Question

Im trying to access some variables from the parent in a child mc.

Parent code:

var date_1:String;
var date_2:String;
var date_3:String;


date_1 = "test1";
date_2 = "test2";
date_3 = "test3";

Child code:

date_1_txt.text = MovieClip(parent).date_1;
date_2_txt.text = MovieClip(parent).date_2;
date_3_txt.text = MovieClip(parent).date_3;

I keep getting the output error:

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null.
    at flash.text::TextField/set text()
    at fi_fla::Symbol2_2/frame1()

nothing shows up in any of the dynamic text fields…

any ideas?

Answer 1

The error indicates that date_1 is a null value.

There are two possibilities:

• date_1 is not defined
• date_1 never got assigned a String value (uninitialized String vars have the value null)

Maybe the code in the child gets called before the code in the parent?