Author: Mirza Hatipovic

The

_global

object, introduced in Flash MX, finally provides an elegant way to create global varialbes and functions visible on all timelines. As mentioned earlier,

_global

is an object and adding properties to the

_global

object means that we are adding global variables visible on all timelines. Here's a sample declaration:

_global.name = "yo";

Now the variable is available to all timelines. If we want to retrieve the value of the variable, we need to write only

name

not

_global.name

.

The same means for global functions:

_global.sayMyName = function () {

    trace("Mirza");

}

Now you can use

sayMyName()

like other global functions

duplicateMovieClip()

,

attachMovie()

or

play()

.

Cao
Mirza

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Mirza Hatipovic, freelance developer from Bosnia and Hercegovina.

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