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Accessing a variable from another component

by Eric Sapp · in Torque X 2D · 02/26/2008 (9:20 pm) · 2 replies

Hey all,

I'm trying to have one component switch a variable to true or false on a different component. However, I keep getting an error message that says this variable is unavailable due to it's protection level when I use this code;

T2DSceneObject X = _OtherObject as T2DSceneObject;
OtherComponent objHand = X.Components.FindComponent();
if (X != null)
{
X._Variable = true;
}

Any help would be much appreciated, I know this is just a basic question on declaring public variables :)
Thanks.

-Eric
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Torque Owner Scott Goodwin
#1
02/26/2008 (11:44 pm)
_Variable is probably defined as protected or private (or internal). Normally you would define a public accessor in the component such as

public bool Variable { get { return _Variable; } }

assuming it is a component you are writing. If it is an exisiting component, look for a public accessor for the variable.

Also, a completely different approach would be to use interface variables. Check out the tutorials for some excellent examples of using interface variables between components. That's probably what you really want anyway.

Torque Owner Eric Sapp
No Limits Studios
#2
03/01/2008 (5:55 pm)
Hey Scott,

Thanks for the help, you steered me down the right path. I didn't know you have to use public variables/ interface variables to talk between components and then pass that information to local variables to be used in each component.