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swf-swf communication

I can see the data being sent between the two documents.
Problem is, I do not understand how to read in the data and call on a function higher up in my document.

I need to read in the string and run a function called arrowForwardOnRelease.

Here is the code thus far

Flash File (Sender)
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//assign a function to the button's event method
userMessage.text = "arrowonrelease"

buttonInstance.onRelease = function()
{
//create the LocalConnection
outgoing_lc = new LocalConnection();

//send the contents of the text field
//using the send() method
outgoing_lc.send("lc_name", "methodToExecute", userMessage.text);
};

Flash File (Reciever)
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//create LocalConnection
incoming_lc = new LocalConnection();

//define function to execute when a connection is made
incoming_lc.methodToExecute = function (param)
{
sentMessage.text = param;
}

//make the connection
incoming_lc.connect("lc_name");

This sends the text over the connection no problem, and the reciever recieves it and outputs it, thing is I need it to then be read in and trigger a function.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

--J

This should be in the Flash forum, no?

Ya, but while it's here.

Think of your whole flash document like a folder with each parent/child element being folders inside folders.

Use the absolute value.
_root.path.to.your.movie.clip

Or, if you need to go up one movie clip and down into another, use _parent.movieClipName