Javascript variable portability between scenes

[drewbullen]

The scope of a variable will depend on how it is defined.

If you want a variable that is universally available within a Hype document (but not elsewhere) you should consider using Hype custom data.

Check out this forum post for more details:

hypeDocument.customData quick examples of setting and getting data

Here are some examples of setting the new hypeDocument.customData API The API is initially an empty object {} it is also global within the scope of your Hype project. An Object {} can hold many types of data. Strings “”, Arrays [], Numbers and the Objects {}. But each item of data is classed as the Value. A value Must have a key . the key is the name that you can use to retrieve the value. ( This is different to an Array. In an Array you can only retrieve an item by it’s index which …