Using A Slider Component As A Button

Question

Hi
I've got what to small problems when using my slider component.
I'm building a small quiz and I am using the slider component to let the user rate their opinion. It'd be great if I could make the slider play the movieclip (to the next quiz questio) when the user has cast their opinion -  on mouse up. Is this possible.
Also I'm using a 'score' uint variable to collect the polling results but I need this variable to reside on the root of my flash file so that I can add to it from various diffrent movieclips. How can I target the variable from a movieclip.
Heres my code:
import fl.events.SliderEvent;
voteSlider.value = 5;
voteSlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, voteCast);
function voteCast (event:SliderEvent):void {
          score += event.target.value;
          trace(score);
This is what i would like to target in the root
var score:uint = 0;
Thanks

Answer 1

your voteCast() function executes after a mouseup.  add your code there:
import fl.events.SliderEvent;
voteSlider.value = 5;
voteSlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, voteCast);
function voteCast (event:SliderEvent):void {
          score += event.target.value;
          trace(score);
gotoAndStop("label");  // assuming the current timeline is the one you want to direct.