Set var in another symbol?

i have a button in a symbol, when i release the mouseclick, i
want it to add the value if 1 to a dyn. txt field in another
symbol... var name is "DYNTXTFIELD"
so, if i use:
var DYNTXTFIELD=DYNTXTFIELD+1;
nothing happens.
if i add the path to the variable, i get an error!
**Error** Symbol=Menu, layer=Buttons, frame=88:Line 9: Syntax
error.
var _root.Symbol.DYNTXTFIELD=root.Symbol.DYNTXTFIELD+1;
why would such a simple thing be so difficut for flash to do?
does anyone have any ideas how to get what i want to happen,
to happen? i cant find any documentation about this function, one
you would think would have come up often, thanks!

well, according to:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14727
"Declare variables with var or set variable. Although Flash
does not require using var or set variable to assign a value to a
variable, it's a good practice...."
Right, thats why it didnt work for me, what did work is :
_root.Symbol.DYNTXTFIELD=root.Symbol.DYNTXTFIELD+1;
notice, the lack of "var"? as suggested by adobe's own
documentation...
live and learn.
also, this topic posted twice, with no option to delete my
repeated post... why do you suppose that is?

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