Hi there.

I want to assign a variable value to a movieclip name and then work with this
movieclip (the movieclips are named on the stage). Does anyone have any idea
how I might be able to do this. The code below is my work in progress - it
doesn't work using the variable name to call the movieclip but when I
statically call the movieclip by it's name it works fine.

Please note: the code below is just an example

// I have a movie clip on the stage named mc1

// I assign a variable the name of the movieclip
var mymc = "mc1"

//this doesn't work;
mymc._x= 200;

//this does work;
mc1._x= 200;

"mcl" is a string - not a movieclip.

try

var mymc = mc1;

without the quotes

thanks a lot. I thought I'd I'd tried the no quotes option, it worked this time so maybe not.

Thanks again,

Tony Mead