parent texture applied to child

so... i have a box which contains: an object, a texture, a script.
is there any way to have the script apply the texture to the object?
like object.texture=box[texture]... but in linden script?

You're probably looking for something like:

llSetTexture("mytexture", ALL_SIDES);

So, slap on a script like:

default
{
state_entry()
{
llSetTexture("mytexture", ALL_SIDES);
}
}

then you'd probably want to remove the script once the texture
is set.

So you want to change the texture of the object in the inventory of the 1st prim?.. Am i understanding you right?

The only way i could think to do this is an on_rez in the object in the box and have the box rez the object. There isnt a way to change the an objects texture while its in inventory though.

Whoop, I think I missed the point of your message there...

I believe scripts can only apply textures to the object their connected
with, so you would want to have a script in the object that listens for
some message from the parent box, then applies the texture.

There should be some way to give the texture to the child object as
well. Alternately, you could have any potential textures already residing
on the child object and apply the appropriate one by script when needed.

Something like:

int COMM_CHANNEL 123456

default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen(COMM_CHANNEL,"",NULL_KEY,"";
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
if (channel == COMM_CHANNEL && message == "Texture1"
{
llSetTexture(ALL_SIDES, "Texture1";
}
}
}

awesome, thanks for the help! i will try alphazero's idea and see what goes on. thanks again!