Hi Ned,

Thank you for this suggestion. I've done it, and no debugger crash.

But, I am getting

Scene 1, Layer 'script', Frame 1, Line 6
1188: Illegal assignment to class String.

Plus another for each variable and similar undefined property errors when they are used in the subsequent script in that frame.

I thought that I have declared them:

var aName:String; //for each

Until the user enters text into the Input Text Boxes for each variable, they are empty var's.

Not sure how to fix this.

I had tried in the functions adding

aName:String

Apparently that causes the additional error 1188.

Removed those references. But still getting 2 of the following for each variable:

Maybe there is a better was to write this in AS3?

All I'm trying to do is have the user enter text in 3 input text boxes, save each into a variable, then use the variables, one in each of 3 later frames to become the text of a dynamic text box on each of those 3 frames.

All code from the second layer on Frame 1. (First layer has button, listener for button and function to go to next frame if button pressed.)

var firstname:String;

var petname:String;

var characteristic:String;

fName.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture1);

function inputCapture1(e:Event):void{

firstname = fName.text;

}

pName.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture2);

function inputCapture2(e:Event):void{

petname = pName.text;

}

cHar.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture3);

function inputCapture3(e:Event):void{

characteristic = cHar.text;

}

Later frames have instance named dynamic text boxes, each with dynamictextbox1.text = firstname; or dynamictextbox2.text = petname; or dynamictextbox3.text = characteristic;

Hi Ned,

Thank you for your help.

Sorry about the names, but the final naming is precisely the same as the last entry.

This is exactly as the script on layer 2 appears on frame 1.

var firstname:String;
var petname:String;
var characteristic:String;
fName.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture1);
function inputCapture1(e:Event):void{
firstname = fName.text;
}
pName.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture2);
function inputCapture2(e:Event):void{
petname = pName.text;
}
cHar.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, inputCapture3);
function inputCapture3(e:Event):void{
characteristic = cHar.text;
}

Please don't hestitate to ask for any additional information, details. Happy to provide these.

Your help is appreciated.

Oops! Figured it out: forgot to re-add the 3 text input boxes (had deleted them at one point while searching for a solution.)

Once added, the script works fine.

Your suggestion to create a separate layer and extend it is correct (and marked correct above).

Much thanks for your help.