How do I access a variable of a .js script by a script in C#?

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I’m not familiar with C#.

I think I’m just write something wrong here. An Object with an JS-script attached has the static String variable: myString.
Another Object, with an C#-script attached needs to access myString in the JS-script.

in my C#-script:

GameObject.Find(“MyObject”).GetComponent(“the_name_of_the_JSscript”).myString = “some string”;

i get the error:
error CS1061: Type UnityEngine.Component' does not contain a definition for some string’ and no extension method some string' of type UnityEngine.Component’ could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

It seems to find the Object and also the Script-Component. But it doesn’t find the variable. No matter if it’s static or public.

thanks for help!

2

In C# you do not use the brackets the same way you do in JS.

Try:
GameObject.Find(“MyObject”).GetComponent<“the_name _of_the_JSscript”>().myString = “some string”;

I am not familiar with C# either, but as far as i remember, this is how you’d do it.

Hope it helps, good luck!

3

thank you, Ted.

I’m not quite there, but it doesn’t look so bad anymore. I just get the error: error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `)’
I tried out some other notations, but I can’t figure it out.

4

Move your JavaScript to the “Standard Assets” folder. This will work.

Also, check this out : http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/index.Script_compilation_28Advanced29.html

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GameObject.Find(“MyObject”).GetComponent().myString = “some string”;

6

thanks guys! I took me a while to figure it out. But it’s quite easy, actually.

just to recap:

The JS-script must be in the Standard Assets folder (for compiling order reasons) and the script name is without quotation marks.
GameObject.Find(“MyObject”).GetComponent().myString = “some string”;