChildByName("root1").str );
trace( stage.root.str );
trace( stage.getChildByName("root1").getChildByName("str") );



Why it does'nt work??

Thanks for any help!!!

There should be a "target" image in the actionscript panel that will allow you to traverse the timeline looking for any variables you wish to use.

i saw your post so i register this forum, it's work method i did,

/*in maintimeline*/

function testvar():Array{

var test_ary:Array = new Array();

test_ary[0] = "http://something.com";
test_ary[1] = "foo";

return test_ary;
}

/* in as file */
package {
...
var ary_var:Array = testvar();
trace(ary_var[0]);
trace(ary_var[1]);
...
}

sorry my english, i from hong kong :)